Media Release
Mangaluru, Sep 12: Sandhya Creations' second venture 'Dhand' which recently premiered in UAE with three superhit shows, is all set to release in Leicester, UK at Piccadilly Cinemas on October 3 at 12 noon. 'Dhand' will thus become the first-ever Tulu movie to release in the UK. It may be recalled that this movie also set a similar record recently by becoming the first Tulu movie to release in Australia.
Dhand ran successfully in Mangaluru for around 70 days and had many shows screened in Mumbai and Nashik too, with more shows in the pipeline.
The organisers are busy preparing for the mega release and posts are already uploaded in cinema guides, social websites and Mangalurean connections over there. Mangalurean Konkani groups and Tulu Sanghas have come forward to support 'Dhand' out of their love towards Tulunada mother tongue.
Online advance booking for UK show can be done by clicking the link: www.Toaoentertainment.co.uk
'Dhand' movie narrates a tagline which says: "There is always a 'Hero' hidden within every person. Friends, fun, love etc keep the 'Hero' within busy throughout his life. But when he sees injustice being done to his loved ones, only them will the real Hero withinl rise to fight against the injustice". The fight is against drug abuse and atrocities towards women which are issues needing attention in many parts of the world. This female-oriented movie has been acclaimed as one of the best storylines ever made in Tulu movies so far with a good social message and has been appreciated wherever it has released. Students from schools and colleges have also watched the movie in groups.
A beautiful romantic song, 'Nina Teliken' sung by Sonu Nigam was shot in four days at various locations in Mangaluru. This song was shot keeping in mind the theme of three environmental conditions of mother nature like greenery, water and barrenness. The film was entirely shot in and around beautiful natural locales of Mangaluru. A marriage song, 'Ora Oppi Bokka', was shot during night in a traditional house near Yekkar, Mangaluru. Intro song, 'Hero Yaanavodu' picturized on Arjun Kapikad was shot near Panambur. Item song 'Gammathu' featuring Anoop Sagar and Ameeta Kulal was shot at night in sensuous "Red Rock Resort" near Suratkal.
The melodious music of the film is composed by Abhishek S N, a software engineer by profession from Bengaluru (who had earlier composed music for the Sandhya Creations' first international Tulu film 'Nirel'), for which Swapnil H Digde assisted him as a music arranger. Abhishek has also sung for 'Dhand' and has provided electrifying background score.
'Dhand' has been produced by Shodhan Prasad with story and direction by Ranjith Bajpe of 'Nirel' fame, starring Arjun Kapikad as the protagonist of the movie along with Sandeep Shetty. 'Nirel' fame Anoop Sagar's performance in a negative role has been highly appreciated along with Deepak Paladka's who acted as main comedian, supported by Gopinath Bhat, Umesh Mijar, Ranjan Boloor, Shilpa Suvarna, Anvita Sagar, Nidhi Maroli and Shodhan Prasad playing major roles in the movie along with other actors. It has beautiful songs with lyrics penned by Rajneesh Amin, Loku Kudla and Ravichandran Sonandur for the music composed by Abhishek S N. Mixing and mastering of the music was done by Swapnil Digde. Karthik Mallur captured every bit of the movie as director of photography while Sujith Nayak did the editing part perfectly. For the first time Surakshitha Shetty was introduced as costume designer. The action scenes were by Ultimate Shivu and choreography by Akul N. Dhand has Kishore Moodbidri as associate director and Rakshith Karanath Kulai, Surakshitha Shetty, Venu Shetty Mulky and Subhash Bangera as assistant directors. Publicity designs were done by Yathiraj U S, stills by R B K Jayaraju and publicity stills by Thilak Photography, Mangaluru.
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