Darshan's 'Kalasipalya' re-release receives grand response from fans

Bengaluru: Kalasipalya, the action-crime film starring Challenging Star Darshan that was originally released in 2004, was re-released on Friday (June 19). Morning shows in several theatres witnessed a large turnout of movie lovers.

Darshan fans once again gave a strong response to the film and cheered for their favourite actor. The movie was re-released across Karnataka, and morning show tickets in many theatres were sold out, with several screenings running housefull.

Videos of fans celebrating the re-release have gone viral on social media. Despite Darshan currently being in jail, fans continued to show their support by putting up cut-outs of the actor and raising slogans in his praise.

Directed by Om Prakash Rao and produced by Ramu under the Ramu Films banner, Kalasipalya features Darshan and Rakshita in the lead roles. The film’s music was composed by Venkat-Narayan and Sadhu Kokila.

The cast also includes Anantavelu, Mohan Raj, Sudhakar Naidu, Rajashekar, Avinash Yelandur, Chitra Shenoy, Anita, Raju Ananthaswamy, Sadhu Kokila, Bullet Prakash, Ramesh Bhat, Kote Prabhakar, M.N. Lakshmidevi, Tarakesh Patel, Srinivasa Murthy and Srinivasa Prabhu in important roles.