''Adyaksha In America'' is a 2019 Indian

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-language

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. It was written by

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and directed by Yoganand Muddanna, in his directorial debut. Produced by People Media Factory, It features Sharan and

Ragini Dwivedi Ragini Dwivedi (born 24 May 1990) is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Kannada films. She made her debut with '' Ee Shathamaanada Veera Madakari'' (2009). She is a recipient of a SIIMA Award and an Udaya Film Award. Dwivedi ...

in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach, (born 24 March 1966) known by his Stage name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian comedian, musician, actor, film director, producer, occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a com ...

and

Rangayana Raghu Koththuru 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. He is a recipient of multiple Filmfare Awards South, SIIMA Awards, an ...

. The

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and soundtrack for the film is done by V. Harikrishna and cinematography is done by Sudhakar Siddharth and Anish. The editing is done by K. M. Prakash. The film marks the 25th film of actress,

. The film is a

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to the 2014 film ''

Adyaksha ''Adhyaksha'' () is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by Nanda Kishore. It stars Sharan, Hebah Patel, Chikkanna, P. Ravi Shankar, Malavika Avinash and Ramesh Bhat. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Varuthapadatha ...

'' and a

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of 2015

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'' Two Countries'' starring

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and

Mamta Mohandas Mamta Mohandas (born 14 November 1984) is an Indian actress, producer and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. Mamta is a recipient of several awards including a Kerala State Film Award and two Filmfare Awa ...

in the lead.

Synopsis

A. Ullas is a

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ster living in a small town who will do anything for good money. A confusion leads him to marry a rich NRI girl, who has an alcohol problem. Then Ullas tries to sweep away the money of the girl and things becomes complicated

Cast

* Sharan as A Ullas *

as Nandini *

as Jimmy Carter * Shivaraj K. R. Pete as Venky *

Makarand Deshpande Makarand Deshpande (born 6 March 1966) is an Indian actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil films, and Indian theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in films like ''Jungle'', '' Sarfa ...

as Chaman Lal Sheth *

Tabla Nani Tabla Nani is an Indian theatre and film actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in the 2006 Kannada film '' Mata''. His 2009 film ''Eddelu Manjunatha'' was positively reviewed. Career A theatre a ...

* Ashok as Father of Ullas *

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as Mother of Ullas *

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as Simran * Thaarak Ponnappa as O Ullas *

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as *

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Prakash Belawadi Prakash Belawadi is an Indian actor, director and screenwriter, who works predominately in English, Kannada and Hindi theatre, films and television. He is also a theatre teacher, activist and a journalist. He hails from Bengaluru. He has parti ...

as Prakash * Rockline Sudakar aide of O Ullas * Sunaina Balekundri as Prakash's wife

Production

The principal photography of the film was held in April 2018 in America. First actor Sharan was on board for the project. Later actress Ragini Dwivedi was on board. Then V. Harikrishna was on board to score music for the film. The makers announced that it will be a sequel project to the 2014 comedy hit Adyaksha. The film's major portions have been shot in America. Only few portions of the film has been shot in Bengaluru and Mysuru.

Release

The film was released on 4 October 2019 in

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Music

The film's background score and the soundtracks are composed

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and Producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. Harikrishna made his debut as an independent composer in actor Darshan's first ...

. The music rights were acquired by D Beats music company.

Reception

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'' wrote "Adhyaksha in America is a script that is tailor-made for Sharan fans. This remake of the Malayalam film Two Countries sticks to the original narrative, while it also has the elements that a Kannada comedy lover would want. The film has more than its share of laughs, and it is picturised well with a good cast too".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 10102328 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films 2019 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films 2019 directorial debut films Films scored by V. Harikrishna 2019 films Films shot in Mysore Films shot in Bengaluru Kannada remakes of Malayalam films People Media Factory films