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Mangaluru, Aug 25: With almost 100 plus characters in Sandeep Malani’s ‘Maa – Yeh Cinemaa Hai’, a few of them are also part of the soon to be released Kannada film ‘Darpana’, produced and directed by Karthik Venkatesh.
In this week’s episode of ‘Maa’, director Malani gives a special treatment and endorses ‘Darpana’. The episode begins with the song of ‘Maa’ – ‘I love you my Angel’ that is picturised on Sanjukta Ghosh, Bharath Lakshimkanth, Mahesh Dulam, Anita Dulam, Aditi and Sriman Dulam, Silver Malani, Maria Sonali, Mohammed Sayeem, Tushara, Selvam Mathappan and the rest being – the Darpana team (Karthik, Arun Kumar, Sree Ram, Madhura, Manjula Pillai).
This is followed by the Kannada version of ‘I Love You My Angel’ that is from the film Darpana and features Arun Kumar and Chitra. Both the versions are sung by Govind Kurnool. Priya Yadav has sung the Kannada version, and the Hindi version by Tracy.The other song of ‘Darpana’ is the happy family song titled ‘Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Da Haadu Idhu’ that is sung by Govind and Priya and is picturised on almost the entire cast that includes Arvind Rao, Arun Kumar, Dubai Rafeeq, Sandeep Malani, Yethiraj, Madhura, Manjula Pillai and also has Velu Murugan, GK Thirumalesh, Nagraj Ganappa, Vinay,
Shyam, Devaraj, Preksha, Radha, Varshini, Meghana, Vijayraj, Giri , Rajeev and many others including producer Edward D’Souza and director Karthik Venkatesh.
The trailer of the film also is been showcased in the episode.
Darpana is a scientific commercial thriller based on the concept of God v/s Science. The film is unique as it is the first time in Kannada cinema, a film of this genre is being released. The highlight of the film is a song that is in 3D and only for this song; one has to wear 3D glasses to watch the special effects. Karthik Venkatesh has handled 21 departments of filmmaking all alone.
The film has Mangalureans in it. Arvind Rao (of Rangi Taranga fame), Sandeep Malani, Shree Ram (who was also seen in the film ‘Plan’), singer Priya Yadav and producer Edward Dsouza are seen in the film. The cast also includes Dubai Rafeeq, Chitra, Madhura, Arun Kumar, Yethiraj and Sharanya Jit Kaur.
‘Darpana’ will release all over Karnataka on September 8.
The episode is been edited by Vignesh Thanupillai for The Studio Agency and is presented by Sandeep Malani. The episode will be telecast on Sunday, August 27 at 7.30 pm with its repeat on Tuesday, August 29 at 5.30 pm and Friday, September 1 at 5.30 pm.
Produced by Dr Edward D’Souza and Karthik Venktesh, it’s a Jah’s Creative Inn Production and is promoted by Malani Talkies.