A massive Kalyana Mantap - Nithyotsava Kalyana Mantapa on Doddaballapur road was the rendezvous for 'Godfather' action and marriage portion shooting for producer K Manju in the direction of S Sriram.

It was eight plans for climax shoot with super star Upendra, Soundaraya, Catherine, Sudha Belwadi and scores of others at the Kalyana Mantapa and surrounding to this place is the action portions meant for action director Pambal Ravi.

For the eight days climax with nearly 1500 persons working for requires Rs.50 lakh plus says producer K Manju. We have shot in Bengaluru, Mysore and now the shoot is in progress at Doddaballapur. We will be moving to Madikeri and Switzerland for remaining portions of the shoot says K Manju.

The Kalyana Mantapa that can accommodate nearly 2000 people is owned by Nagaraj Reddy. According to producer Manju 'Godfather' a remake of 'Varalaru' Tamil film is the expensive film in the career of superstar Upendra.