Ricky (2016)

City-bred wildlife conservationist Ricky falls in love with a simple village girl Radha. Their love story takes an unexpected turn when Ricky leaves on an outdoor assignment. Set against, a naxal backdrop, it is a story that will have you experience many edge of the seat moments.

Erscheinungsdatum
2016-01-22
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (3)
Laufzeit
2 Std. 17 Min.
Genres
Thriller, Liebesfilm
Regie
Rishab Shetty

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Ricky is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film written and directed by Rishab Shetty in his directorial debut, and produced by S. V. Babu. It stars Rakshit Shetty and Haripriya in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Achyuth Kumar and Ravi Kale. The film deals with the prevalence of naxalism in India, with a love story in the backdrop.

Production

Rishab Shetty, who had earlier starred in Rakshit Shetty's 2014 film Ulidavaru Kandanthe, turned director for the first time with Ricky. Shetty had conceived the story in 2009 inspired from an incident that occurred in Kundapur near his hometown Kerady in Karnataka,

as an aspiring film director. He said, "I was born and brought in Kerady, a place near Kundapura, which is surrounded with mountains. It was a Naxal-affected area and I used to hear several stories from people around me, which formed the backdrop of the story" and added, "I have also explored an incident about Special Economic Zones, which I picked up from a programme by the central government".

Shetty had initially wanted Diganth to play the lead role. However, on watching Rakshit Shetty's 2010 Tughlaq, he decided to have him play the role. He planned to signing Hariprriya after being impressed by her performance in the 2014 film Ugramm. It was revealed in February 2014 that Kishore and Achyuth Kumar were signed to play supporting roles. Ravi Kale was then cast to play a pivotal role as well.

It was revealed by the official Twitter handle of the film that shooting commenced on 1 September 2014, also revealing the first look poster of the film. Filming began in Karkala, Udupi district. Majority of the filming took place in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. Rakshit Shetty confirmed that 90 percent of the filming was completed by 12 October, in a span of 42 days, with a song sequence to be shot in Gujarat.

Setting to complete filming in a total of 99 days, a total of 46 days was done in the deep forests of Karkala, in the Udupi district of Karnataka. Additionally, filming took place for four days in Bangalore, nine days in Melkote, and 12 days in areas surrounding the Dal Lake of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Filming completed in June 2015 after a total of 69 days.

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