Charminar is a 2013 Kannada romantic drama film written and directed and produced by R. Chandru. featuring Prem Kumar and Meghana Gaonkar in the lead roles. The film deals with the life of a man in comparison with the famous monument Charminar in Hyderabad, that shows four important pillars including family, guru, friends and lover.
At the beginning stage, actors Ganesh, Ajay Rao and Srinagar Kitty were considered to play the lead in the film. Ajay and Kitty have worked in Chandrus previous films, but both backed out citing prior commitments. Though Ganesh was ready to act in the film, Chandru could not afford the remuneration Ganesh had asked. Finally Prem was approached for the role and he accepted the offer. Meghana Gaonkar was chosen to play the lead actress role as Radha .Completing the two schedule of shooting director R Chandru is moving to Bidar, Bijapur, Sakleshpur and other locations for the songs, three days of shoot will be held in USA. The opening song for protagonist is shot there and in the ancient places like Hemagiri, Srirangapatna the sets were erected for the film disclosed R Chandru. ........
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