‘James’, the action thriller will finally land on SonyLIV on April 14, in five languages, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi.
‘James‘ features an ensemble cast with the superstar Late Puneeth Rajkumar in the frontier, showcasing his multiple shades in the movie. He was famously known as Appu by his fans, worked in many acclaimed movies like Appu, Abhi, Aakash, Raajakumara, Anjana Putra and many more. Priya Anand is the female lead.
This Kannada film also stars Srikant, Aditya Menon, Avinash, Sarath Kumar, among the rest.The film is backed by Kishore Pathikonda, directed by Chetan Kumar and financed by Kishore Pathikonda.
There have many media reports that claimed the movie’s OTT release after it’s theatrical release on March 17, 2021. Since months we already knew that the post-theatrical digital rights have been acquired by SonyLIV at a whopping price. Finally on 30 March, SonyLiv took to Instagram and Twitter and made the confirmation of it’s OTT release.
With this ‘James’ becomes the first Kannada film to be streamed on this platform. “The respect for Puneeth is not just as a hero, but also for his personality. James is just not another film, it is a tribute event that is given by all Kannadigas,” says Chethan.
This Pan India heavy duty action-drama was a blockbuster hit, gaining a huge success commercially, breaking all the records for the biggest opening day collection for any Kannada film grossing.
It earned a minting Rs. 28 Crore to Rs. 32 Crore on the first day. The film became the fastest Kannada Film to reach to Rs.100 Crore at the box office by reaching the milestone in just 4 days of its release. It has earned a whopping amount of Rs. 125 Crore at the box office against a total budget of Rs. 50 to 70 Crore.