''Rocket'' (

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

: ರಾಕೆಟ್) is a 2015

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film written and directed by Shiva Shashi, produced by and co-starring

Sathish Ninasam Shiva, known by his Stage name, screen name Sathish Ninasam, is an Indian actor who appears in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada films. Having made his film debut with ''Madesha'' (2008), Sathish appeared in small but significant roles in films like ...

, alongside Aishani Shetty in the lead roles.

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema, alongside a few Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He is known for his performances in the ''KGF'', '' Kantara'', '' Sidlingu'', and '' Lucia''. He is the recipient ...

, Sundar Raj, Padmaja Rao, Ninasam Ashwath and Rajshri Ponnappa feature in supporting roles.

Plot

The movie is a romantic comedy. The main lead of the movie, Rakesh (Sathish Ninasam), falls in love with Shwetha (Aishani Shetty), and goes through a romantic journey. He faces a lot of hurdles in the journey and overcomes those hurdles forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Rakesh * Aishani Shetty as Shweta * Rajshri Ponnappa *

Sundar Raj Sundar Raj is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry, apart from a few Tamil films. Some of his notable films include ''Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane'', ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'', ''Chandanada Gombe'', ''Kurigalu Saar Kur ...

* Nagendra Sha *

Padmaja Rao Padmaja Rao is an Indian actress, television soap director and producer in Karnataka, India. She is a versatile actor known for playing a wide variety of character roles in various film genres. Some of the notable films of Padmaja Rao as an a ...

* Ninasam Ashwath * Ashwini Gowda * Mahanthesh Ramadurga * Vinay Gowda

Production

The shooting of the movie commenced in December 2014 and finished in July 2015. The movie has been shot in Bangalore and some locations of

Coorg Kodagu district () (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State ...

Soundtrack

The music of the movie has been composed by

Poornachandra Tejaswi Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi (8 September 1938 – 5 April 2007) was a prominent Indian writer and novelist in Kannada. He also worked as a photographer, publisher, painter, naturalist, and environmentalist. He made a great impress ...

of Lucia fame. The movie has five songs, one of the which has been sung by Kannada film actor

Puneeth Rajkumar Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), affectionately known as Appu (by his fans, after his first lead role in the movie Appu (2002 film), ''Appu''), was an Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television presenter a ...

. Apart from known voices it also has voices from a pool of new Kannada singers.

References

External links

* * {{Official website, http://www.chitraloka.com/rocket/ 2015 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films Indian romantic comedy films 2015 romantic comedy films