Sollividava

<p>Sanjay ( ) and Madhu ( ) are two journalists from rival news organizations who do not have the best equation. However, when the two of them are forced to work together while covering the , a bond is forged between them. In December 2015, announced that he was set to produce and direct a bilingual Kannada and Tamil romantic film featuring his daughter in the lead role. He had initially narrated three stories to his daughter, who was most satisfied with a script on two journalists falling in love during the of 1999. While he was working on the screenplay, Arjun spent a week in the studios of and went through all the material they had on Kargil. Kannada actor was signed on to feature as the lead actor in the project, thus making his debut in Tamil films. In May 2016, Chetan Kumar backed out of the project, unhappy with his characterisation in the film, and was replaced by another Kannada actor, . For her particular role, Aishwarya Arjun carefully observed the style and characteristics of who worked as a journalist during the 1999 conflict. The film was launched in May 2016 with promotional stills from a shoot released shortly after. The film’s first schedule was completed in July 2016 with and also joining the cast. It was then shot in Dharamsala, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kerala, Mumbai, Switzerland, and Italy. In August 2017, the Tamil title was changed from to . The Kannada title of is derived from Arjun Sarja’s song from the film (1990). has composed the score and songs for the film, with Divo releasing the soundtrack in Kannada and in Tamil. The heroine introduction theme included in the album was composed by . The title track is based on the song “Prema Baraha” from the Kannada film (1990). A critic from wrote that “Watch this film if you’re a fan of the stereotypical commercial fare, replete with comedy, sentiments, action and romance”. A critic from opined that “Unfortunately, the brilliant actor Arjun Sarja falls short in deploying the right force and making use of the right kind of ammunition for this kind of lovely mission”. A critic from said that “What lets the film down is Arjun’s unfocussed writing, un-missable lectures on nationalism and using stock Kargil war footage liberally instead of staging the war”. A critic from stated that “On the whole, it’s just a run-of-the-mill romantic film which has almost no redeeming factors”.</p>