Kannada movie Bell Bottom hit the marquee in February this year and turned out to be a big hit. The film was directed by Jayatheertha and starred Rishab Shetty and Hariprriya as the lead pair. Produced by Santhosh Kumar KC under the Golden Horse Cinema banner, the supporting cast included Achyuth Kumar, Yogaraj Bhat and Pramod Shetty. The technical crew of Bell Bottom included B Ajaneesh Loknath as the music composer, Aravind Kashyap as the cinematographer, KM Prakash as the editor and Raghu Niduvalli as the dialogue writer.
As the title indicates, Bell Bottom is set in the 1980s era during which the style was quite popular among youth. The film is about Detective Diwakar, played by Rishab Shetty, a constable by profession but a detective at heart. He grows up watching James Bond films and reading detective novels, and dreams about becoming one himself.
Following its success, Bell Bottom is being remade in Tamil, with Sathya Siva helming the project as its director and KN Enterprises bankrolling it. Bell Bottom is based on a short story penned by Dayanand TK. It revolves around detective Divakara, who takes up biggest case in the area. During the process of the investigation, Divakara meets several people and his ladylove, a bootlegger played by Hariprriya, as well. Bell Bottom is an interesting tale which will have the audiences glued to their seats till the end to know who the culprit is.
In this film, Shivamani was seen playing the character Mantravadi MoDi Nanjappa and he was well appreciated for portraying his role well. The latest is that the actor will be reprising the role in Tamil as well. Also Dinesh Mangalore, who starred in Bell Bottom, has been roped in for the Tamil version too.
Bell Bottom used a unique promotional strategy with the team releasing an audio trailer of the film, which was released on a popular radio channel in Bengaluru. The video trailer was narrated in Harikatha style.
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