Vikrant Rona release date update: Fans unhappy as makers don’t make announcement as promised

Fans of Kiccha Sudeep were eagerly awaiting word on the release date of his next, Vikrant Rona, which was supposed to happen earlier today at 11.05 am. However, more than an hour later, there’s not been a peep from the team of the film, with fans speculating that the announcement will drop any moment now.

According to sources, the film was slated for a February 24, 2022 release, the announcement of which was held back in the last moment, as there are rumours that the Karnataka government is mulling re-introducing the 50% occupancy cap in theatres, given that there have been sporadic cluster outbreaks of COVID in the state.

Vikrant Rona has been written and directed by Anup and stars Sudeep, Neetha Ashok, Nirup Bhandari. The makers had also roped in Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez for what was initially only meant to be a special song, but later clarified that she has pivotal role as well. The film has been produced by Jack Manjunath and Shalini Manjunath, under their banner Shalini Artss, and co-produced by Alankar Pandian of Invenio Films. The film has music by B Ajaneesh Loknath and William David as the cinematographer. According to the team, the film has been rendered in 3-D and is expected to be a grand visual spectacle.

Vikrant Rona, which was initially called Phantom, is considered one of the biggest films for its leading man Sudeep, in terms of the scale and release plans, given that it has, apparently, been mounted on a massive budget and is being brought to theatres as a pan-Indian movie with 14 versions including Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi, among others. Sudeep is expected to voice his character in at least four of these five languages. That the teaser and new title reveal of the film was done at Dubai’s Burj Khalifa is testimony to the fact that the makers are going all to promote and release this film to maximum effect.