''Panchatantra'' is a 2019 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 ...

romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film written and directed by

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

and produced by Yogaraj Cinemas in association with JASP Productions and Purple Patch. The film stars Vihan Gowda, Akshara Gowda and

Sonal Monteiro Sonal Monteiro is an Indian actress. She appeared in many Coastalwood and Sandalwood movies. Early life Sonal joined St. Agnes College, Mangalore. During her studies, she joined the modelling industry and won Miss Beautiful Smile 2013, Miss ...

in the lead roles. The score and

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for the film is composed by

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and Soundtrack, soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada cinema, Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant mu ...

and the cinematography is by Sugnan.

Synopsis

The plot of the film revolves around two rival groups who are always ready to insult, ridicule and put each other down at every opportunity they get. Sixty-year-old Rangappa, a real estate dealer owns a complex out of which he has sold a few of his shops and is managing the property well. The 24-year-old Karthik is an orphan, who, along with his three friends, looks after the garage owned by Appaiah Bond, an old hunk who is passionate about car races. While Rangappa is fighting a legal battle with Appaiah, his daughter, least bothered about all this, falls in love with Karthik. Will Rangappa approve of this relationship? Will Rangappa and Appaiah figure out a way to resolve their dispute?

Target audience

The film reportedly is targeted at the youth section of the country and features an exclusive Car rally race which was shot between

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and

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. The teaser of the film was released on 15 October 2018 and received mixed reviews. The film is set to be remade in

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and

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languages with Bhat reprising the director's role. The movie got mixed reviews and did average collections at the box office.

Cast

* Vihan Gowda as Karthik * Akshara Gowda as Artha *

as Sahitya *

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 Ranganna * Deepak Shetty *

Bala Rajwadi R Lingaraju (born 27 October 1973), known by his screen name Bala Rajwadi, is an Indian film and stage actor, director known for his work in Kannada cinema predominantly. Portraying mostly negative-shaded characters, he has appeared in over 90 ...

* Ramamurthy as Artha's father * Simran Mishrikoti as Sheeba *

Diganth Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), mononymously known as Diganth, is an Indian actor and former model who primarily works in Kannada films. Diganth made his acting debut in ''Miss California'' in 2006. He is a recipient of one SIIMA Awar ...

as himself (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

has scored the soundtrack and score for the film, making his seventh collaboration with the director

. To promote voting in the

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election The 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 12 May 2018 in 222 constituencies to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The election was postponed in Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, following the death of the MLA B. N. Vijaya ...

held in May 2018, the

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hired the film's team to create an anthem and spread awareness among the Youth section. Yogaraj Bhat wrote the lyrics with Harikrishna's music and

Vijay Prakash Vijay Prakash (born 21 February 1976) is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada and Telugu language films. In addition, he has also sung in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam an ...

vocals. The first single track of the film "Shrungarada Honge Mara" was released on 25 December 2018 and was widely appreciated for its lyrical content by Bhat and choreography by

Imran Sardhariya Imran Sardhariya (born 28 December 1979) is an Indian choreographer and film director known for his works in the South Indian film industry, and a few Bollywood films. He is the son of Late Haji Ayub. Career Sardhariya is a well known choreog ...

References

External links

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Panchatantra (2018)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Panchatantra (film) 2019 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s romantic action films Indian romantic action films Films scored by V. Harikrishna Films shot in Karnataka