Bangalore Naatkal Movie Details
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Arya | ... | Arya |
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Bobby Simha | ... | Simha |
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Rana Daggubati | ... | Rana Daggubati |
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Prakash Raj | ... | Prakash Raj |
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M. S. Bhaskar | ... | M. S. Bhaskar |
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Sri Divya | ... | Sri Divya |
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Samantha Ruth Prabhu | ... | Samantha Ruth Prabhu |
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Parvathy | ... | Parvathy |
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Lakshmi Rai | ... | Raai Laxmi |
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Saranya Ponvannan | ... | Saranya Ponvannan |
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Rekha | ... | Rekha |
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Pattimandram Raja | ... | Divya father |
The success of Anjali Menon's 2014 romantic drama film Bangalore Days, prompted producers Dil Raju and Prasad V Potluri to acquire the Tamil and Telugu remake rights for the film in June 2014. Bommarillu Bhaskar was signed on to direct the film, while the producers sought to cast the seven lead roles from actors who were renowned in both the Tamil and Telugu film industries. Initial reports suggested that the main lead role portrayed by Dulquer Salman would be played by Arya and the roles of the other two cousins, originally Nivin Pauly and Nazriya Nazim, would be played by Naga Chaitanya and Samantha. Siddharth was also approached to portray the supporting role played by Fahadh Faasil, while Prasanna and Bharath were also linked to roles in the film. Similarly reports suggested that Nani and Sharwanand were being considered to portray two of the lead roles instead. However a delay in casting led to the film being delayed till the following year.
In January 2015, the official cast of the film was announced with Arya, Siddharth and Samantha selected, as initially expected. Nithya Menen was also added to the cast to play a different character instead of her role from the original. Meanwhile, Bobby Simha and Sunil were also signed on to play the same role, with Simha in the Tamil film and Sunil in the Telugu version. Simha had requested PVP Cinemas to cast him in the role after being approached by the production studio for a different film. However, by the end of the month, Siddharth and Samantha exited amidst speculation that the pair were uncomfortable to feature opposite each other, after a recent break-up. Subsequently Rana Daggubati and Sri Divya were bought into replace the pair, while Parvathy opted to reprise her role from the original ahead of Nithya. Raai Laxmi was signed on to portray the role played by Isha Talwar, while it was reported that Nayantara was in talks to portray a guest appearance in the film. Nayantara eventually was replaced by Samantha, who worked on the film for a week, shooting for a guest role. Despite indications that Santhosh Narayanan would be selected to compose the film's music, Gopi Sunder was retained from the original. The film was launched in mid March 2015 in Chennai, with the cast attending the ceremony. It was revealed that the Telugu version of the film would be made by a completely different team led by Dil Raju and would start after the Tamil version.