Nikhil Kumar’s love song for Kashmira Pardeshi, Davva Davva, was shot at Tech parks across Bengaluru

Over the weekend, the team of Nikhil Kumar’s next, Rider, released the first single from the film. Called Davva Davva, the song, sung by Armaan Malik, with lyrics by lyricist-filmmaker Chetan Kumar and composed by Arjun Janya, features Nikhil and heroine Kashmira Pardeshi. Choreographed by Bhushan and shot in pristine locations across Bengaluru, the song has Nikhil busting quite a few interesting but simple moves, as he sings about falling for the heroine’s charms.

Sunil Gowda, who has co-produced the film from his Shivanandi Entertainments, along with Lahari Films, tells us, “Davva Davva is the first single from Nikhil’s next, directed by Vijay Kumar Konda, in which the actor plays college student with a keen interest in basketball. The film is ready and we are tentatively targeting end of November for its release. In the meantime, we will release the videos of the songs, to give audiences an idea of what we are bringing to the table this time around. Since its release, Davva Davva has been well-received, for its simple choreography, colourful presentation and locations. In fact, many find it difficult to believe that the song has been shot in Bengaluru. What you see are shots from various Tech Parks across the city, which have been presented beautifully by cinematographer Shreesha Kudavalli.”

The locations, adds Sunil, were not easy to come by. “These were not locations that are normally given out for film shootings. We had employed an agency to find us previously unexplored locations, just as we did with Jaguar, when we shot at the Infosys campus in Mysuru. For Davva Davva, we got special permissions and paid to shoot at these Tech Parks over five days,” he says, adding that ITPL and Brigade Township are among the locations that the song has been shot at.

As for the choreography, Sunil says that the plan was to keep it simple, so that even the common man could replicate the steps. “This also means that there are fewer cut shots and more of single shot sequences in the song,” he winds up.