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{{Short description|2022 Indian Kannada-language biopic film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{More footnotes|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox film
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| name           = Vijayanand
| director       = Rishika Sharma
| producer       = Dr Anand Sankeshwar
| starring       =
{{plainlist|
*Nihal
*Siri Prahlad
*[[Archana Kottige]]
*[[Bharath Bopanna]]}}
| cinematography = Keertan Poojary
| editing        = Hemanth Kumar D
| music          = [[Gopi Sundar]]
| studio         = VRL Film productions
| released       = {{Film date|df=n|2022|12|9}}
| country        = India
| language       = Kannada
}}
'''Vijayanand''' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language [[Biographical film|biographical]] film directed by Rishika Sharma, produced by Dr. Anand Sankeshwar under the banner of VRL Film productions a unit of [[VRL Group|VRL Media Pvt Ltd]]. The film is based on the life of Indian businessman, [[Vijay Sankeshwar]]. The film stars Nihal, [[Bharath Bopanna]], [[Anant Nag]], [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|Ravichandran]], [[Prakash Belawadi]], [[Anish Kuruvilla]], [[Vinaya Prasad]] and Siri Prahlad. The music is composed  by [[Gopi Sundar]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Correspondent |first=Special |date=25 October 2021 |title=Vijay Sankeshwar biopic goes on the floors |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/biopic-on-vijay-sankeshwar-goes-on-the-floors/article37164015.ece |access-date=13 December 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 August 2022 |title='Vijayanand': Famous businessman's life story film to be released in Tamil! - Tamil News |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/vijayanand-famous-businessman-biopic-movie-official-teaser-released-latest-update-tamil-news-321501 |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 August 2022 |title=Rishika Sharma's Vijayanand to Show Inspirational Journey of Dr Vijay Sankeshwar |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/rishika-sharmas-vijayanand-to-show-inspirational-journey-of-dr-vijay-sankeshwar-5681473.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Nihal bags lead in Vijay Sankeshwar biopic - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/nihal-bags-lead-in-vijay-sankeshwar-biopic/articleshow/84968182.cms |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=2 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Nihal Rajput's campaign for voting - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/nihal-rajputs-campaign-for-voting/articleshow/69009508.cms |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='Educated people in Hubballi need to be proactive to solve issues' - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/educated-people-in-hubballi-need-to-be-proactive-to-solve-issues/articleshow/71775048.cms |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=27 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Trunk team gets together for a film based in North Karnataka - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/trunk-team-gets-together-for-a-film-based-in-north-karnataka/articleshow/66167881.cms |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=13 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Horror is a very entertaining genre: Rishika Sharma - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/horror-is-a-very-entertaining-genre-rishika-sharma/articleshow/64805510.cms |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor Nihal Rajput speaks about his upcoming horror film 'Trunk' {{!}} Kannada Movie News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/regional/kannada/actor-nihal-rajput-speaks-about-his-upcoming-horror-film-trunk/videoshow/64907731.cms |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=New talent that impressed this year in Sandalwood - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/new-talent-that-impressed-this-year-in-sandalwood/articleshow/67310985.cms |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=31 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
== Cast ==
* Nihal as [[Vijay Sankeshwar]]
* [[Bharath Bopanna|Bharat Bopanna]] as Anand Sankeshwar
* [[Anant Nag]] as BG Sankeshwar
* [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|Ravichandran]] as Ganesh Dada
* [[Prakash Belawadi]]
* [[Anish Kuruvilla]] as AJ
* [[Vinaya Prasad]] as Chandramma
* Siri Prahlad as Lalitha Sankeshwar
* [[Archana Kottige]] as Vani Sankeshwar
==Production==
Film was shot at various locations like [[Hubli]], [[Dharwad]], [[Gadag-Betageri|Gadag]], Agadi Thota Konnur, RFC [[Hyderabad]], [[Bangalore]], [[Udupi]], [[Kudremukha|Kudremukh]], [[Baba Budan giri|BabaBudangiri]], [[Halebidu]], [[Melukote|Melkote]]. The shooting began in October 2021. The movie's theatrical release is planned in November 2022 in [[Kannada]], [[Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] languages. Vijayanand movie is the first ever biopic from the Kannada Film Industry dubbed into other south Indian and [[Hindi]] languages.
Filming for Vijayanand started on 24 October 2021 in [[Hubli]], with a grand muhurat puja ceremony in the presence of the entire [[Karnataka]] press. {{as of|December 2021|post=,}} the team completed 80% of the shoot. With the schedule being filmed in [[Hubli]]. A straight continuous schedule of 75 days was completed. The last leg of shoot was held in Hubli after the song sequences were shot at [[Kudremukha|Kudremukh]], [[Kapu beach]], etc. Total number of shoot days being 98 days, The film has more than 66 sets (art sets raised), Total number of artists were 245 with the background artists exceeding 5000.
== Music ==
The film's music is composed by music director [[Gopi Sundar]]. The music album rights are owned by [[Anand Audio]], an Indian music record label company in Karnataka.
== Marketing ==
The first official teaser was released on 2 August 2022. The teaser was released in four languages. It became the most liked teaser and received a massive response with 2 crore+ [[YouTube]] views in all four languages. The trailer and movie was released in the month of November and December 2022, respectively.
== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:2020s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]
[[Category:2022 films]]
[[Category:2020s Indian films]]
[[Category:VRL Group]]