Kaanada film Banaras starring politician Zameer Ahmed’s ( ex State Minister and Congress MLA) son, Zaid Khan, also features Sonal Monteiro as the female lead is to have a Pan Indian release. Tamil single from the film was released by Vishal father and movie moghul G K Reddy. According to Jayathirtha, the first track, Maaya Gange featuring the lead actors along with other artists like Sujay Shastry will represent the theme of the love drama, which is set in the backdrop of Kashi.
Jayathirtha’s Banaras has been extensively shot in Varanasi, including the 64 ghats. The makers have unveiled the song in Kannada and Malayalam, and will follow it up soon with the Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi versions.
Backed by Tilakraj Ballal, the film is currently in the post-production stage and has music scored by Ajaneesh B Loknath and cinematography by Advaitha Gurumurthy. As for the release, Jayathirtha says that he has been in discussions with various distributors across different languages and will soon fix the date.Jayathirtha, is the director of Olave Mandara, Beautiful Manasugalu and Bell Bottom,