Director Jayathirta’s Olave Mandara, starring Srikanth and Aakanksha Mansukhani, was released in 2011 and won critical acclaim. Now, SR Patil’s upcoming directorial bears the title, Olave Mandara 2. However, the film will not have relevance to the previous movie or its backdrop.

The new film, produced by Chethan Raj, Ramesh Margol and TM Satish, will have Sanath playing the hero. The actor, who won the ‘Face of Bangalore’ title in 2014, has worked in films like The Plan, Tora Tora na Kamarottu Check Post and Idam Premam Jeevanam.

Olave Mandara 2 will have Kiran Thotambyle scoring the music. The music director is currently basking in the success of R Chandru’s I Love You, starring Upendra. 

The Olave Mandara 2 team is gearing up to start shooting from August, before which they would finalise on the cast and crew members. The song recording started on Sunday.