The Kannada film ‘Sugriva’ a two hours and 15 minutes commercial entertainer with all the ‘Navarasas’ all set to complete the shoot in 18 hours finished the task on Sunday night at 11.55 pm just five minutes earlier to the schedule time at Rajarajeswari Medical College location in Bangalore. There were three locations and twenty plus sets for the film ‘Sugriva’. At Raja Rajeshwari Medical College four huge floors were occupied and the ICU required for the film was nearby. Another spot was far away from the main location.

The Namana Films producer Anaji Nagaraj and nearly 1500 artists, technicians and workers who worked for this mammoth film were up in joy after finishing the task. The 18 hours Kannada film shoot at one main location near Kengeri and the other one at Mallasandra were looking full of activities as the 10 directors and 12 cameramen in the leadership of Prashanth (Malayalam film director who made a film ‘Bhagwan’ starring Mohan Lal in 19 hours – a film of 71 minutes duration ‘Adbhutham’ was made in 2005 shooting in 2 hours and 14 minutes by director Jayaraj).

Namana Films Anaji Nagaraj has invested Rs.3 crores on this project and the post production of it would take some more time he says. 45 days of meeting for this film and eight months of preparation for the story of Namana Films has given me the satisfaction when the final shot was approved at 11.55 pm stated Anaji Nagaraj.

Business tycoon and NICE Company chairman Ashok Kheney sounded the clap board exactly at 6 am on Sunday morning when Geetha Shivarajakumar, Nirupama and Nivedhita the two daughters of Shivarajakumar jointly switched on the camera for the first shot of ‘Sugriva’ at Raja Rajeswari Medical College on Mysore Road near Kengeri.

The 66 scenes for ‘Sugriva’ were handled by directors Nagashekar, Anantharaju, PN Sathya Om Prakash Rao, Pramod Chakravarthy, Ambari Arjun, Vijay (of un released Gubbi), Nagendra Magadi Pandu and Raghav Loki. In the two buildings at Rajarajeswari Medical College maximum scenes were planned and later at Mallasandra the Zee TV Kuniyonu Baara set a dance competition was handled by director Raghav Loki.

Hat trick hero Shivarajakumar took part in 44 scenes while Yagna Shetty the heroine in 27 scenes and Master Chiranjeevi in 40 scenes appear of the film. There are 60 artists team and shoot is in twenty two locations. The artists who were seen are – Raju Thalikote, Prakash Heggodu, Ninasam Ashwath, Anitha of Psycho, Manju Bashini, Hari, Dilipraj, Achuth Rao, Mico Shivu, Harini, RG Vijayasarathy and others.

Hat trick hero Shivarajakumar was cool at the rehearsal and tension built up in him on the previous night of shooting. He checked his BP and found it low. He was advised to take rest for a few hours before the shooting. On the process of shooting he has gone back to his Adayar Film Institute Days. He is very happy with the task ahead and feels proud to be a part of this film.

‘Sugriva’ is an emotional package where the protagonist takes the entire hospital as hostage and looks at the needs reaching the poor and needy becomes top priority. When the hijack of the hospital reaches the government and police department all efforts are made to convince the protagonist but Army had to be deployed for tackling the issue. What happens outside the hospital is also interesting part.

Director-Cameraman duo PN Satya-Niranjan Babu, Nagshekhar-Satya Hegde, Omprakash-Manohar, Pramod Chakravarthy-Giri, Arjun-Vishnuvardhan, Pandu-Venu Murthy, Vijay-M R Seenu, Raghava Loki-Shekhar Chandru were backed for nearly 65 personnel for each team.

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