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-language

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directed by Shiva Ganesh, written by

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and produced by Kichcha Creations and SRV Productions. It is a remake of Subbaraj's 2014 Tamil film of same name which itself was inspired by the 2006 South Korean movie ''

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''. It stars Rahul Salanke and

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along with P. Ravi Shankar,

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, Dharma, K. Manju,

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and Veena Sundar in supporting roles.

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composed film's score and soundtrack. It was released on 24 June 2016.

Cast

* Rahul Salanke as Rahul, an aspiring

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* P. Ravi Shankar as Assault Armuga, a dreaded

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as Lakshmi *

as Raahul's friend * K. Manju as himself, a film producer *

as acting trainer * H. G. Dattatreya * Dharma as

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* Veena Sundar *

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as himself, cameo appearance

Production

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was the original choice for the role that was eventually played by Ravishankar.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

References

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