Matinee (2024 film)

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Matinee
Directed byManohar Kaampalli
Written byManohar Kaampalli
Produced byParvathi S. Gowda
Starring Sathish Ninasam
Rachita Ram
Aditi Prabhudeva
Nagabhushana
CinematographySudhakar S. Raj
Edited byK M Prakash
Music by Poornachandra Tejaswi
Production
company
F3 Productions
Distributed byChandan Films
Release date
  • 5 April 2024 (2024-04-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Matinee is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language comedy horror film written and directed by Manohar Kaampalli in his debut. [1] The film is produced by Parvathi S. Gowda under F3 Productions banner. The film features Sathish Ninasam, Rachita Ram and Aditi Prabhudeva in the lead roles besides Nagabhushana, Shivaraj K. R. Pete, Poornachandra Mysore and Diganth Diwakar in supporting roles. [2] The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Poornachandra Tejaswi, while the cinematography is by Sudhakar S. Raj, with editing by KM Prakash.

Contents

The film was released on 5 April 2024 and opened to mixed reviews from critics and audience criticizing the film for its predictable storyline. [3] [4]

Premises

Arun is from an affluent family and is an owner of a haunted property. His friends, after multiple attempts, convince him to sell the property with a motive of looting him after the deal. They make an entry to the haunted house and are spooked by haunting sounds of anklets and noises. The hatched plan backfires upon the friends.

Cast

Production

Manohar Kaampalli, who previously worked as an assistant to Ram Gopal Varma in Killing Veerappan , announced that he would be debuting as director for two films in January 2020. He also announced that both his projects will be produced by F3 Productions. Posters of the films along with their titles had been released and announced the filming to be started the next year. Actors Sathish Ninasam and Rachita Ram were onboarded, pairing second time after the successful film Ayogya (2019). The pair started to shoot for the film on 24 March 2021. [5]

Soundtrack

Matinee
Soundtrack album by
Released2024
Recorded2024
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Anand Audio
Producer Poornachandra Tejaswi

Poornachandra Tejaswi has composed the film's background and scored for its soundtrack. He has also written the lyrics for two songs.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Sanje Mele" Poornachandra Tejaswi Vijay Prakash 04:54
2."Ninagage Midiyivudu"Hemanth Kumar GanjamSadhvini Koppa06:08
3."Baaro Baaro Bottle Thaaro" Poornachandra Tejaswi Poornachandra Tejaswi, Sathish Ninasam, Real Ranna4:18

Release

The film was released across Karnataka on 5 April 2024. [6] Chandan Films distributed the film throughout the state.

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