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- Avane Srimannarayana is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language fantasy adventure comedy film directed and edited by Sachin B. Ravi in his directorial debut. Jointly produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah and H.K.Prakash, the film features Rakshit Shetty and Shanvi Srivastava in lead roles. B. Ajaneesh Loknath and Charan Raj composed the soundtrack, with the former composing the score, whereas Karm Chawla handled the cinematography. Described by Shetty as "Southern Odd Fiction", the film follows a corrupt police officer who takes on a bandit chief in order to recover a missing treasure in the 1980s. The film's script was written by Rakshit Shetty, Chandrajith Belliappa, Anirudh Kodgi, Abhijith Mahesh, Nagarjuna Sharma, and Abhilash. Originally announced in February 2017, the scriptwriting took 18 months to complete, with filming eventually began in March 2018 and ended in June 2019. It was filmed in portions across North Karnataka region, and a huge set was erected at Bengaluru, where 90% of the film's shoot took place. The film was shot for 200 days, thus becoming the longest Kannada film to be shot, and also the only Kannada film with the highest number of call sheets. The film was compiled with 2000 VFX shots. Produced on a budget of ₹200–240 million, Avane Srimannarayana was released in Kannada on 27 December 2019 and grossed ₹560 million worldwide. It was simultaneously dubbed and released into different languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. The Telugu version released on 1 January 2020. Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi versions released on Amazon Prime Video on 3 January 2020. (en)
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