Aishwarya Rajesh has been roped in as the female lead of the Kannada film ‘Uttarakaanda’. She replaces Ramya as the lead actress of the movie. Uttarakaanda is directed by Rohith Padaki and produced by KRG Studios, co-founded by Karthik Gowda and Yogi G Raj.
Uttarakaanda is a two-part film with Dhananjaya in the lead and veteran star Shivarajkumar in a prominent role. Ramya was earlier named as the female lead of the movie, but the actor-politician opted out of the project owing to “unavailability of dates”.
Aishwarya Rajesh is set to play a character name Durga in the movie. The other actors in the film are Chaithra J Achar, Diganth, Yogaraj Bhat, Gopalkrishna Deshpande, Umashree, and Malayalam actor-producer Vijay Babu. Advaitha Gurumurthy is the cinematographer, while ace Bollywood composer Amit Trivedi will compose music for the movie.
Uttarakaanda is touted to be a gangster drama set in North Karnataka. Dhananjaya is also awaiting the release of ‘Kotee’, directed by Parameshwar Gundkal. The film will hit the screens on June 14. Aishwarya Rajesh was last seen in the Tamil film, ‘DeAr’, also starring GV Prakash Kumar in the lead.
