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Tootu Madike

2020 film directed by Chandra Keerthi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ85810123 ↗
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Tootu Madike is a 2022 Indian Kannada language comedy suspense film written and directed by Chandra Keerthi and produced under Sarvata Cine Garage and Giri Basava Productions in association with SpreadOn Studio. It stars Pramod Shetty, Chandra Keerthi, and Paavana. Apart from directing and acting in the film Chandra Keerthi wrote the script and the story of the film. The dialogues are written by Raghu Niduvalli. The cinematography and music handled by Naveen Challa and Swamynathan RK respectively.

Pre-production began in March 2019. Principal photography of the film began in August 2019 and the film is shot entirely in Bangalore, Karnataka. The first look poster of the film was unveiled by Dr.Shivarajkumar on 9 December 2019. All production and post production work are completed as of 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the film's release has been postponed.

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