''Nataraja Service'' ( kn, ನಟರಾಜ ಸರ್ವಿಸ್) is a 2016 Indian

Kannada language 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 ...

romantic emotional comedy film directed by

Pavan Wadeyar Pavan Wadeyar (born 10 December 1987) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film producer, producer best known for his work in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema. He is known for writing and directing ''Govindaya Namaha ...

, produced by N.S. Rajkumar and presented 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. Raj ...

. It stars Sharan and

Mayuri Kyatari Mayuri Kyatari (born 11 July 1992) is an Indian actress and model. Kyatari began her career in the Kannada serial ''Ashwini Nakshatra'', which made her famous. She debuted in the Kannada movie Krishna Leela. Featuring in Ishtakamya, Nataraja ...

. The music was composed by

Anoop Seelin J Anoop Seelin (born 24 October 1979) is an Indian film music director and playback singer who works in the Kannada film industry. He has scored music for films including '' Gooli'', ''Eddelu Manjunatha'', ''Preethse Preethse,'' ''Yaksha'', '' I ...

whilst the cinematography was by Arul K. Somasundaram. P Ravi Shankar makes a special appearance in the song "Allah Allah Nataraja Bartonella" which was rendered by music director Anoop Seeli.

Cast

* Sharan as Nataraja *

as Sahana * Rockline Venkatesh * Apoorva * Yathiraj * Nagaraj Murthy * P. Ravi Shankar in a special appearance

Production

Principal photography for the film began in October 2015. The shooting was held at

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

Shimoga Shimoga, officially known as Shivamogga, is a city and the district headquarters of Shimoga district in the central part of the state of Karnataka, India. The city lies on the banks of the Tunga River. Being the gateway for the hilly region of ...

Davanagere Davanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the seventh largest city in the state, and the administrative headquarters of eponymous Davangere district. Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly known ...

Mandya Mandya is a city in the state of Karnataka. It is the headquarter of Mandya district and is located from Mysore and from Bangalore. Sugar factories contribute to the major economic output. It is also called Sugar city (which in Kannada mean ...

Dandeli Dandeli is a taluk in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India, in the Malenadu region. Description Old Dandeli As per the 1930 year, the population of Dandeli was only 515 and predominantly worked in the forestry department and governmen ...

and Sirsi locations and was completed in early June 2016. After several announcements, the film was finally released on 17 November 2016.

Soundtrack

composed the film's background score and soundtrack. An opening song of the film is sung by

and penned by

. According to Wadeyar, the song speaks about the "benefits of walking" and has a philosophical message as the theme. The audio was released on 28 July 2016.

References

External links

Facebook page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nataraja Service 2016 films 2016 romantic comedy films Films scored by Anoop Seelin Indian romantic comedy films 2010s Kannada-language films Films directed by Pavan Wadeyar