Mr. Airavata

Mr. Airavata.

Movie poster
Directed by A. P. Arjun
Produced by Sandesh Nagaraj
Screenplay by A. P. Arjun
Story by A. P. Arjun
Starring Darshan
Urvashi Rautela
Prakash Raj
Ananth Nag
Sithara
Avinash
Sadhu Kokila
Chikkanna
Bullet Prakash
Music by V. Harikrishna
Cinematography Shekar Chandra
Edited by Deepu S. Kumar
Production
company
Sandesh Combines
Distributed by Sandesh Combines
Release dates
 1 October 2015
Running time
 156 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada

Mr. Airavata (Kannada: Mr. ಐರಾವತ) is a 2015 Indian Kannada action film directed & written by A. P. Arjun and produced by Sandesh Nagaraj.[1] The film stars Darshan, Urvashi Rautela and Prakash Raj in the lead roles and also stars Darshan's son Vineesh making his acting debut.[2] The music is composed by V. Harikrishna.

The film, though criticized for irrational screenplay and directorial extravagance, received good response from audience.The movie was noted for the extravagant and pompous display of actor Darshan, with the grandeur of his perfectly toned muscular body with a 6 pack and in Police uniform. The film got a very big opening with releases in 450 screens worldwide with 45 screens in United States of America, 5 in Australia, and in 50 screens outside Karnataka and 350 screens in the state.

Cast

Production

Development

In mid February 2013, producer Sandesh Nagaraj of Sandesh Combines banner, who is also a politician, announced that he would produce a film starring Darshan and selected director A. P. Arjun upon his recommendation. It was reported that Darshan liked Arjun's work in both Ambari and Addhuri besides penning down lyrics for his own film Thangigagi.[3] It was revealed that Darshan would be playing the role of a cop and further scripting was still in the beginning stages.

The film officially went on floors on 16 February 2013 at the Kanteerava Studios in Bangalore with the presence of former Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy and actor V. Ravichandran.[4] Titled as Airavata, the film was reported to have been lavishly invested by the producer and added that the shooting would not take place in Mysore as is the usual case with Darshan's films. However, the film's proceedings went on a very slow pace owing to the busy schedules of director Arjun and actor Darshan.[5]

Casting

Actress Erica Fernandes was initially roped in to play the lead role opposite Darshan. She bagged this role even before the release of her maiden Kannada film Ninnindale's release.[6] She was reportedly shuffling between the sets of this film and also Buguri simultaneously.[7] However, due to under weight issue differences, Erica was out of the film .Reports indicated Rachita Ram would replace her for the role which found to be untrue. Finally, Arjun finalized Urvashi Rautela through Google where he and producer searched India's most beautiful girl and found her name and Urvashi Rautela's pictures. Also she was an apt choice to feature opposite Darshan because of her striking looks and great height.[8]

Multilingual actor Prakash Raj was signed in to play the main antagonist opposite Darshan.[9] It was also reported that Girish Karnad and Arundhati Nag would play the role of parents to Darshan's character while Bullet Prakash was also reportedly cast for an important supporting role. In early 2015, Darshan's seven-year-old son Vineesh was reportedly roped in to play a small character role alongside his father.[10]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed and written by V. Harikrishna and on 16 August 2015, the film's audio was launched[11]

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Mr. Airavatha"  A.P.ArjunK G Ranjith, Santhosh Venky 04:31
2. "There was a Ajji"  Yograj BhatHemanth Kumar 04:22
3. "Ka Thalakatu"  Yograj BhatIndu Nagaraj 04:24
4. "Gudi Mele"  A.P.ArjunShashank Sheshagiri,Sunitha Gopraju 04:01

References

  1. ↑ "Grand launch for `Airavata`". Sify. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Airavata Cast & crew". Filmibeat. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "A.P.Arjun to direct Darshan". Sify. 15 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "CHALLENGING `GAJA` IS AIRAVATHA! ARJUNA SANDESHA". Chitratara. 16 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Actor Darshan busy for a couple of year". Deccan Chronicle. 26 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "After Ninnindale, Erica Fernandes Bags Darshan's Airavata". Filmibeat. 16 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Erica Fernandes shuffles between Ganesh and Darshan". The Times of India. 1 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Urvashi Rautela replaces Erica Fernandes in Darshan film". The Times of India. 8 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Prakash Raj To Lock Horns With Darshan In Airavata". Filmibeat. 16 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Darshan and son Vineesh shoot for Airavata". The Times of India. 30 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mr. Airavata Kannada movie songs". Moviebeats. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

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