Mangaluru, July 22: ‘Kanasu Kannu Teredaga’, a children’s movie in Kannada directed by Santhosh Shetty Kateel, produced by Ganasiri Kiran Kumar (Ganasiri Creations) and Thammana Shetty (Manikya Combines) under the banner of Imagination Movies, is ready to be released on Friday July 24 at Suchitra theatre in K S Rao Road in Mangaluru.
Producer of the film, Thammana Shetty informed this in a press meet held on Tuesday July 21st at hotel Sri Ram Bhavan, Jeppu Morgan’s Gate here.
Thammana Shetty said, the film is ready to be released on July 24th in 40 theatres across Karnataka. The film has talented debut actors and technicians. The story of the movie is based on garbage problems dogging the society and the impression cast on children’s minds at schools and homes. The story itself is the hero of the movie. We want to give the message that cleaning an area and throwing the garbage at another place is not the solution for the problem. The message from the movie will motivate kids to step up and take action. The movie is full of dramatic play, action and comedy. I request everyone to come and watch the movie and make it a grand success, he said.
‘Kanasu Kannu Theredaga’ presents the story of two young boys Sanju and Manju, the former born into a rich family and the latter into a poverty stricken household. The movie gives a symbolic glance at the lives of two boys who are bought up under different classes of the society and how they inspire each other taking the help of a Mad Professor to succeed in their goal of making the city clean, he explained.
The film is written and directed by Santhosh Shetty Kateel, who has also wirtten the screenplay, and produced by Ganasiri Kiran Kumar and Thamanna Shetty. Assistant director of the film is Nagesh Puttur; cinematography by Sachin S Shetty, music by Yashwanth Udupi, lyrics by Razak Puttur, background score by Nithin Kumar, art director is Pradeep Roy, and the design and creative head is Raviraj Ganiga, he said.
Over 30 children have acted in the movie. The movie was shot around Puttur, Sullia and Mangaluru.
The uniqueness of the movie is that all the actors, technicians and artistes are from Mangaluru, thus making it the first locally-made Kannada film.
At the press meet, Producer Ganasiri Kiran Kumar, Razak Puttur, child actors Mahalasa, Maithri, were present among others.
