Seetharama Kalyana


Seetharama Kalyana is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language action comedy film written and directed by Harsha and produced by Anitha Kumaraswamy under the Channambika Films banner. The film has an ensemble cast with Nikhil Kumar and Rachita Ram in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes R. Sarathkumar, Madhoo, Bollywood actor Sanjay Kapoor making his debut in Kannada, Bhagyashree, Aditya, P. Ravishankar, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila among others.
The technical crew members for the film include Anup Rubens as the music composer, Swamy. J as the cinematographer, Ganesh as the editor and Ram-Lakshman as the stunt choreographers.
The film released on 25 January 2019 coinciding the Republic day holiday. It has been reported that the film's Hindi dubbing rights has been sold for 5.5Crores.. The movie is loosely based on the 2017 Naga Chaitanya starrer Telugu movie Rarandoi Veduka Chudham.

Plot

The story begins in a village as a tale of two best friends Narashima and Shankar. Narashima has a huge family, and one day, his elder sister Meera gets engaged. Ten days before her wedding, she elopes, leaving behind a letter that she has loved another man, and has gone to live with him. Due to a misunderstanding, Narashima is suspected, and the friendship turns into enmity.
The story moves forward twenty five years, with Geetha, the innocent and heavily pampered only daughter of Narashima, who has little to no exposure to the outside world. She dreams of marrying someone with princely qualities, as said by her grandmother. Arya, the son of Shankar, meets Geetha in his friends marriage with Geetha's friend and falls in love with her at first sight. After playful encounters, they separate ways. Geetha eventually comes to Bangalore, Arya's hometown, for her studies. She quickly finds out that Arya lives in there and they spend a lot of time together, with her sharing everything with him. She tells him that she is not interested in a relationship with him. Arya loves her, but in fear of rejection, doesn't reveal his love. Later they get into an argument, with Arya revealing his love for her and being frustrated on her not having a clarity on her life and that she keeps waiting for a prince and doesn't realize what she has. Geetha furiously returns home, and accepts a marriage proposal by her cousin out of anger. Rest of the story is how Arya finally makes Geetha realize him as her Prince and resolves disputes between both families.

Cast

has scored the soundtrack and score for the film. A total of three songs were composed by him. The audio was launched under the Lahari Music audio label. A romantic single "Ninna Raja Naanu" was released on 16 November 2018.

Marketing

A teaser of the film was released on 31 July 2018 and it recorded large number of views in the social media. Upon the teaser release, it was widely speculated that the film is a remake of Telugu hit Sarrainodu since the stunt sequences bear an uncanny resemblance to the Telugu film.
The official trailer of the film is premiered on 19 January 2019.