Sugreeva (film)

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Screenplay byPramod Chakravarthy
Story byAnaji Films
Based onJohn Q. (English)(2002)
Sugreeva
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOm Prakash Rao
P. N. Sathya
Prasanth Mambully
Nagashekar
Nagendra Magadi
Raghava Loki
R. Anantharaju
Vijay
Pramod Chakravarthy
Tushar Ranganath
A. P. Arjun
Screenplay byPramod Chakravarthy
Story byAnaji Films
Based onJohn Q. (English)(2002)
Produced byAnaji Nagaraj
StarringShiva Rajkumar
Yagna Shetty
Dilip Raj
CinematographyManohar
Niranjan Babu
Venus Murthy
Shekar Chandru
Sathya Hegde
B. Suresh Babu
M. R. Seenu
R. Giri
Sudhakar
Vishnu
Edited byThirupathi Reddy
Music byGurukiran
Production
company
Anaji films
Release date
  • 26 February 2010 (2010-02-26)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Sugreeva is a 2010 Indian Kannada language film shot within 18 hours. The film was directed by 10 directors. Shiva Rajkumar acted as the protagonist. The film is a remake of the 2002 American film John Q,[1] which had earlier been remade in Hindi in 2006 as Tathastu.

The story of the film revolves around a happily married mechanic hijacking a hospital to save his son who is suffering from heart disease.[2]

Cast

Production

The movie Sugreeva started shooting at 6 a.m. on 11 October 2009 and was completed at 11:55 p.m on 11 October 2009.[3] The crew included:

  • 10 Directors
  • 10 Cameraman
  • 30 Assistant directors
  • 40 Camera assistants
  • 120 Light assistants
  • 20 Art assistants
  • 30 Set assistants
  • 60 Production assistants
  • 10 Makeup men
  • 10 Costumers
  • 80 stuntmen

60 artists and 600 junior artists worked day and night for the film. The film had 66 scenes in total. It was shot in eight different sets erected in and near Raj Rajeshwari Hospital at Bengalooru-Mysooru Highway.[4]

The film failed to make it into the Guinness Book Of World Records as the quickest film ever made, because they measure the time from the beginning of shooting to the release of the movie in theatres. The current record for the quickest movie made lies with the 1999 Tamil film Suyamvaram.

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