Masterpiece (2015 film)

Plot

The protagonist of the film, Masterpiece, is Yuva (Yash), a local troublemaker, who aspires to rule over everybody. His mother, wishes her son to be well-educated and a respected member of society, but Yuva needs to learn the 'good' and 'bad' by living through the consequences of his own choices. In the wake of his mother's dreams to see her son as a social reformer, a unique love story unfolds between Yuva and Nisha (Shanvi Srivastava).

Cast

Production

The film was announced on 21 October 2014, to coincide with the occasion of Deepavali, a Hindu festival, by film producer Vijay Kiragandur. The film would be titled Masterpiece and would be produced under his banner Hombale Films. Manju Mandavya made his directorial debut, who also wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film. On titling the film as Masterpiece, he said, "Masterpiece was a spontaneous title that somehow clicked when I was getting into the structure of the story and when the hero's character was developing in my mind." V. Harikrishna was chosen to compose the music for the film and Vaidhy was chosen as cinematographer.

Casting

During the announcement, it was also announced that Yash would play the lead role in the film and that Suhasini Maniratnam would portray the role of his mother. The director said that two actresses, Anushka Shetty and Priya Anand were under consideration to play the female lead. Following speculations, Shanvi Srivastava was signed in late-December 2014. Chikkanna was cast in an important side role marking his 25th film in acting.

Filming and development

Filming was scheduled to begin in November or early-December 2014, following the filming of Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari, another Yash-starrer. While delayed, reports said filming was to begin in the second week of January 2015. In June 2015, it was revealed that model Ekta Rathod would make a cameo appearance in the film. In the midst of filming, The New Indian Express carried a report in July suggesting that Yash could be playing a negative role in the film, which however was not confirmed by the makers. In course of filming in September, it was revealed that the film would incorporate elements from the life story of a revolutionary leader of British India, Bhagat Singh. A schedule in Mysore was completed following which the song sequences were filmed.

A celebratory song was filmed across Bengaluru, and the song appears in the movie when Yash's character falls in love. The song also features Chikkanna and Shanvi Srivastava, and over 1,500 backup dancers. This is a record-breaking number in Kannada cinema.

Director Manju Mandavya and the rest of the team were in Mysuru, completing the last schedule of the talking portions of their film. A lot of scenes related to Bhagat Singh have been shot in this schedule and coincidentally, the portions were shot on the freedom fighter’s birthday, which was on September 28.

Soundtrack

The background music and soundtracks are composed by V. Harikrishna, with lyrics for the soundtrack penned by Manju Mandavya, Narthan and Ghouse Peer.

The audio launch event of Masterpiece was supposed to happen in a unique way, For the first-time the team members of Masterpiece had planned for an interesting audio release. Masterpiece music album includes 5 songs and was supposed to be released on 5 different days, starting from December 2 as follows: "Annange Love Aagidhe" (Dec 2), "I Can't Wait Baby" (Dec 4), "KD NO 1" (Dec 7), "Jaago Re Jaago" (Dec 8), "Attention Please" and trailer (Dec 10).