The humble producer Soundaraya Jagadish who is sensible in his thoughts and always tries hard to keep the flag of Kannada cinema up high in the sky has taken up a daunting task. The big budget film ‘Appu Pappu’ with an Orangutan in the central role with Master Snehith the little star went on the floor on 19th of this month at Cambodia says Soundarya Jagadish via e-mail.

Perhaps this is for the first time in any Indian language film an Orangutan has been utilized for a movie. After rigorous search in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong the ‘Orangutan’ from Cambodia has been finalized. The muhurut with ‘Orangutan’ took place at Cambodia says humble producer Soundaraya Jagadish. Soundarya Jagadish debut film ‘Masth Maja Maadi’ earned good laurels for him in the box office for quality in making.

The shooting for ‘Appu Pappu’ will be held in one schedule of 65 days. The Orangutan has been trained for 50 days and it is taking part in the shooting for 20 days.

This is a multi crore film says producer Soundaraya Jagadish. Vijay Kiran is the executive producer. Jagadish Films has done the story for this film. Krishna is heading the camera. Hamsalekha has done the lyrics and music for the film. Ramnarayan has penned the dialogues. Palaniraj is the stunt director.

The Tamil star Abbas, Rekha, Rangayana Raghu, Komalkumar and others are in the cast.