Gaddalakonda Ganesh

Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019)

Abhi wants to make a feature film with an antagonist as his lead and finds the perfect muse in the ruthless Gaddalakonda Ganesh. How he finally manages to make his debut forms the crux of the tale.

Date of release
2019-09-19
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (16)
Runtime
2h 53m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
Harish Shankar

Casting

Interesting facts

Gaddalakonda Ganesh is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Ram Achanta and Gopichand Achanta under the 14 Reels Plus banner. It is a remake of the 2014 Tamil film Jigarthanda which itself was inspired by the 2006 South Korean film A Dirty Carnival. The film stars Varun Tej, Atharvaa, Pooja Hegde, and Mirnalini Ravi. The film marks the Telugu debut of Atharvaa and Mirnalini Ravi. Principal photography began in February 2019 and wrapped in September 2019. The film has music composed by Mickey J. Meyer, cinematography was handled by Ayananka Bose, and editing by Chota K. Prasad.

Production

In early November 2018, it was reported that Harish Shankar was to remake the critically acclaimed Tamil-language film Jigarthanda (2014). That December, Varun Tej was reported to play lead role in the film. In early January 2019, Varun revealed that he was approached for the role, but the final call was still on-going. Tej revealed that many people had cautioned him and asked him not to sign the film, since his role has negative shades.

Harish said "After DJ, I wanted to go ahead with an urban love story on the lines of Fidaa and Tholi Prema with Varun Tej and pitched the script of Dagudu Muthalu. But he was looking to break his lover boy image and is keen to do a mass entertainer in my signature style". After eight hour long discussion both decided to remake Jigarthanda.

The project was produced by Ram Achanta and Gopichand Achanta under their banner 14 Reels Plus Entertainment. The company made a public announcement on 25 January 2018, confirming the project, and the film's official title Valmiki was revealed on 27 January 2018.

Karthik Subbaraj gave the original story and Harish Shankar made some changes to original story, later Mithun Chaitanya and Madhu Srinivas scripted the film. Dialogues were written by Harish himself.

I didn’t want to change the script written by Karthik (Subbaraj) as I thought it was brilliant. However, I have adapted the story to suit our local sensibilities keeping Varun’s image in mind. I have also created a substantial role for Pooja Hegde and her presence will take the film to a different level. If you recall, Jigarthanda was released in Telugu with the same name, but not many people watched it.

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