Bheemasena Nalamaharaja

Bheemasena Nalamaharaja
Release poster
Directed byKarthik Saragur
Written byKarthik Saragur
Produced byRakshit Shetty
Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah
Hemanth M. Rao
StarringAravinnd Iyer
Arohi Narayan
CinematographyRavindranath
Music byCharan Raj
Production
companies
Paramvah Studios
Pushkar Films
Lost and Found Films
Distributed byAmazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 29 October 2020 (2020-10-29)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Bheemasena Nalamaharaja[a] is a 2020 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Karthik Saragur and produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah, Rakshit Shetty, and Hemanth M. Rao. It stars Aravinnd Iyer and Arohi Narayan along with Priyanka, Aadya, and Achyut Kumar.[3]

As per the director, the film is "based on six rasas—sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent, and the six characters represent six rasas."[4] The soundtrack and score was composed by Charan Raj and the cinematography was handled by Ravindranath.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was streamed worldwide from 29 October 2020 on Amazon Prime Video[5] as a part of their Great Indian Festival.[6]

Cast

  • Aravinnd Iyer as Latthesh / Bheemasena Nalamaharaja[a]
  • Arohi Narayan as Dr.Arohi/Vedavalli Varadarajan
  • Priyanka Thimmesh as Vedavalli Varadarajan / Sarah Mary
  • Achyuth Kumar as Varadarajan Iyengar
  • Vijay Chendoor as Kenda
  • Lakshmi Karanth as Saraswathy Varadarajan
  • Sandhya Arakere as Kavitha
  • Aadya Udupi as Lalli
  • Amaan as Dr. Francis
  • Pooja Kashyap as Veda's friend
  • Chitrali Tejpal as Young Vedavalli
  • Praveen Kumar Gasti as Worker at Nadimoola Resort
  • Manas Gabriel as Aravind
  • Deepa K N as Aravind's mother
  • Meese Anjanappa as Hotel Owner
  • Tushar Gowda as Young Latthesh
  • Vinod Divakar as Father of church

Production

The film was officially launched on Varamahalakshmi festival day on 4 August 2017.[7]

Accolades

Award Category Recipient Result Ref
67th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Aarohi Narayan Nominated [8]
Best Supporting Actor Achyuth Kumar Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ a b The name is a reference to Bhimasena and Nala Maharaja, characters from the Mahabharata regarded as great cooks in Indian tradition. Nala is also attributed as an author of Pakadarpana, a book on ancient Indian cuisine; while the popular Indian stew Aviyal is attributed to Bhima.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Bhima good cook like Nala". One India. 30 December 2007.
  2. ^ Iyer, Ashwin (24 October 2020). "Masterchefs of lore". Deccan Herald.
  3. ^ "rakshit shetty: Bheema Sena Nala Maharaja cooks up a storm | Kannada Movie News". Times of India. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Bheema Sena Nala Maharaja stirs in right ingredients". The New Indian Express. 23 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Aravinnd Iyer's Bheemasena Nalamaharaja gets a release date". indiatimes.com. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. ^ "7 shows and movies on Amazon Prime Video that are releasing as a part of the Great Indian Festival". 16 October 2020.
  7. ^ "ಭೀಮಾ ಸೇನಾ ನಳ ಮಹಾರಾಜನಿಗಾಗಿ ಅಡುಗೆ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯ ಕಲಿತ ಅರವಿಂದ್ ಅಯ್ಯರ್ | Aravinnd Iyer learns culinary skills for Bheema Sena Nala Maharaja". Kannadaprabha.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  8. ^ "67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory". Filmfare. Retrieved 18 October 2022.


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