Avatara Purusha Part 2: Trishankupayanam is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language supernatural comedy thriller film written and directed by Suni and produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah under his banner Pushkar Films. It stars Sharan and Ashika Ranganath in the lead roles. P. Sai Kumar, Bhavya, Balaji Manohar, and Srinagar Kitty feature in supporting roles. Abhinandan Kashyap composed the music while William David served as the cinematographer.
This film is the follow-up to Avatara Purusha Part 1: Astadigbandanamadalakam, serving as both a sequel and a prequel. The film is set in medieval India and revolves around the family of Rama Jois (Sai Kumar) whose young son goes missing at a temple fair. Years later, his estranged sister’s daughter brings a cine junior artiste to pretend to be the long-lost son. But turns out that the artiste, Anila, has an agenda in coming to the Jois family, as they are the safekeepers of a magical stone – Trishanku – with immense powers. He, though, is not the only one after it, and the second instalment of the film is set to explore this tussle between all the parties interested in getting their hands on it. The first part titled Avatara Purusha Part 1:Astadigbandanamadalakam was released on 6 May 2022, while the sequel was released after a long wait on 5 April 2024.
Plot
In a battle of mantras, Dharka and Brahma vie for the Trishanku Mani. But when Jois is found dead, the disturbed Ashta Dhigbandana alerts Dharka to the stones presence in the house. Now, a junior artist posing as the long-lost son must fight to save the family from the real son
s dark magic.
Cast
- Sharan as Anila (Karna)
- Ashika Ranganath as Siri, Yashodha’s daughter
- P. Sai Kumar as Rama Jois
- Bhavya as Susheela, Rama Jois’s wife
- Balaji Manohar as Hinnudi, Darka’s aide
- Sudha Rani as Yashodha, Rama Jois’s sister
- Ashutosh Rana as Darka
- Srinagar Kitty as Kumara
- Ayyappa P. Sharma as Brahma Jois, Rama Jois’s father
- Vijay Chendoor as Bhoja
- B Suresh as Kanti Jois
- Sadhu Kokila as Gampa
- Manthana as Janaki, Bhoja’s wife
- Patre Nagaraj as Ramshetty
Production
Director Suni stated that he was “intrigued by the subject of black magic”. He said he “took inspiration from a bunch of novels” including Tulasi Dalam. He used black magic as the theme and wrote a story to be adapted into a web series, but eventually decided against it as he was unsure as to how “OTT would work with Kannada audiences”. The film was titled after a 1988 film of the same starring Ambareesh, “because the makers felt the title was apt for the story”. Producer Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah added that the film takes a leaf from the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Suni stated that lead actor Sharan would play a “junior artiste” in the film and “will be one among the crowd. He has many roles to play, and will be seen in many get ups. The different shades of him also relates to his own life. The title Avatar Purusha blends with the story.” He said that “[e]xtensive research has gone into the film. Avatar Purusha will see an element of Trishanku and the slogan Aswathama Hatha Kunjaraha…, which adds a valuable point in our film”. Suni added that the film explored the practice of black magic in Karnataka. To study more about it, he travelled to Kerala, Kollegal and Rajasthan “where they practice black magic. We got to experience the vibrations and more.” He stated that the Hindu mythological King Trishanku’s desire to remain immortal and sage Vishwamitra’s creation of a loka for him, before the former backed out after learning that he has to hang upside down there, served as the base for the film because, “when Trishnanku’s world became empty, there were people who wanted to find that world.” Special sets to depict the loka and an animated story that shows narrating Trishnanku’s tale were created.
Release
The film was set to be released on 22 March 2024 after a long wait due to delays in post production works, however, it was later released on 5 April 2024.
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