Dhruva Sarja’s Pogaru to hit the screens on February 19
This will be the first Kannada film featuring a major star to be released this year; it will simultaneously be dubbed and released in Telugu and Tamil
After over three years of hard work and effort, Team Pogaru is ready with their film. “It will hit theatres on February 19,” said Dhruva Sarja, who officially announced the release date. During an interaction with fans on social media, the actor confirmed this date, which coincides with Rathasapthami.
Pogaru will be the first big-star Kannada film to be out in 2021. The film will also be dubbed and released in Telugu and Tamil as Pogaru and Seema Thimiru, respectively.
Directed by Nanda Kishore, Pogaru features Dhruva as a ruffain and Rashmika Manadanna as a college professor.
In his interaction, Dhruva also mentioned that Pogaru is not just meant to be a commercial entertainer, but a film filled with family sentiments, love and emotions. “This is a content-based subject, and viewers can come with high expectations to watch it,” added Dhruva, who encouraged his fans to watch the film in theatres only.
The ensemble cast of Pogaru also features Raghavendra Rajkumar, Dhananjay, Pavithra Lokesh, and Mayuri, Ravi Shankar, and Chikkanna. Bankrolled by BK Gangadhar, the film also features bodybuilders Kai Greene, Morgan Aste, Johan Lucas and Jo Linder in the climax sequence.
Pogaru has music composed by Chandan Shetty, while the background score is by V Harikrishna. The camera work has been handled by Vijay Milton.