Masterpiece (2015)

Interesting facts

Masterpiece is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action comedy film directed by Manju Mandavya and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under Hombale Films. The film stars Yash, alongside Shanvi Srivastava, Suhasini Maniratnam, P. Ravi Shankar and Chikkanna. The music is composed by V. Harikrishna, while cinematography and editing were handled by Vaidy S and K. M. Prakash respectively.

Production

The film was announced on 21 October 2014 by producer Vijay Kiragandur, it would be titled Masterpiece and produced under his banner, Hombale Films, to coincide with the Deepavali festival. Manju Mandavya made his directorial debut, who also wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film.

During the announcement, it was also announced that Yash would play the lead role in the film and that Suhasini Maniratnam would portray the role of his mother. The director said that two actresses, Anushka Shetty and Priya Anand, were under consideration to play the female lead. Following speculations, Shanvi Srivastava was signed in late-December 2014. Chikkanna was cast in an important side role marking his 25th film in acting.

Filming was scheduled to begin in November or early-December 2014, following the filming of Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari, another Yash-starrer. While delayed, reports said filming was to begin in the second week of January 2015. In June 2015, it was revealed that model Ekta Rathod would make a cameo appearance in the film.

A celebratory song was filmed across Bengaluru, and the song appears in the movie when Yash's character falls in love. The song also features Chikkanna and Shanvi Srivastava, and over 1,500 backup dancers. The song Annange Love Aagide turned into a chartbuster.

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