'Panduranga Vittala' - new Kannada film featuring Ravichandran in triple roles

Who is the busy bee in Kannada filmdom of late? Obviously Ravichandran - the 'Kanasugara'! Year 2004 saw three films of his while three more are in the pipeline. Malla was a hit movie followed by Ramakrishna and Sahukara turned out to be an average film. His latest venture Adishesha and Aham Premaasmi are progressing briskly. In-between, the movie 'Panduranga Vitala' which created a lot of hypes, news and controversy, and finally took backseat is in action now again!

Featuring Ravichandran in triple roles, 'Panduranga Vitala' was supposed to be directed by D. Rajendra Babu. Conflict between the director and producers (Ganesh and Praveen Kumar) soon brought the curtain down. Later, lead actor Ravichandran himself was supposed to take the responsibility of the lead man but didn't happen. Stalled project gained momentum finally when Dinesh Baboo filled the slot of D. Rajendra Babu. With these changes, songs are already been shot and talky portion is nearing completion for 'Panduranga Vitala'.

Prema

Prema, who is rare to be seen in Kannada movies these days, is the counterpart for Crazy Star. Hit pair of 'Kanasugara' is back once again in 'Panduranga Vitala'. Success of this movie is pretty crucial for this talented actress. Unfortunately, all her successful movies were predominated by others - be it Kanasugara or Yajamana and even recent Aptha Mitra. She never got a chance to stamp her name in Kannada filmdom. But she saw the silver lining in Tamil and Telugu film industries. It is not just Prema who is migrating from Kannada to other languages but many while filmmakers here prefer outside heroines. It could be the woes of artists there too!