Qatar: Qatar’s renowned organization Karnataka Sangha Qatar is set to screen this year’s superhit Kannada movie “Rangi Taranga”, which created waves in Karnataka, at Asian Mall on December 3 2015, 6 pm.
KSQ president H K Madhu told the media, via press release, that after a long gap, a Kannada movie is being screened in Doha. The movie has already reached a milestone in the sandalwood industry and now it will create a new milestone in Doha, he said.
Rangi Taranga (Colourful Wave) is a 2015 Kannada mystery thriller film written and directed by debut director Anup Bhandari, and produced by H. K. Prakash. It features debutantes Nirup Bhandari, Avantika Shetty, Radhika Chethan, and Saikumar in the lead roles. Parts of filming have taken place in Mysore, Bengaluru, Madikeri, Puttur, Sira, Ottapalam, Alappuzha and Ooty.
As per the analysis Rangi Taranga performed incredibly well in the United States upon release on August 14 in 36 screens. It collected US $ 200,802 (Rs 13.1 million), which trade analyst Taran Adarsh called an “Excellent start”. The second day collections of US $75,000 (Rs 49 lakh) were reportedly more than the collection that any Indian film has made there. By the end of the first weekend of the three day-run, it managed to break the records set by all previous Kannada films in the United States and became the highest grosser in the process.
Rangi Taranga also became the first Kannada film to make it to the weekend box office list of The New York Times. By the end of September, it became the first Kannada film to complete a 50-day run in the US, and collected Rs 2.1 crore (US $310,000).
Movie Synopsis:
Gautam, a novelist leads a reclusive life in Ooty. Gautam’s latest novel is titled Rangi Taranga, a word which might hold the key to his past. Indu, a soft natured girl, paints the cover pages of all Gautam’s novels. Sandhya, a self-proclaimed journalist, is in search of an anonymous writer who goes by the pen name “ANASHKU”.
Unforeseen circumstances lead Gautam to Indu’s ancestral home in the village of Kamarottu. Upon his arrival in Kamarottu, he befriends the post master, Kalinga, and the elderly school head master, Shankara. Gautam experiences a lot of strange occurrences and his investigation into these incidents irks the powerful men in the village. Meanwhile, Sandhya’s trail leads her to Kamarottu. And then, the unexpected happens.
The press release also states that for movie passes contact numbers 55641025 / 66230306 / 55531815 have been made available.
