French Biriyani

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French Biriyani
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Official release poster
Directed by Pannaga Bharana
Written byPannaga Bharana
Avinash Balekkala
Story byPannaga Bharana
Produced byAshwini Puneeth Rajkumar
Gurudath A. Talwar
Starring
Cinematography Karthik Palani
Edited byDeepu S. Kumar
Music by Vasuki Vaibhav
Production
company
Distributed by Amazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 24 July 2020 (2020-07-24)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

French Biriyani is a 2020 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by Pannaga Bharana and starring Danish Sait and Sal Yusuf. [1] The film is produced by Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar and Gurudath A. Talwar of PRK Productions. [2] It was released on 24 July 2020 on Amazon Prime Video.

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Plot

Simon, a representative from a French drug company in France, arrives in India for meeting his company's clients. On his way he arrives in Bangalore and meets Azgar, an auto rickshaw driver from Shivajinagar. The story is a three-day trip between them and changes come to their life they look

Cast

Production

The film commenced filming in January 2019 in Bangalore and finished shooting in forty days. [11] [12] The plot of the film is based on the journey of Pannaga Bharana when he travelled from Bangalore to Chennai. [12] When Bharana arrived in Chennai, he was approached by several auto drivers who took him through small alleyways. [12] The film is about a three-day trip between an auto driver from Shivaji Nagar (played by Danish Sait) and a French emigrant (played by Sal Yusuf) during the latter's visit to Bangalore. [12] [13] TikTok star Disha Madan made her film debut with this film and enacted the role of a news reporter. [5] [14]

Soundtrack

French Biriyani
Soundtrack album by
Vasuki Vaibhav
Released2020
Recorded2020
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length12:50
LanguageKannada
Label PRK Audio
Producer Vasuki Vaibhav
Vasuki Vaibhav chronology
Law
(2020)		French Biriyani
(2020)		 Badava Rascal
(2021)
Singles from French Biriyani
  1. "The Bengaluru Song"
    Released: 17 July 2020
  2. "Yen Maadodu Swamy"
    Released: 21 July 2020

The songs are composed by Vasuki Vaibhav, Pannaga Bharana's cousin. [15] The first single from the film, "The Bengaluru Song", has lyrics by Vaibhav and Avinash Balekkala and is sung by Aditi Sagar. [16] The next single from the film titled "Yen Madodu Swamy" sung by Puneeth Rajkumar was released on 21 July 2020. [17]

Tracklist [18]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."The Bengaluru Song"Vasuki Vaibhav, Avinash Balekkala Aditi Sagar 3:34
2."Oh Fakhrudeen"Vasuki Vaibhav, Avinash BalekkalaMadhuri Sheshadri, Karthik Chennoji Rao2:41
3."Hogbitta Charles Hogbitta"Avinash Balekkala, Vasuki VaibhavVasuki Vaibhav3:09
4."Yen Madodu Swamy"Vasuki Vaibhav, Avinash Balekkala Puneeth Rajkumar 3:26

Release

The film was originally scheduled to have a theatrical release in August 2020, but due to COVID-19 pandemic that was dropped in favour of an online release. [12] The film was released on 24 July 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. [13]

Reception

The Indian Express gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "The first half of the movie is full of improv humour following the terrifying experiences of the French national. And add to that Danish's flawless Urdu mixed with urban Kannada dialect, you get plenty of funny moments over the course of two hours". [19]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
20212nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy AwardsBest Lyrics Vasuki Vaibhav
Avinash ("Hogbitta Charlie")		Nominated [20]
[21]
[22]
Best Female Singer Aditi Sagar ("The Bengaluru")Nominated
Best Art DirectorShivakumarNominated
Best Choreographer:B Dhananjay ("The Bengaluru")Nominated
202110th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest FilmPRK ProductionsNominated
Best Director Pannaga Bharana Won
Best Cinematographer Kharthik Palani Nominated
Best Actor Danish Sait Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Sal Yusuf Nominated
Best Comedian Rangayana Raghu Won
Best LyricistRaghavendra V. KamathNominated
Best Female Playback Singer Aditi Sagar Won

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