Mangalore: A new Kannada film ‘Kartik’ having young Karthik Shetty of ‘Yuva’ film fame as the hero, will hit the screen this month in several cities of Karnataka. The feature film is directed by Satish Shetty, with Tulu stage star and writer Devadas  Kapikad in a comic role, along with wife Sharmila.
The heroine is Archana Gupta who was seen last in ‘Circus’ and ‘Lift Kodla’. Mlilind Gunaji of Gujarath appears as villain, Raj Purohit from Belgaum, Sudha Belawadi(Bangalore), character actor Avinash, Sunil of ‘Kurigalu Sir’ fame, bring up the surrounding  enchantments to be enjoyed.
‘Telikeda Bolli’ Devadas Kapikad, it is rumored, has done a shining role with all his rich experience on the stage, in this new film.
The outdoor shooting was done in Bangalore, Kolhapur and Mumbai, the comedy star Devadas informed in a press meet held this morning at Patrika Bhavan in the port city. Love and action scenes abound in the new production, he added.
Manjunath B. Naik of Bollywood has cranked the camera. Director Satish Shetty has been in the making of several Marathi films already. He is in charge of technical aspects of this film as well. Trust him to present an absorbing film now.
John Varkey has given excellent music to the lyrics written by Hridaya Shiva. The songs and music have been appreciated in advance by listeners on cassettes. Guru Kiran, another great name in music from DK Dt., has sung some of the lilting songs, with Rajesh Krishnan, Shreya Ghoshal, Ajay Warrior, Dr. Shamith Malnad, Shaan, and Sunith Bhat.Quite a long list indeed.
Nanjundi Nagaraj is responsible for the deft stunt actions. Kartik did not use any duplicates in his fights. He was trained in distance Singapore for several months, to do such scenes. It is a family picture that Kartik offers here, to be released soon in local theatres. Some of the names above were in the Press Club event today.