Jessie (film)
2016 film by Pawan Wadeyar
Jessie (Kannada: ಜೆಸ್ಸಿ) is a 2016 Indian Kannada romantic horror film written and directed by Pawan Wadeyar and produced by Kanakapura Srinivas & Srikanth. Reported to be a triangular love story, the film stars Dhananjay, Parul Yadav, and Raghu Mukherjee in the lead roles. The music is composed by Anoop Seelin and cinematography by Arul K. Somasundaram.
The filming began in July 2015, and the first look was released on 29 June 2015. It was released on 25 March 2016.
Cast
Dhananjay as Jessie
Parul Yadav as Nandini
Raghu Mukherjee as Shyam Prasad
Sumalatha as Jessie's mother
Ramakrishna as Nandini's father
Sudha Belawadi as Nandini's mother
Sadhukokila
Chikkanna
Avinash
Gautami as Nandini's friend
Soundtrack
J. Anoop Seelin has composed the music for the film. The audio was launched on the Valentine's Day of 2016 by actor Puneeth Rajkumar. Notably this was his 25th movie as music director.
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