Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (JD)

Udupi, Aug 13: The Krishna Janmashtami for the year 2020 was not a joyful celebration due to the pandemic. The devotees celebrated it at their homes with divinity. Many organizations and associations conducted online competitions to grace the festive mood. But amidst all of this, a set of photographs of Radha-Krishna went viral on social media adding the trend to the festive mood.

The photographs captured by Rakshith Chinnu and team was a big hit all over coastal Karnataka. The photographs were largely shared all over the social media platforms.

Nireeksha Shetty

Navya Pujari 

Ankta Patla 

Rakshith Chinnu (Photographer)

Vikram Rao (Assistant)

Manish Muralidhar (Makeup artist)

Rakshith Chinnu is a professional photographer hailing from Mangaluru. He has also worked as a cinematographer in Kannada and Coastalwood films. Speaking to Daijiworld about the photographs which went viral Rakshith said, "It was a totally unplanned shoot. As Krishna Janmashtami was nearing we wanted to give our best to uplift the festive mood. It was a team effort which resulted in great output."

The photographs feature Coastalwood actresses Nireeksha Shetty as Sri Krishna, Navya Pujari as Radha and Ankita Patla as Meera. These actresses are quite happy from the response they are getting from the public for the beautiful captures.

The most interesting and intense part of the entire photoshoot was the makeover of the characters. Makeup artist Manish Muralidhar has given intense touch to the makeover and made it look-alike to the original characters. Vikram Rao served as the assistant for the shoot.

The photographs have been largely shared all over social media along the coastal belt and abroad.