A.K.47

A.K.47 (1999)

Ram is imprisoned when he is framed by his friends for being involved in an arms deal and murdering the commissioner. However, he escapes from jail and embarks on a mission to prove his innocence.

Date of release
1999-06-18
Runtime
2h 37m
Genres
Action, Drama
Director
Om Prakash Rao

Casting

Interesting facts

A. K. 47 is an Indian action film directed by Om Prakash Rao and produced by Ramu. The film, which was the first film to use DTS in Kannada cinema, stars Shiva Rajkumar, alongside Chandini, Om Puri and Girish Karnad. The music was composed by Hamsalekha, while cinematography and editing were handled by P. Rajan and S. Manohar respectively. The film was simultaneously made in Kannada and Telugu with P. Sai Kumar playing Shiva Rajkumar's role in Telugu version.

Production

After the success of their previous collaboration Simhada Mari (1997), Ramu, Om Prakash Rao and Shiva Rajkumar collaborated for the second time with this venture. AK 47 was the 50th film of Shiva Rajkumar and was also the first Kannada film to have DTS sound. Director Omprakash says he was inspired to make this film by some interviews with A.

Since the film was primarily shot in Mumbai, half of the film contains dialogue in the Hindi language. The stunt scenes shot in Mumbai traffic cost around Rs. 1 Lakh, for which Om cited that it was tough for the crew to receive permission from the government to shoot. Part of the film was shot in Bangalore. Filming completed in December 1998. This was the second film of actress Chandni Sasha after the cult class of upendra's A (1998).

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