Director of good calibre former bureaucrat E Chennagangappa has come back after ‘Chickmagalura Chickmallige’ made a few years ago. In his new film for his home banner Shilpa Creations he has picked Srikanta Shastry of Shimoga as inspiration in the subject ‘Janandolana’.

Believing the government the remotest places cannot get the life smooth. To get a model approach ‘Apna Desh’ attempts. In this direction 1988 development in which Srikanta Shastry of Shimoga took a bold step has come back to the memory of E Chennagangappa.

Involving people for public works, attempting to remove corruption and retaining the cultural heritage Srikanta Shasty team ‘Apna Desh’ was an enduring step. This is the subject for E Chennagangappa. He has mixed the topics of Girijan and Brahmin inter-caste marriage, Naxal issue and to some extent on corruption he has touched in this film.

Director of Karimaleya Kaggatthalu on literacy, Soundarya on terrorism E Chennagangappa made wonderful effort in showing the natural beauty even in ‘Chickmaglaura Chickamallige’. He is doing the same thing in ‘Apna Desh’.

Perhaps ‘Apna Desh’ Kannada film will be the last one to shoot in Kuduremukh surroundings. 12 days of shooting was held already says EC.

Sri Hari Dhoopadh has penned lyrics for this film. He hails from Bijapur district. He rendered the song he has written at the media meet. Kyatizen Doyas is the music director, RD Ravi is editing this film, Madan Harini in choreography, jumper Krishna in stunts the story, screenplay, dialogues and direction by E Chennagangappa.

Anjali Patil, Dr Girish Karnad, Raghu Mukerjee, Vinayaprakash, Veena Sunder, Mukyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat, Avinash, Ashutosh Rana, Ashis Vidyarthi, Bangalore Nagesh, Kempe Gowda, Ashwath Narayan, Brahmavar and others are in the cast of ‘Apna Desh’.