Vaastu Prakaara (2015)

Interesting facts

Vaastu Prakaara is a 2015 Indian Kannada language satirical comedy film written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat starring Jaggesh, Rakshit Shetty, Aishani Shetty and Parul Yadav. The supporting cast features Anant Nag, Sudha Rani, T. N. Seetharam and Sudha Belawadi. The film deals in the belief of Indians in astrology and superstition and how it is being blindly followed and overlooked over science.

Production

Yogaraj Bhat's first directorial came in Mani (2003) produced by Kari Subbu, and his second came in Ranga SSLC (2004) produced by N. Kumar. Bhat announced that he would direct a film under their production in February 2013, which however did not take off for over a year.

The film was announced in March 2014. Reports said Rakshit Shetty and Amulya would be playing the lead roles in the film. A week later, reports carried news of Rachita Ram having replaced Amulya as the female lead. However, reports in early May 2014 finalized that Aishani Shetty would be playing the female lead, following Ram's commitment to another Kannada film Dheera Rana Vikrama.

The film was launched on 2 May 2014, with a muhurat shot taken at a Hindu temple in Bangalore. The first schedule of the filming was completed in Switzerland by the end of June 2014. The second schedule began in Bangalore in mid-July 2014 at the Bangalore Palace, that apart from the leads, featured Anant Nag and Sudha Rani playing supporting roles.

Prior to the release of the film's video trailer, an audio teaser was launched and was released on YouTube on 6 December 2014. It featured a gibberish language spoken by Aishani Shetty, Siddi Prashanth and Arasu, in Kannada, Hindi and an African language, with subtitles in Kannada.

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