ಅವತಾರ ಪುರುಷ: Part 1 (2022)

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Avatara Purusha is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language supernatural comedy thriller film written and directed by Suni. The film is produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah under his studio Pushkar Films. It stars Sharan and Ashika Ranganath in the lead roles. P. Sai Kumar, Bhavya, Balaji Manohar and Srinagar Kitty feature in supporting roles. Arjun Janya composed the music while William David served as the cinematographer. The film was theatrically released on 6 May 2022.

Production

Director Suni stated that he was "intrigued by the subject of black magic". He said he "took inspiration from a bunch of novels" including Tulasi Dalam. He used black magic as the theme and wrote a story to be adapted into a web series, but eventually decided against it as he was unsure as to how "OTT would work with Kannada audiences".

Sharan and Ashika Ranganath, who worked together previously in Raambo 2 (2018), were cast as the leading pair. Ashika stated that she would play "a bold girl" in the film, a non-resident Indian named Siri. Srinagar Kitty was cast to play a practitioner of black magic from Odisha named Kumara, one of the avatars of Sharan's character.

Filming began on 17 February 2019. In November that year, it was reported that Arjun Janya was signed in to score for the film. It was Suni's first collaboration with Janya. He stated that since he was making a "humourous [sic] film that also deals with black magic", it gave the makers "a lot of scope to work with the music theme, as well as the background scores and re-recording." He added, "Each character has a different music theme and we are…

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