ControversySeveral users have come out in support of actor Dhananjaya on social media after the actor’s recent film ‘Head Bush’ was accused of hurting the religious sentiments of practitioners of Veeragase, a folk art form popular in Karnataka. Tnm StaffScreengrab/ YouTube Actor Dhananjaya’s Kannada film has sparked a controversy after allegations of hurting the religious sentiments of practitioners of the folk art form Veeragase. Actor Dhananjaya essays the role of MP Jayaraj in the recently released Kannada film Head Bush, which is based on Agni Sridhar’s book Dadagiriya Dinagalu (My days in the underworld). The film focuses on the rise of MP Jayaraj and Bengaluru underworld in the 1970s and 80s. The movie courted controversy after some social media users and Right Wing groups called for its boycott over the depiction of Veeragase, a folk dance form of Karnataka, which is predominantly practiced by the Lingayat community.
- 10/27/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
ReviewThe problems in ‘Head Bush’ stem from Agni Sreedhar’s screenplay. Everything in the film, be it the characters, the physical setting or the atmosphere, feels detached and inauthentic.ShuklajiCourtesy: Screengrab | Anand AudioCall it the Kgf hangover or whatever, but Kannada cinema seems to be still reeling under the Rocky Bhai effect. In director Shoonya’s Head Bush, the narrative unfolds in the year 1974 through the spectrum of political and radical change as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi exhorts her ministers to curb feudalism in the country. Following this, we are led to the crummy streets of Bengaluru where the annual Karaga celebrations are on and a large crowd eagerly beckons the local macho man Jayaraj. There are hot embers laid out in the centre of the action, suggestive of the fuel and the drive that burn inside the protagonist, and it is a no-brainer that we are in for a...
- 10/21/2022
- by AditiKumar
- The News Minute
SandalwoodThe film will be directed by debutant Shoonya and produced by Ashu Bedra.Digital NativeDigital NativeKannada star Dhananjay has bagged the lead role in a biopic on the life of Bengaluru’s first underworld don, MP Jayaraj. The film will be directed by debutant Shoonya and produced by Ashu Bedra. Agni Shridhar, the scriptwriter of films like Aa Dinagalu, Edegarike and Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu and the director of Thamassu, is in charge of the script and dialogues of this biopic. It has been officially announced that this untitled film will start rolling in June this year and the prep work for it has begun already. Besides Dhananjay playing MP Jayaraj, the film will also have another lead actor to essay the role of politician Devaraj Urs. However, the filmmakers are yet to sign up for any actor for this role. Also, we hear that this biopic will be released in two parts in five languages – Kannada,...
- 2/19/2020
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
SandalwoodThe film will be directed by debutant Shoonya and produced by Ashu Bedra.Digital NativeDigital NativeKannada star Dhananjay has bagged the lead role in a biopic on the life of Bengaluru’s first underworld don, MP Jayaraj. The film will be directed by debutant Shoonya and produced by Ashu Bedra. Agni Shridhar, the scriptwriter of films like Aa Dinagalu, Edegarike and Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu and the director of Thamassu, is in charge of the script and dialogues of this biopic. It has been officially announced that this untitled film will start rolling in June this year and the prep work for it has begun already. Besides Dhananjay playing MP Jayaraj, the film will also have another lead actor to essay the role of politician Devaraj Urs. However, the filmmakers are yet to sign up for any actor for this role. Also, we hear that this biopic will be released in two parts in five languages – Kannada,...
- 2/19/2020
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
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