Touted as the costliest film made in Kannada, KGF created a records of sorts with Bengaluru-based Lahari Audio acquiring audio rights of the film on Saturday by paying ₹3.6 crore.

According to Tulasiram Naidu of Lahari, popularly known as Lahari Velu in the film industry, his company, which had acquired the audio rights of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion by paying ₹2.25 crore, bought the audio rights of KGF by paying more than that.

“It is a whopping sum of ₹3.6 crore and the highest amount being paid for acquiring audio rights of a film in the history of south Indian cinema,” said Mr. Velu.

“While the Kannada version of audio with six songs and four bit music pieces will be released on November 29, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam versions are set to release in the first week of December,” producer Vijay Kiragandur told The Hindu.

Like Bahubali, which was released in two parts, KGF is also being made in two parts. While the first part is set to release in the last week of December, the sequel is slated for release in mid-next year. In actor Yash’s own words, “With KGF, Kannada films get a new found respect in Indian cinema”.

The much-awaited KGF is being widely talked about in the Kannada film industry for the past three years, as it is showing all signals of becoming a trendsetter.

Mr. Kiragandur has refused to disclose the budget of the film and has maintained that he is not worried about the budget, as making the film is more of a passion for him than a business proposition.

While the film is shot in Kannada, it will be dubbed in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi and released simultaneously.

Meanwhile, Mr. Velu is in the process of making a multi-lingual and multi-starrer film on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh which is being scripted by K.V. Vijayendra Prasad of the Bahubali fame.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Muralidhara Khajane / Bengluru – November 26th, 2018