Popular Hindi filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who just lately advised The Hindu that he has left Mumbai, is about to make his Kannada debut. Kashyap will star within the sports drama 8.
Kashyap, the director of the Gangs of Wasseypur films, had mentioned that Bollywood had turn out to be poisonous, main to his shift to Southern India. His Kannada acting debut will likely be directed by Sujay Shastry and produced by Arvind Venkatesh Reddy, beneath the banner of AVR Entertainment.
In 2024, Kashyap performed the villain within the Vijay Sethupathi starrer Maharaja and the Malayalam motion drama Rifle Club. “The film 8 is about football. The story hit me. It’s emotional. It’s about second chances. I am gald someone saw beyond the ‘psychopath’ in me,” mentioned Kashyap on the launch of the film.
Director Sujay Shastry is thought for his roles in Bell Bottom , Gubbi Mele Brahmastra, Shakhahari and different movies. Sujay James Balu has written the movie’s plot. Details of the opposite actors within the film are but to be revealed. Mrugashira Shrikanth will write dialogues whereas Hemanth Jois will compose music.
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Pratheek Shetty is the editor, and Guruprasad Narnad will deal with cinematography. AVR Entertainment can be set to produce Richie Rich, to be directed by Simple Suni.
Published – March 09, 2025 12:02 am IST
