‘Video’: Srinidhi Bengaluru and Dheekshith Shetty reunite for found footage thriller after ‘Blink’
The Hindu
Director Srinidhi Bengaluru announces his sophomore film ‘Video’, a found-footage thriller produced by actor Dheekshith Shetty
Srinidhi Bengaluru, who debuted with the critically-acclaimed time-travel Kannada thriller Blink, has announced his next. The director’s sophomore film is Video, produced by actor Dheekshith Shetty, who played the lead in Blink (2024).
The film will be produced by Dheekshith under his banner Dhee Cinemas. This is the maiden project from the actor’s production house. The makers released the film’s first-look poster to announce the title. The poster reveals a deadly hand — against a haunted backdrop — holding a GoPro, which shows a photograph of a bunch of youngsters.
Video is billed as a found-footage thriller. The movie is set to revive the genre after along gap in Kannada cinema. In 2013, 6-5=2, a found footage horror thriller, was a runaway hit at the Sandalwood box office. The caption in the poster of Video reads, “Haunting soon,” hinting at the film’s horror element.
“The film is shot in a vlog format and documentary style as well,” Srinidhi tells The Hindu. “We have used minimal lights to do justice to the genre. The film is shot using GoPro, DSLR, Osmo and mobile cameras to produce the effect of watching a found-footage movie,” says Srinidhi.
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Bharatha, Jeevan Shivakumar, Tejesh SM, Priya J Achar and Nalme Nachiyar are the actors in the movie. “Dheekshith is set to play a special role,” says Srinidhi. The team of technicians which worked for Blink has been retained in Video, says Srinidhi. Avinaasha Shastry has handled cinematography while Sanjeev Jagirdar has done the editing. Prasanna Kumar is the music composer of the movie.
Video has been shot in Bengaluru and Mudigere. One portion of the movie will be shot in Odisha. The makers are planning a late 2025 release.
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