45 describes the afterlife concept that revolves around a man who saw a bad dream, and that dream repeats in his real life.
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45 OTT release now streams on ZEE5; explore Kannada afterlife drama details
Arjun Janya's 45 is marking a directorial debut on OTT, starring Shivrajkumar and others. The movie did not have much success in theatres. It was released during Christmas; however, 45 was supposed to be much earlier in theatres. The opening was spectacular, but suddenly, it dropped as the movie could not reach the expectations of the audience in terms of afterlife imagination, as per the Garuda Purana. In a nutshell, the film reflects a great concept and message. Let's deep dive into the OTT release date, cast, crew and other details about 45!
45 is out on Z5 in its Kannada version only.
45 revolves around a man named Vinay who has a nightmare on a day about being crushed in a road accident and dies. After he knocked down a dog with his bike, he was busy on his mobile phone talking to someone. The next morning, he went to the office and realised the same dog, and he ran it over again. Later, he gets accosted by the thugs working for the Rayappa gangster. That dog belongs to him. Rayappa commits to making him pay for his deed. He plans to slowly torture him for 45 days, which will make him die on the last day. Further, the story takes different, unexpected turns and becomes interesting.
Arjun Janya is the debutant director of 45 and has co-written it with Anil Kumar. Shiva Rajkumar, Upendra Rao and Raj B Shetty are the lead characters. The other actors are Jagapathi Babu, Jisshu Sengupta, Rangyana Raghu and Kaustuba Mani.
45, with a 7.1 out of 10 IMDb rating, has proved to be a unique story with its afterlife concept.
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