Draft:A Day in the City (film)
A Day in the City (Kannada: Nagaradalli Ondu Dina) is a 2014 Indian Kannada film directed by Venkat Bharadwaj starring Sreenivas G. Kappanna, Laxman Shivashanakr and Sridharan. The film was screened at the 8th Bengaluru International Film Festival in 2016.[1] The film was screened at British Airways, China Air and Emirates amongst other airlines.[2]
Plot
[edit]The film is about water scarcity in a big city and how important government officials and engineers try to solve the issue.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Sreenivas G. Kappanna as the Chief Minister
- Laxman Shivashankar as an IAS officer
- Sridharan as the opposition leader
- Manohar Ramkumar as a CEO
- Venkat Bharadwaj as Kali, the corporator
- Chethan as Kali's assistant
Production
[edit]The film's director, Venkat Bharadwaj, was a regional manager of Starcom when an incident that happened on Church Street, Bangalore motivated him to make a film. Scriptwriting with him and his friends began in August 2013. Filming began on 8 January 2014 and finished on 13 May 2014. Since the film was shot on the weekends, ninety-percent of the cast was IT professional apart from Kappanna and Malayalam actor Sridharan.[3] The film was shot for twelve hours a day and the actors were mailed their lines beforehand. The four songs were shot at Brigade Road and M G Road in Bangalore, Maddur, Mahadevapura, Mandya and and Srirangapatna.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Move over Hindi, indie has arrived". Bangalore Mirror.
- ^ a b "A new angle to cinema". February 5, 2016 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Khajane, Muralidhara. "Techies team makes a movie by shooting during weekends". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Kumar, G. S. (24 June 2014). "Techies to hit the big screens for 'A Day in the City'". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2024.