Chowka celebrates six years today. The film which had a huge star cast including Diganth, Prem, Prajwal Devraj, Chikkanna, Aindrita Ray, Bhavana, Priyamani, Avinash and the late Kashinath was a resounding success at the box office.
“I will always be thankful to Chowka because whatever I am today, it’s because of that film. Back then I was a debutant and I know how tough it is to repose such immense trust in making a film of this scale in a newcomer. But Dwarskish Chitra, the production house backed by the legendary Dwarakish sir and Yogi, trusted me and gave me an opportunity to follow my dream of becoming a director,” shares Tharun Sudhir. He adds, “I may be doing big films today, but Chowka set the tone for everything I went on to do. It was the first step to establish myself in the industry.” Chowka won Tharun the Filmfare award for the best film at the 65th Filmfare Awards South and fetched him both critical and commercial success. What the highlight? The film had five music directors, five cameramen and five writers. “It was immense in every way and all my actors, technicians and of course the producers were extremely co-operative. Darshan sir appeared in a cameo to further lend his support and the audiences were in for a treat with this special gesture by him,” shares the director.
Meanwhile, Tharun who has teamed with Darshan for Roberrt earlier, is once more directed the actor in the upcoming D 56. The film stars Radhana Ram, the daughter of Malashree and Ramu and marks her debut in Kannada films.
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