Sugreeva (film)

Sugreeva (Kannada: ಸುಗ್ರೀವ) is an Indian Kannada language film shot within 18 hours.[1] The film was directed by 10 directors. Shivarajkumar acted as the protagonist. The film is a remake of the 2002 American film John Q, which had earlier been remade in Hindi in 2006 as Tathastu.[2]

Sugreeva
Directed byOm Prakash Rao,
P. N. Sathya,
Prasanth Mambully,
Nagashekar,
Nagendra Magadi,
Raghava Loki,
R. Anantharaju,
Vijay,
Pramod Chakravarthy,
Tushar Ranganath,
A. P. Arjun
Produced byAnaji Nagaraj
Written byRamnarayan (dialogues)
Screenplay byPramod Chakravarthy
Story byAnaji Films
StarringShivarajkumar
Yagna Shetty
Dilip Raj
Music byGurukiran
CinematographyManohar,
Niranjan Babu,
Venus Murthy,
Shekar Chandru,
Sathya Hegde,
B. Suresh Babu,
M. R. Seenu,
R. Giri,
Sudhakar,
Vishnu
Edited byThirupathi Reddy
Production
company
Anaji films
Release date
  • 26 February 2010 (2010-02-26)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Story

The story of the film revolves around a happily married mechanic hijacking a hospital to save his son who is suffering from heart disease. The film is a remake of the American film John Q starring Denzel Washington.[3]

Guinness Book of World Records

The film failed to make it into the Guinness Book Of World Records as the quickest film ever made, because they measure the time from the beginning of shooting to the release of the movie in theatres.[1] The current record for the quickest movie made lies with the 1999 Tamil film Suyamvaram.

Cast

Production

The movie Sugreeva started shooting at 6 a.m. on 11 October 2009 and was completed at 11:55 p.m on 11 October 2009.[1] The crew included:

  • 10 Directors
  • 10 Cameraman
  • 30 Assistant directors
  • 40 Camera assistants
  • 120 Light assistants
  • 20 Art assistants
  • 30 Set assistants
  • 60 Production assistants
  • 10 Makeup men
  • 10 Costumers

60 artists and 600 junior artists worked day and night for the film. The film had 66 scenes in total. It was shot in eight different sets erected in and near Raj Rajeshwari Hospital at Bengalooru-Mysooru Highway.[4]

Release

The movie was released in 2010 and failed to perform at the box-office.

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References
  1. "Sugreeva fails to enter Guiness book". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  2. https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/kannada-superstar-shivrajkumar-back-to-remakes-kavacha-is-the-remake-of-2016-malayalam-crime-thriller-oppam/articleshow/61773579.cms
  3. Hooli, Shekhar H. (15 March 2010). "Sugreeva – Review". oneIndia. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  4. http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinema/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3290318&page=2


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