Bachchan (2013 film)

Bachchan
Directed by	Shashank
Produced by	Uday K Mehta
Written by	Shashank
Starring	Sudeep Jagapati Babu Bhavana Parul Yadav Tulip Joshi
Music by	V. Harikrishna
Cinematography	Shekar Chandru
Edited by	Sri Crazymindz
Production company	Sri Venkateshwara Krupa Entertainers
Release date	11 April 2013 (2013-04-11)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Bachchan is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language action-psychological thriller film directed by Shashank and starring Sudeep, Bhavana, Parul Yadav and Tulip Joshi. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by V. Harikrishna and cinematography handled by Shekar Chandru. Producer V. Ravichandran released the teaser trailer on 31 May 2012 at Gold Finch Hotel. The film released on 11 April 2013. The film also released in Dubai and other middle eastern countries on 18 April 2013. It released in Germany on 22 June 2013, in Perth on 30 June 2013, Melbourne on 6 July 2013, Adelaide on 27 July 2013, in California on 1 November 2013. The film was dubbed in Hindi and released on 2 August 2014 by RKD Studios. Telugu dubbed version of the film was released on 17 May 2014 by Bheemavaram Talkies produced by Tummalapalli Rama Satyanarayana.

Bharat alias Bachchan (Sudeep) is a kind-hearted real estate businessman, who is the MD of the Bharat property Solutions. He is deeply in love with Ashwini (Bhavana), who is doing MS in Bellary and wants to deliver honest service to the needy. But her wish becomes an obstacle for a mining mafia don Minister Madhusudhan (Pradeep Rawat), who's mining activities are causing harm to the common public living in the areas where the activities are taking place. Ashwini takes a step to fight against the corrupt minister and finds that most people who she believed were on her side are actually the minister's men. It is a story of how Bharat takes revenge for the wrongdoings of these men in the movie.

Initially Aindrita Ray was approached for the lead female role. Later Bhavana was finalized as the leading lady.Jagapati Babu has been signed up to do a special appearance in film. Ravi Shankar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Pradeep Rawat were roped in to play the role of the villains. For the second lead actress role, an upcoming successful actress Deepa Sannidhi had been signed on first. But however, on 19 June reports came out the actress had been ousted following a change in the script and instead Pranitha Subhash had been reportedly roped in The makers had been on the lookout for a suitable replacement, which they found in Bollywood actor Tulip Joshi.