''Angulimala'' ( kn, ಆಂಗೋಲಿಮಾಲ) is an upcoming 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 ...

drama movie In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

starring Saikumar and

Raghu Mukherjee Raghu Mukherjee is an Indian Kannada film actor and model. Career Mukherjee won the '' Grasim Mr. India'' title in February 2002 soon started receiving modelling assignments and thus pursued modelling for a while. He started his film career ...

in the lead. This film is a message against terrorism, return to the days of

Gautama Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in ...

. This film is directed by

Baraguru Ramachandrappa Baraguru Ramachandrappa (born 18 October 1947) is an Indian essayist, lyricist, screenwriter, film director, socialist, writer, novelist, predominantly works in Kannada language and President of the Textbook Revision Committee, in Karnataka Tex ...

and produced by B. K. Srinivas under Sri Harsha productions banner.

V. Manohar Vitla Manohar is an Indian music director, lyricist, film director and actor in Kannada and Tulu movies. He has scored music to several Kannada and Tulu films. He has written lyrics to more than 1000 songs in Kannada cinema. Early life Manoha ...

is the music director and Nagaraj Adwani is the cinematographer. The film got selected to premier at the 3rd Annual Rafi Peer Film Festival held at

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest ...

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. It has also been selected for the International Forum of Cinema section of the Kolkata International Film Festival.

Cast

* Saikumar as Angulimala *

Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in ...

* Jayanthi *

Mukhyamantri Chandru Honnasandra Narasimhaiah Chandrashekar (born 28 August 1953), known popularly as Mukhyamantri Chandru, is an Indian actor and politician. As an actor, he is known for his work in Kannada theatre and cinema. The sobriquet ''Mukhyamantri'' (Chie ...

* Vatsala Mohan * Girija Lokesh * Harini * Radha Ramachandra * Pallakki Radhakrishna

Production

Prof. Baraguru Ramachandrappa had finished the shooting of his upcoming project "Angulimala" within stipulated time and budget. Dialogue king of South Indian cinema Sai Kumar is playing the title role. BK Srinivas of Sri Harsha Productions is producing this film. This producer director team is the hit makers of sandal wood in this year. Their film ''Bhagirathi'' is the first 100 days film of Kannada in 2012. The team always make films having some social commitments. ''Angulimala'' is completed with 32 days shoot and the climax is set at Bangalore Palace. This film is a message against terrorism, return to the days of

. A press meet was arranged at Bangalore Palace On the completion of shooting.

References

{{reflist Films about Buddhism Indian drama films 2013 drama films 2013 films Films directed by Baraguru Ramachandrappa Cultural depictions of Gautama Buddha Films scored by V. Manohar 2010s Kannada-language films