This story is from October 12, 2014

A film to unite Marathis and Kannadigas

Shyam Prasad S / Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Oct 12, 2014, 09:48 IST

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While politicians indulge in language politics, a flick tries to bridge the divide

Even as the boundary dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra takes a feverish pitch with the Supreme Court appointing a court commissioner, the entertainment industries in the two states are going the opposite direction and building bridges. A new Marathi movie, Carry on Maratha, with Kannada songs and dialogues, will go on floors on October 16. A part of the film will be shot in North Karnataka.
Playwright DS Chowgale is writing the Kannadadialogues which will form some 30-40 per cent in the film, sources say.
Chowgale has also written the film's script and the flick is being directed by Sanjay Londhe. GashmeerMahajani and KashmiraKulkarni play the lead roles. Sources say that the film is about an inter-linguistic love story. Part of the film will be shot in Hukkeri which is a border town in Belgaum district.
Sandalwood lyricist Hridayashiva has written two songs for the film. One is a full-length Kannada song while the other, a marriage song, is partly in Kannada.

“As a lyricist, I never imagined I would ever write songs for films in other languages. Actors and even other technicians, including script and story writers, can work in multiple languages. But dialogue writers and lyricists getting such a chance happens once in a lifetime, I guess. It is a lucky coincidence that I am part of the project,“ Hridayashiva said.
This is not the first film that showcases a Kannada-Marathi

love story. The Kannada film Kanti, directed by Bharath and starring Srimurali and Ramya, was about a Kannada boy in love with a Marathi girl in Belgaum. The film won Srimurali his first State Film Award. Carry on Maratha is about a Marathi boy in love with a Kannada girl.
Another Kannada film on the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu also boasted of dialogues in two languages. The Upendra and PrabhuDevastarrerH2O had dialogues in both Kannada and Tamil.

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