Kannada film industry which got the attention and recognition of the Indian film industry in 2022, by delivering back to back super hits at pan India level, is hoping to continue its golden run at the box office in 2023.
Rock Star Yash and Rishab Shetty of Kantara fame have made it clear repeatedly that their future projects will be made in Kannada and dubbed into other languages. This has turned all eyes in the showbiz industry on Sandalwood.
Yash and Rishab, though they have given hints about their upcoming projects, have not made any official announcement yet.Yash had released a video with Hollywood director J.J. Perry and sources have confirmed that Rishab had obtained permission from the local god in a ritual to take up Kantara 2. However, Rishab has remained tight-lipped about it.
Kannada superstar and director Upendra is all set for his pan India experiment Kabja in 2023. Upendra’s Om movie was remade in Hindi as Arjun Pandit earlier. Bollywood actress Raveen Tandon had acted in his super hit movie Upendra earlier.
Upendra is also directing the movie U I, whose posters have already caught the attention of the audience.Action hero Dhruva Sarja, nephew of multilingual actor Arjun Sarja is also putting in efforts for his upcoming project Martin.
KGF Producer’s venture Bhageera with actor Srimurali will also be made as a pan India movie. Rakshit Shetty who was successful in Hindi and other languages with his venture 777 Charlie is all set to release. Rakshit is also directing the movie Richard Antony for KGF franchise producers Hombale films.
Hombale Films is all set to release Salaar, starring Prabhas and Shruthi Hassan and directed by Prashanth Neel of KGF series fame.Producer Vijay Kiragandur has announced projects with popular Malayalam actor Fahad Fazil and Aparna Balamurali (Dhoomam). Pawan Kumar, who’s famous for experimentation, is directing the movie.
Pawan Kumar is known for unique storytelling and for the acclaimed films Lucia and U Turn. Dhoomam, a thriller, will be released in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages.With Bollywood stars Jahnavi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Ayushman Khurana, Vidya Balan, Anupam Kher expressing their wish to be part of Rishab Shetty’s next project in a discussion programme, the expectation has only raised about his upcoming project.
The successes of KGF Chapter-2, Kantara, 777 Charlie, Vikrant Rona at the national level have given producers the confidence to invest in pan-India projects.
