Bell Bottom

***Bell Bottom*** is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language crime comedy film directed by Jayatheertha and written by Dayanand T. K. The film, set in the 1980s, is produced by Santhosh Kumar K. C. under the Golden Horse Cinema banner. The film features Rishab Shetty and Hariprriya in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Achyuth Kumar, Yogaraj Bhat and Pramod Shetty.

The technical crew members for the film include B. Ajaneesh Loknath as the music composer, Aravind Kashyap as the cinematographer, K. M. Prakash as the editor and Raghu Niduvalli as the dialogue writer.

The film launched in late January 2019 and released across theaters in Karnataka on 15 February 2019. The movie became one of the highest grosser of 2019.The completed 100 days in 25 plus centers having Housefull shows. The movie premiered at the *Indian Film Week* in Japan.

## Plot

Detective Divakar (Rishab Shetty) is a constable by profession but a detective at heart. He grows up watching James Bond themed films like *Goa Dalli CID 999* and reading detective novels, and dreams about becoming one himself. But immense pressure from his father Annappa (Achyut Kumar), forces him to become a police constable. Within a month, he solves a murder mystery, with ease. This makes him popular and he gets to solve the next big robbery happening in the police station in the neighbourhood. The case, however, opens a Pandora’s box and brings out the real detective in him. While solving the case, he also finds true love in Kusuma (Haripriya), a bootlegger who sells hooch in the area. How Divakar deals with all the quirky criminals to solve the case is indeed a fun-filled rollercoaster ride captured in a retro frame.

## Cast

* Rishab Shetty as Detective Diwakara
* Hariprriya as Kusuma
* Achyuth Kumar as Annappa
* Yogaraj Bhat as Marakutuka
* Pramod Shetty as Inspector Sahadeva
* Sujay Shastry as Sagani Pinto
* Pranay Ranjan as Police Officer
* Shivamani as Mantravaadi Modi Nanjappa
* Dinesh Mangalore as Chamanlal Seth
* P. D. Sathish as Photographer Gurupada
* Prakash Thuminad as Police Constable Qureshi
* Renuka as Lalitha
* Girikrishna as Inspector
* Naveen D Padil as Goobe Rama
* Arun prakash shetty as Police Inspector Sunil, Cousin of Detective Diwakara
* Santhosh kumar as Superintendent of police (special appearance)

## Soundtrack

B. Ajaneesh Loknath has scored the soundtrack and score for the film. A total of three songs were composed by him. The audio was launched under Rishab audio label. The songs are written by Yogaraj Bhat and Raghu Niduvalli.

## Marketing

Unlike the usual marketing strategies including poster release, teaser and trailer releases, the film team approached a different strategy by releasing the audio trailer of the film. With this, the film became the first ever in the world to have an audio trailer. The audio trailer clocked 2 minutes 57 seconds and was released on a popular radio channel in Bengaluru. Later, a video trailer was released and was narrated in a *Harikatha* style.

## Remake

The film is being remade in Tamil by Sathyasiva with the same title. Initially, the Hindi movie of the same name starring Akshay Kumar was speculated to be a remake of this movie. However, Akshay Kumar later denied the same saying his movie was based on an original screenplay.

## References

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1. ↑ [TBA BELL BOTTOM MOVIE REVIEW]. *The Times of India* (2019-02-15). Retrieved on January 5, 2020.
2. ↑ [TBA Bell Bottom is a comedy thriller that will appeal to all]. *The Times of India* (15 February 2019).
3. ↑ [TBA Rishab Shetty as hero in Bell Bottom to be helmed by Jayatheertha]. The New Indian Express (9 January 2018).
4. ↑ [TBA Hariprriya reunites with Jayatheertha in 'Bell Bottom']. Deccan Herald (10 March 2018).
5. ↑ Balkani, editorkannada (18 December 2020). [TBA ಜಪಾನ್ ಇಂಡಿಯನ್ ಫಿಲಂ ಫೆಸ್ಟಿವಲ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಲ್ ಬಾಟಮ್.].
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bangalore Mirror Bureau. [TBA Shivamani to reprise Bell Bottom role in Tamil]. Retrieved on April 14, 2019.
7. ↑ [TBA Bell Bottom Songs]. *Gaana.com* (December 2018).
8. ↑ [TBA Rishab Shetty's Bell Bottom Becomes The First Ever Movie In The World To Release An Audio Trailer]. Metro Saga (8 February 2019).
9. ↑ [TBA Akshay Kumar Announces New Film Titled Bell Bottom, a Hindi Remake of Kannada Film] (en) (2019-11-11).
10. ↑ [TBA Not remaking Kannada Bell Bottom, says Akshay Kumar - Times of India].

## External links

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