Anurag Kashyap’s first-look from Kannada sports drama ‘8’.
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Popular Hindi filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who recently told The Hindu that he has left Mumbai, is set to make his Kannada debut. Kashyap will star in the sports drama 8.

Kashyap, the director of the Gangs of Wasseypur movies, had said that Bollywood had become toxic, leading to his shift to Southern India. His Kannada acting debut will be directed by Sujay Shastry and produced by Arvind Venkatesh Reddy, under the banner of AVR Entertainment.

In 2024, Kashyap played the villain in the Vijay Sethupathi starrer Maharaja and the Malayalam action drama Rifle Club. “The film 8 is about football. The story hit me. It’s emotional. It’s about second chances. I am gald someone saw beyond the ‘psychopath’ in me,” said Kashyap at the launch of the movie.

Director Sujay Shastry is known for his roles in Bell Bottom , Gubbi Mele Brahmastra, Shakhahari and other films. Sujay James Balu has written the film’s plot. Details of the other actors in the movie are yet to be revealed. Mrugashira Shrikanth will write dialogues while Hemanth Jois will compose music.

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Pratheek Shetty is the editor, and Guruprasad Narnad will handle cinematography. AVR Entertainment is also set to produce Richie Rich, to be directed by Simple Suni.