It’s a wrap on Yogaraj Bhat’s Gaalipata 2 with Ganesh, Diganth and Pawan

On Friday, director Yogaraj Bhat announced the completion of principal photography on Gaalipata 2, the sequel to his earlier Gaalipata. The filmmaker posted a series of pics with the entire cast and crew to mark the happy occasion, considering that filming on the sequel was delayed considerably by the pandemic and subsequently in trying to align his casts dates. Ganesh had Sakath and Tribble Riding on his calendar, Pawan’s been planning his next directorial with Puneeth Rajkumar, Diganth had a web series and films like Marigold, Kshamisi Nimma Khaateyalli Hanavilla, apart from newer signings, and Sharmiela had double duty as producer and actor for Dasara, for instance.

Major portions of the film had been shot in Kudremukh and then Kazakhstan earlier this year, and it was only in mid-September that Bhatru, as the filmmaker is fondly called, got all his cast together again for yet another schedule in Kudremukh.

The film has Ganesh, Diganth, director-actor Pawan Kumar, Sharmiela Mandre, Vaibhavi Shandilya and Samyuktha Menon in the lead, with Nishvika Naidu pitching in for a special role. Gaalipata 2 will have Yogaraj Bhat collaborating with music man Arjun Janya for the first time. Santhosh Rai Pathaje is the cinematographer. Ganesh, Diganth and Anant Nag are the only actors who have been retained from the original 2008 film. The director has previously also collaborated with Ganesh on Mungaru Male and Mugulu Nage, while Diganth starred in his Manasaare and Pancharangi. The central theme of Gaalipata was friendship, which is the only common factor with the sequel. Gaalipata 2 marks Vaibhavi’s second Kannada film outing after 2017’s Raj Vishnu.

According to sources, Bhatru is looking at releasing the film in early 2022, and will now get busy with post-production work.