Vijayanand, a biopic on Padma Shri awardee Vijay Sankeshwar will release on December 9.
The Kannada movie will release in four other languages -- Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Directed by Rishika Sharma, the film stars Nihal R. in the titular role.
UFO Moviez, known for distributing Rocketry (2022), 777 Charlie (2022), Karthikeya 2 (2022), Bimbisara (2022) and Prem Geet 2 (2017), will distribute the film pan-India. The film also marks the production debut of VRL Films.
The music of the film has been composed by national award-winning composer Gopi Sundar, while Keertan Poojary and Hemanth have done cinematography and editing, respectively. Vijayanand also stars Bharath Bopanna, Anant Nag, Ravi Chandran, Prakash Belawadi, Siri Prahalad, Vinaya Prasad, Archana Kottige and Anish Kuruvilla in key roles.