Summer Holidays

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Summer Holidays
Summer Holidays poster.jpg
Poster
Directed by Kavitha Lankesh
Written byKavitha Lankesh
Produced byKavitha Lankesh
Starring
CinematographyAC Mahender
Edited byJo Ni Harsha
Music bySongs:
Rohit Gandhi
Score:
Argenil
Production
company
Esha Lankesh Productions
Release date
  • 3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)
CountryIndia
LanguagesEnglish
Kannada

Summer Holidays is a 2018 Indian children's film directed by Kavitha Lankesh starring Esha Lankesh, Samarjit Lankesh, Sonia Hegde and Anish Angre with Prakash Raj and Suman Nagarkar in supporting roles. The film was simultaneously shot in English and Kannada.

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Plot

Four kids and their dog named Bheema go on a trip to Chikkamagaluru. However, they have an eerie encounter. [1]

Cast

Production

Since there are many village-based children's films in Kannada, Kavitha Lankesh decided to make an urban children's film in both English and Kannada. [5] Siddaramaiah played a guest role in the film appearing in the forest similar to his real life encounter with Adivasis in the Didalli forest range. [4]

Themes and influences

The film was reported to be similar to Enid Blyton's films. [4]

Soundtrack

English Track listing [6]
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Lets Go To The Mountains (Female)" Chaitra H. G. 2:49
2."Lets Go To The Mountains (Male)"Santosh Venky2:49
3."Take Off On A Highway (Female)"Chaitra H. G.2:59
4."Take Off On A Highway (Male)"Santosh Venky2:59
Total length:11:36
Kannada Track listing [6]
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Rekke Bidisaaithu Haarooke"Chaitra H. G.2:50
2."Rekke Bidisaaithu Haarooke"Santosh Venky2:50
3."Haaru Inu Mele Jeevane" Vasuki Vaibhav 3:20
4."Rasteyalli Haarikondu Naavu"Santosh Venky2:59
5."Rasteyalli Haarikondu Naavu (Female)"Chaitra H. G.3:00
Total length:12:59

Release

Prior to the film's release, the film was well received in a special screening attended by 500 parents and children. [7] The film was theatrically released on 3 August 2018 at PVR, Vega City Mall in Bengaluru. [7] [2]

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