Karataka Damanaka

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Shiva Rajkumar as Virupaksha alias “Karataka”
• Prabhu Deva as Bala Raju alias “Damanaka”
• Priya Anand as Kusumi
• Nishvika Naidu as Kempi
• P. Ravi Shankar as Jagga
• Rangayana Raghu as MLA Mugellappa
• Rockline Venkatesh as Jailer
• Tanikella Bharani as Ramanna
• Doddanna as Villager
• Vaijanath Biradar as Villager
• Nayana
• Govinde Gowda
• Harshith Gowda

Storyline:

Bhairathi Ranagal delves into the story of Ranagal. How did he rise to such prominence? The film focuses on his origin, his journey to power, and who he was before he became the most dreaded gangster of Ronapura.

About Karataka Damanaka Movie:

Karataka Damanaka is a Kannada action drama film directed by Yogaraj Bhat, and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Prabhu Deva, Priya Anand, and Nishvika Naidu in the lead roles. The title of the film is derived from the characters found in the “Mitra Bedha” book of Panchatantra.

The film went on floors on 26 May 2023. The shooting commenced on 2 August 2023 and took place in different schedules in various locations including Devanahalli, Mysore, Bellary and Penugonda. Shivarajkumar who was promoting his film Ghost during October 2023 had shared that around 60 days of shoot was left.

Around the same time, Shivarajkumar’s looks from the shooting sets were leaked in a new avatar which further increased the curiosity among the fans and the audience. On the date of announcement of the release date, the team had said that they have completed around 70% of the shooting and would wrap the rest in the following days in a swift manner, after which the post production is set to commence. The filming was wrapped by July 2024.

The film was theatrically released on 8 March 2024, the film marks the return of Prabhu Deva to Kannada cinema after 17 years.

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