Kanasu Kannu Theredaga

Kanasu Kannu Theredaga is a Kannada kids' movie directed by debutant Santhosh Shetty Kateel and produced by Ganasiri Creations in collaboration with Manikya Combines. The film was envisioned by Kiran kumar puttur and written and developed by Santhosh Shetty Kateel. The film stars newcomers Gangadar Bellare, Thammanna shetty and debutant child actors Jagadish.t and Pranava Bellare. Filming began in May 2014 and releasing in July 2015.

Plot

Kanasu Kannu Theredaga tells the story of two young boys Sanju and Manju, the former born to a wealthy family and the latter to a poverty stricken household. The film takes a symbolic look at the lives of two boys who are raised under different classes of the society and how they inspire each other with the help of Mad Professor to succeed in their goal of making the city clean.

Cast

• Gangadar Bellare as Mad Professor
• Thammanna shetty as Contractor Madhava
• Santhosh Shetty as Mad Man
• Keerthi Rekhya as Teacher
• Prema Kishor as Malathi
• Vasantha Laxmi as Rani
• Jagadish.t as Manju
• Pranava Bellare as Sanju
• Maithri as Melita
• Mahalasa as Mahalasa
• Keerthi as Laxmi
• Chetan as Shailu
• Karthik Pai as Ganapa
• Anusha as Suma
• Vibhashree as Vibha
• Uday Sarang as Keshava
• Chidanand Kamath as Grandpa
• Yogish as Bala

Crew

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• Producer Shri Kiran Kumar (Ganasiri Creations), Thammanna shetty (Manikya Combines)
• Concept Shri Kiran Kumar
• Story Screenplay Direction Santosh Kumar Shetty
• Co Director Nagesh Puttur
• Art Direction Pradeep Roy
• Assistant Art Director Deepesh Raj, Prathvi Acharya, Nitesh Salian, Jeevan
• Lyrics-Dialogues Razak Puttur
• Music Yahswanth Udupi
• Cinematography Sachin S Shetty Kapu
• Assistant Camermen Jitesh Bangera
• Editing Raviraj
• Production Manager Razak Puttur
• Lighting Unit Gopi Kishan
• Choreography Prahsanth Neralakatti
• Background score Nithin

Production

Casting

Santhosh Shetty decided to work on a reasonable budget scouting local talents so that viewers can grasp the essence of the story in a glance. Auditions were held in and around the village of Puttur which had a massive turnout of nearly 1500 aspiring actors demonstrating their talents. The director hailed casting as a significant achievement as the entire cast of this movie consists of newcomers.

Filming

Filming began one the second week of July 2014 where the cast and crew had to constantly endure bad weather which led to having the original shooting schedule split into 4 parts over the coming months. Cinematographer Sachin Shetty Kapu decided to use shaky camera movement and multi angle shots to keep the tone of the movie true to the innocence of a child. The crew had to overcome gruelling shooting schedules in particular the dumping yard scenes which affected the health of several crew members. Production wrapped up in early November 2014.

Soundtrack

The music of the film is being composed by Yashwanth Udupi. Lyricist Razak Puttur emphasized on the emotions to make the listeners feel the depth of the songs which was in turn augmented by composer Yashwanth Udupi.

Promotion

A story board version of the making of the film was released on YouTube to favourable reviews along with a video detailing the website created for the promotion of the movie.