Kaanadante Maayavadanu

Kaanadante Maayavadanu
Kaanadante Maayavadanu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raj Pathipati
Written by	Vikas; Raj Pathipati
Produced by	Chandrashekar Naidu; Som Singh; Pushpa Somsingh;
Starring	Vikas; Sindhu Lokanath
Cinematography	Sugnaan
Edited by	Suresh Armugam
Music by	Gummineni Vijay Babu
Production; company	Back Benchers Motion Picture
Distributed by	Jayanna Films
Release date	31 January 2020;
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Kaanadante Maayavadanu (transl. He vanished without being noticed) is a 2020 romantic fantasy Kannada film directed by debutante Raj Pathipati and produced by Back Benchers Motion Picture. The film gets its title from the opening lines of the song "Kaanadante Maayavadanu" and "Namma Shiva kailasa serikondanu" from the movie Chalisuva Modagalu. The film stars Vikas and Sindhu Lokanath.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cast

Vikas as Rummy
Sindhu Loknath as Vandana
Achyuth Kumar as Chiranjeevi
Suchendra Prasad as Mayambara Guruji
Raghava Uday,
Bhajarangi Loki as Jayanna
Dharmanna Kadur as Dharma
Vinaya Prakash as Nirupama
Nagaraj Arasu as Arasu

Production

The film is produced by Back Benchers Motion Picture. The director is Raj pathipati while Vikas plays the hero.^[5]^[6] The film stalled when Raghava Uday the antagonist in the film died. He drowned along with another actor Anil performing a stunt for the film Maasthi Gudi.^[7] With modifications to the script the director chose actor Bhajarangi Loki to play Jayanna in the later half of the film.^[8]^[9]

Soundtrack

Kaledhoda Kaalidaasa, the first single of the film was released on 24 September. Powerstar Puneeth Rajkumar has lent his voice for this peppy number.^[10]^[11] The lyrics are penned by V. Nagendra Prasad. Gummineni Vijay debuts as a music director with this album which was released on Anand Audio.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kaledhodha kaalidasa"	Puneeth Rajkumar	3:26
2.	"Yeshtu chanda iwalu"	Santhosh Venky Apoorva Shridhar	4:11
3.	"Kone iradanta preetige"	Vijay Prakash	3:28
4.	"Minchina Balli"	Ashwin Sharma, Sangeetha Ravindranath	3:53

Release

The trailer released on 3 July 2019. According to Bangalore Mirror the trailer has kicked up a storm and the popularity of the dog in the film is ensuring demand for Hindi dubbing rights.^[12]

References

^ "Director Ravikiran Vikas turns hero with Kaanadante Maayavadanu". The New Indian Express.
^ "My role is like Vidya's in 'Lage Raho...': Sindhu". Deccan Herald. 30 November 2018.
^ "'I have my fingers crossed'". Deccan Herald. 17 July 2016.
^ "Kannada Movie/Cinema News - KAANADANTE MAAYAVADENU READY - Chitratara.com". www.chitratara.com.
^ "ಹೀರೋ ಆದ ಡೈರಕ್ಟರ್: ಕಾಣದಂತೆ ಮಾಯವಾದನು ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ರವಿಕಿರಣ್ ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಅಭಿನಯ". Kannadaprabha.
^ "'Satiating the director is a difficult task'". Deccan Herald. 4 August 2016.
^ "Death of two Kannada actors: Raghava Uday's body fished out, Anil yet to be found". 10 November 2016.
^ SM, Shashiprasad (20 January 2016). "Antagonistic avatars". Deccan Chronicle.
^ "Kaanadante Maayavadanu: Why two actors play the same character in this Sandalwood film". Bangalore Mirror.
^ "Puneeth Rajkumar's song for Vikas' next is out - Times of India". The Times of India.
^ "Puneeth's association with Kaanadante Maayavadanu - Times of India". The Times of India.
^ "The unlikely star of Kaanadante Maayavadanu". Bangalore Mirror.

External links

[1] "Director Ravikiran Vikas turns hero with Kaanadante Maayavadanu". The New Indian Express.

[2] "My role is like Vidya's in 'Lage Raho...': Sindhu". Deccan Herald. 30 November 2018.

[3] "'I have my fingers crossed'". Deccan Herald. 17 July 2016.

[4] "Kannada Movie/Cinema News - KAANADANTE MAAYAVADENU READY - Chitratara.com". www.chitratara.com.

[5] "ಹೀರೋ ಆದ ಡೈರಕ್ಟರ್: ಕಾಣದಂತೆ ಮಾಯವಾದನು ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ರವಿಕಿರಣ್ ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಅಭಿನಯ". Kannadaprabha.

[6] "'Satiating the director is a difficult task'". Deccan Herald. 4 August 2016.

[7] "Death of two Kannada actors: Raghava Uday's body fished out, Anil yet to be found". 10 November 2016.

[8] SM, Shashiprasad (20 January 2016). "Antagonistic avatars". Deccan Chronicle.

[9] "Kaanadante Maayavadanu: Why two actors play the same character in this Sandalwood film". Bangalore Mirror.

[10] "Puneeth Rajkumar's song for Vikas' next is out - Times of India". The Times of India.

[11] "Puneeth's association with Kaanadante Maayavadanu - Times of India". The Times of India.

[12] "The unlikely star of Kaanadante Maayavadanu". Bangalore Mirror.

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