Bhairathi Ranagal

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Bhairathi Ranagal
Directed byNarthan
Written byNarthan
Produced byGeetha Shivrajkumar
Starring
CinematographyI. Naveen Kumar
Edited by Harish Komme
Music by Ravi Basrur
Production
company
Geetha Pictures
Release date
  • 15 August 2024 (2024-08-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Bhairathi Ranagal is an upcoming 2024 Indian Kannada-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Narthan and produced by Geetha Shivarajkumar under Geetha Pictures. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Rukmini Vasanth, and Rahul Bose in the lead roles, while Devaraj, Chaya Singh, Madhu Guruswamy, Vasishta N. Simha, Shabeer Kallarakkal and Babu Hirannaiah play supporting roles.

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This film is the follow-up to 2017 movie Mufti serving as both a sequel and a prequel.

The production of the film started in May 2023, and is set to be released on 15 August 2024 [1] [2] [3] [4]

Plot

The movie dwelves into the past of the gangster Bhairathi Ranagal who is now arrested by the Undercover cop Gana.

Cast

Production

Development

After making a blockbuster debut as director with Mufti, Narthan had written a script for Yash who were rumored to collaborate. [5] [6] However after being forced to rework on the script and delay in confirmations, Narthan approached Ramcharan who was also keen on collaborating under UV Creations. [7] The talks were going on for over a year and later Narthan who had already worked on the Bhairathi Ranagal - a character from Mufti decided to join hands once again with Shivarajkumar. [8] Shivarajkumar who had also been listening to various scripts finally zeroed in on Bhairathi Ranagal. [9]

However in late 2023, there were once again rumors that the script which was narrated to Ramcharan had been moved to Vijay Devarkonda. [10]

Casting

Shivarajkumar, Chaya Singh, Vasishta N. Simha, Devraj, Madhu Guruswamy and other remaining actors from the first part have reprised their respective roles. The team were actively looking for female lead and antagonist for the movie. [11] Rukmini Vasanth was roped in play the female lead in the film which was announced on June 2023. [12] Narthan in one of his interviews said hen we were looking for a perfect antagonist to match Shivarajkumar's swag we could not think of anyone but Rahul Bose. [13] Rahul Bose was chose to play the antagonist, the movie also marked his comeback to Kannada cinema after Niruttara. [14] Tamil actor Shabeer Kallarakkal famously knows for his role of Dancing rose in Sarpatta Parambarai was also brought on board to play one of the important roles. [15]

Filming

The film went on floors on 26 May 2023. [3] [16] The shooting commenced on 2 August 2023 [17] and took place in different schedules in various locations including Devanahalli, Mysore, Bellary and Penugonda. [18] Shivarajkumar who was promoting his film Ghost during October 2023 had shared that around 60 days of shoot was left. [19] Around the same time, Shivarajkumar's looks from the shooting sets were leaked in a new avatar which further increased the curiosity among the fans and the audience. [20] [21] On the date of announcement of the release date, the team had said that they have completed around 70% of the shooting and would wrap the rest in the following days in a swift manner, after which the post production is set to commence. [22]

Marketing

The team released a title design of the movie on 5 March 2023 in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. [23] On occasion of Rukmini's birthday, a special character poster was released. [24] The team also released a special poster featuring Shivarajkumar as Bhairathi Ranagal in the release date poster. [25] On the auspicious occasion of Ugadi, the makers released one more poster where Shivrajkumar was seen donning a lawyer's coat which would mean he would play the character of a lawyer before turning into a gangster. [26] [27] [28]

Soundtrack

Bhairathi Ranagal
Soundtrack album by
Ravi Basrur
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Kannada
Producer Ravi Basrur

Ravi Basrur had previously worked with Narthan on Mufti. They once again have joined hands, Barsur will be composing the sound track and the background music for the film. [3]

Original tracklist

No.TitleLength

Release

Theatrical

The film is scheduled to be released on 15 August 2024 coinciding Independence day in multiple languages including Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. [29]

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