Max (Kannada film)

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Max
Directed byVijay Karthikeyaa
Produced by Kalaippuli S. Thanu
Starring Kiccha Sudeepa
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Samyukta Hornad
Sukrutha Wagle
Anirudh Bhat
CinematographyShekhar Chandra
Edited bySR Ganesh Baabu
Music by B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Production
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V Creations
Kichcha Creatiions
Release date
  • 2024 (2024)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Max [1] is an upcoming Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by Vijay Karthikeyaa in his directorial debut. The film has an ensemble cast of Sudeepa, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Samyukta Hornad, Sukrutha Wagle, Anirudh Bhat and others. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The Cinematography of the film is handled by Shekar Chandra in his third collaboration with Sudeep, Editing by Ganesh Babuu and Music composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath.

Contents

Premise

Arjun Mahakshay comes across a minister's son committing atrocities against fellow police officials and arrests him for the same. But then, the minister's son dies in the ensuing scuffle.

Cast

Production

Pre Production and Casting

Sudeep officially announced his collaboration with Kalaipuli Thanu in the month of May 2023 [8] , almost a year after his previous release of Vikrant Rona. [9] The film was rumored to be an unofficial remake of 2021 Telugu film, Krack which itself was majorly inspired from 2017 Kannada film Tagaru . [10] [11] The team released a teaser of the film in July 2023 where it was revealed that the movie is to be directed by debutant Vijay Karthikeyaa and Music by Ajaneesh Loknath. [12] Samyuktha Hornad was reported to be part of the cast which was later confirmed by the team. [13] Later it was also reported that Varalaxmi Sarathkumar who was last paired with Sudeep in Manikya in Kannada cinema was once again joining forces with him. [14] [15]

Filming

The film went on floors in the month of July 2023. [16] [17] Majority of the film was shot in and around Mahabalipuram. [18] While Chetan Dsouza composed most of the action sequences, It was also reported that Kevin Kumar of Jailer fame had also shot an action sequence. [19] While the shooting of the film was underway, the film faced the wrath of Chennai Floods which meant the shooting was halted. [20] [6] [21] Later the shooting began and the action sequences were wrapped up in May 2024. [22]

Soundtrack

Max
Soundtrack album by
B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Released2024
Recorded2024
Genre Soundtrack
Length0:51
Label Saregama
Producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu

There were many big names being considered for the movie, B Ajaneesh Lokanth who had previously collaborated with Sudeep on Vikrant Rona was selected to score for the background music and compose the music for the film. [23]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Max Title theme"Vijay Karthikeyaa B. Ajaneesh Loknath 00:51
Total length:00:51


Marketing

The initial teaser of the film was released on 2 July 2023 with announcement of the team. Later on occasion of the birthday of the actor Sudeep, the title teaser of the film was released in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. The film was titled MAX. [24]

Release

The film is scheduled to release theatrically in 2024. [22]

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