Kannada film industry has been resurrected and is delivering path breaking films. The change was started almost a decade ago with Lucia and Uturn from Pawan Kumar. But, with the entry of Shetty Trio, Rakshit Shetty, Rishabh Shetty and Raj B Shetty, the course of Sandalwood has take a new turn. Prasanth Neel completely changed the dynamics and earned nationwide recognition for Kannada films with his massive KGF films.
Raj B Shetty, last year created sensation with Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana. A tale about friendship in a small town surrounded by violence. The film has showed intensity and rooted with local flavour. Latest talk of the town, Animal Director Sandeep Vanga also mentioned about Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana and said that he wanted to make a film like that.
Raj B Shetty's latest film titled Toby was released in August. Samyukta Hornad, Chaitra Achar, (Raj Deepak Shetty played other key roles. Basil Alchalakkal made his debut as a director. After watching the film, Dulquer Salman dubbed the film into Malayalm under his Wayfarer Films and released in Kerala in September.
Toby explores the life of lead character Toby played by Raj B Shetty in a very natural and hard-hitting manner. The way director captured the emotions, used BGM and the way of life in coastal Karnataka is highly impressive. Toby will start streaming in Sony LIV from 22nd December in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi languages.