'Shree' - new film of Prakash having Vijay Raghavendra and Jennifer Kotwal

'Shree' - one of its kind movies in Kannada directed by youngster Prakash went on the floors yesterday (June 09). Two back-to-back hits - Khushi and Rishi certainly says this Youngman has brains! His troupe of 45 is moving to Bangkok on 13th and the shooting will commence a week after that. 40% of the film will be shot in Bangkok and surrounding areas that includes three songs. It was decided well in advance that Vijay Raghavendra will be the lead actor but the search for the heroine was on. Its fixed now and its none other than Jennifer Kotwal, the cute girl debuted into Kannada through 'Jogi'.

According to Prakash, Shree is going to be a technically sound movie. "People said, both my earlier projects were very distinct. But Shree is going to overtake those two" he says. Part of their Bangkok schedule will have chasing scenes like the ones seen in Bond movies says the producer. They are planning to use Paracopters. The difference between a Helicopter and a Paracopter is the height at which they fly. Paracopter can fly just 3 km above the earth and hence it dramatically helps the effective cinematography particularly with chasing! With foreign locations and advanced technologies you can imagine the budget! But producer Dhushyanth is not concerned about it. According to him, their Bangkok schedule itself is going to take approximately 60% of the whole budget. Santhosh Kumar is the other investor joined hands with Dhushyanth like in Monalisa.

Vijay Raghavendra and Jennifer Kotwal

Another attraction of this movie is 'Muay Thai' - a traditional Chinese martial art used in the form of kickboxing. The lead actor Vijay Raghavendra was trained in Bangkok for almost 25 days. So stunts in Shree will be a refreshing factor. Stunt master Ravi Varma in association with Mau (from Bangkok) is going to blend Muay Thai with action scenes. Another person Satyan Puttur who is apparently a Karate specialist will be assisting Vijay and will be with him throughout to give him tips. So you can expect nothing but a high voltage marshal art in action! For sure, it will be refreshing and unusual from the routine with the fragrance of Thai islands!

Valisha-Sandeep have scored the music for Shree that has Rahul Bose, Avinash, Ananth Nag, Shakila etc as supporting cast. Second schedule of the film will be shot in Bangalore.