Yaana (film)


Yaanaa is a 2019 Kannada language road trip film written and directed by Vijayalakshmi Singh and produced by Harish Sherigar and Sharmila Sherigar under banners of i Entertainment and ACME Movies International Production. The music of film is scored by Joshua Sridhar and Anoop Seelin. The film introduces Vaibhavi, Vainidhi, Vaisiri, Sumukha, Chakravarthy and Abhishek. The other cast includes Suhasini, Sadhu Kokila, Chikanna, Rangayana Raghu and Ananth Nag. The film was theatrically released on 12 July 2019.

Plot

The film follows three collegiates, Maya, Anjali, and Nandini, who take a road trip to Goa to de-stress.

Production

Vaibhavi, Vaisiri and Vainidhi are siblings in real life and the daughters of Jai Jagadish and Vijayalakshmi Singh. The shoot took place in Bengaluru, Goa and Belagavi.

Soundtrack

The songs and score were composed by Joshua Sridhar and J. Anoop Seelin, respectively.

Release

The official trailer of the film was launched by Lahari Music on 27 June 2019.

Home media

The movie rights was sold to Amazon Prime Video.

Reception

Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India rated the film three out of five stars and wrote, "If you love college capers with a dose of emotional drama, this is just what you should watch this weekend." Shyam Prasad S. of Bangalore Mirror gave the film three out of five stars and wrote, "Yaanaa is unusual for a Kannada film. It is a welcome change for audience subject to routine commercial torture. Along with soothing songs, visual-treat locales and an easy flow, it is a trip you will not regret."
A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express gave it three out of five stars and wrote, "A film that mirrors today’s cosmopolitan lifestyle of young girls and boys, Yaanaa is indeed enduring, giving a tip to all those battling heart breaks and depression, helping them live a renewed life." Aravind Shwetha of The News Minute opined that "The film is youth-centric and shows the issues faced by the millennial generation in an appealing way. Their inability to distinguish between black and white, and the greys in between, forms the crux of the film. Though Yaanaa is not free from flaws, this generation actually gets a movie after Moggina Manasu that they can all relate to and rave about."