''French Biriyani'' is a 2020 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language

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film directed by

Pannaga Bharana Pannaga Bharana is an Indian film director and actor who works in Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada languag ...

and starring

Danish Sait Danish Sait (born 1 July 1988) is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host, radio jockey, actor, and writer who works in Kannada cinema. Career Danish Sait worked as a radio jockey for ''Supari'' on Fever 104 FM in 2013. On the channel, he ...

and

Sal Yusuf Sal Yusuf is an Indian actor and stand-up comedian who works in Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi-language films. Career Sal Yusuf moved from London to Banglore, where he became a stand-up comedian and is also a part of the comedy group, The Imp ...

. The film is produced by Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar and Gurudath A. Talwar of PRK Productions. It was released on 24 July 2020 on

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Plot

Simon, a representative from a French drug company in France, arrives in India for meeting his company's clients. On his way he arrives in

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and meets Azgar, an

auto rickshaw An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw. Most have three wheels and do not tilt. They are known by many terms in various countries including auto, auto rickshaw, baby taxi, mototaxi, pigeon, jonnybee, bajaj ...

driver from Shivajinagar. The story is a three-day trip between them and changes come to their life they look

Cast

as Azgar, an

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driver from Shivajinagar *

as Simon, a French expatriate who is referred to as "samaan" () *

Disha Madan Disha Madan is an Indian actress and social media personality. She is known for her works in Kannada-language television shows and films. She is also famous on the social media platform TikTok. Career Disha Madan made her television debut wi ...

as Malini, a news reporter *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

as Mahadev, a police officer *

Michael Madhu Michael Madhu (1969/70-May 13, 2020) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Michael Madhu as an actor include ''Bhajarangi'' (2013), '' Shhh!'' (1993), and ''Ashwamedha'' (1990). Career Michael Madhu wa ...

as Powder Charles, a don *Mahantesh Hiremath as Muscle Mani, a Tamil gangster and Charles's son *

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as Suleiman, Charles's driver *Sampath Kumar as Mohananna *Sindhu Srinivasamurthy as Rahila, Asgar's sister *

Nagabhushana Nagabhushana N S, also known as Nagabhushana, is an Indian film actor, who has worked predominantly in Kannada movie industry. Nagabhushana made his debut with the Kannada film ''Sankashta Kara Ganapathi''. Career Nagabhushan joined GPIER, an ...

as Purushottam, Rahila's husband *

Chikkanna Chikkanna (born 22 June 1984), is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema and appears primarily in comic roles. He made his debut in films with ''Kirataka'' (2011), following which he was recognized for his performances in ''Raja Huli'' (20 ...

as Gabru *RJ Vicky as Blacky *

Vanishree Vanishree or Vanishri is an Indian actress known for her work in Kannada cinema and television. Some of the notable films of Vanishree as an actress include '' Sparsha'' (2000), ''Gaalipata'' (2008), ''Nan Hendthi Chennagidale'' (2000) and ''Cho ...

as Mahadev's wife *Keertana as Asgar's Mother *

in a special appearance in "Yen Madodu Swamy" song *

Aditi Sagar Aditi Sagar is an Indian singer who works in the Kannada film industry. Her songs "Dum Maro Dum" from ''Raambo 2'' (2018), "The Bengaluru Song" from '' French Biriyani'' (2020), and "The Monster Song" from '' K.G.F: Chapter 2'' (2022) garnered p ...

in a special appearance in "The Bengaluru Song"

Production

The film commenced filming in January 2019 in

and finished shooting in forty days. The plot of the film is based on the journey of

when he travelled from Bangalore to

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. When Bharana arrived in Chennai, he was approached by several

drivers who took him through small alleyways. The film is about a three-day trip between an auto driver from Shivaji Nagar (played by

) and a French emigrant (played by

) during the latter's visit to Bangalore.

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star

made her film debut with this film and enacted the role of a news reporter.

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by

Vasuki Vaibhav Vasuki Vaibhav is an Indian composer and singer, music director, Actor known for his work in Kannada-language films. Vaibhav gained recognition after appearing in ''Rama Rama Re'' (2016). He was the second runner-up of '' Big Boss Kannada Season ...

, Pannaga Bharana's cousin. The first single from the film, "The Bengaluru Song", has lyrics by Vaibhav and Avinash Balekkala and is sung by

. The next single from the film titled "Yen Madodu Swamy" sung by

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Rajk ...

was released on 21 July 2020.

Release

The film was originally scheduled to have a theatrical release in August 2020, but due to

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that was dropped in favour of an online release. The film was released on 24 July 2020 on

Reception

''The Indian Express'' gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "The first half of the movie is full of improv humour following the terrifying experiences of the French national. And add to that Danish's flawless Urdu mixed with urban Kannada dialect, you get plenty of funny moments over the course of two hours".

Accolades

References

External links

* {{PRK Productions Indian comedy-drama films Amazon Prime Video original films