| Bachelor Party | |
| Director: | Abhijit Mahesh |
| Producer: | G. S. Gupta Rakshit Shetty |
| Starring: | Diganth Achyuth Kumar Yogesh |
| Cinematography: | Arvind S. Kashyap |
| Editing: | Abhishek M |
| Music: | Arjun Ramu |
| Studio: | Paramvah Studios |
| Runtime: | 145 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Kannada |
| Gross: | ₹1.58 crores [1] |
Bachelor Party is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language comedy film written and directed by Abhijit Mahesh and produced by Rakshit Shetty under Paramvah Studios. It stars Diganth, Achyuth Kumar and Yogesh in the lead roles. The music was composed by Arjun Ramu, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Arvind S. Kashyap and Abhishek M.[2]
Bachelor Party was theatrically released on 26 January 2024, during Republic Day weekend, to mixed reviews from critics.
Santosh, a software engineer, lives an unhappy life without any promotion from his office due to his female colleague and constant nagging from his obnoxious wife Sandhya. Santhosh secretly attends his friend Ashok's bachelor party, where he meets his trouble-making childhood friend Madhav alias "Maddy" and his PT teacher Ashwath Narayan. The party begins and all of them ends up drunk.
The next morning, Santhosh, Maddy and Ashwath soon finds himself in Bangkok and Santhosh soon learns that he is the one who took Maddy and Ashwath to Bangkok in a drunken state. The trio roam around Bangkok and have a happy trip, but Santhosh is in for a shock as he learns that Sandhya is having an affair with another person and she has arrived in Bangkok for a trip. The trio sets out to embark on a journey to find Sandhya.
However, they are unknownigly captured by Prakash Anna as he assumed the trio are Indian police officers because of Maddy (Maddy introduced himself, Santhosh and Ashwath as police officers to find Sandhya at the hotel), but Prakash lets them go and secretly sends stickers, which actually contains "Blue Sky", a costly drug in Bangkok, to deliver it to his brother-in-law Mahabala. A misadventure ensues for the trio and Maddy meets and falls for Achara, a single mother, and also meets her son Navin.
The trio gives the bag to Mahabala's assistant and leaves. However, Mahabala finds jackfruits instead of stickers missing as Maddy gave the stickers to Navin in order to make him happy. Mahabala captures Prakash and the trio, when they try to meet Sandhya at her friend's wedding, and demands to find Navin and retrieve the stickers.
Various comedic events ensues in which Mahabala begins a shootout to finish his rival Marchello in the wedding. Maddy earns Achara's trust by saving Navin from the shootout. Mahabala finishes Marchello with unexpected help from Ashwath. Santhosh scolds Sandhya and breaks up with her. In the aftermath, Maddy marries Achara, Santhosh falls in love with Asha (who is revealed to be Santhosh's childhood crush) and Ashwath talks to his son after a long time.
Initially Diganth, Achyuth Kumar and Rishab Shetty were roped in to play the leading roles, but Rishab was replaced with Yogesh, due to the latter's commitments for .
| Bachelor Party | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Arjun Ramu |
| Released: | 2024 |
| Recorded: | 2023 |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Length: | 15:24 |
| Label: | Paramvah Music |
Arjun Ramu composed the soundtrack and background score.[3]
The film was released theatrically across Karnataka on 26 January 2024 coinciding India's Republic day.[4]
The film's digital rights were picked up by Amazon Prime Video and was available for digital streaming from 4 March 2024.[5]
The issue started when MRT Music, a renowned music label, accused Rakshit Shetty and Paramvah Studios of using 2 songs 'Nyaya Ellide' and 'Omme Ninannu Kantumbha' from 'Nyaya Ellide' and 'Gaalimaathu' films respectively in this movie without permission. Naveen Kumar, partner of MRT Music, filed a complaint, highlighting that the music was used without proper licence, leading to a copyright infringement case against Rakshit Shetty.
As per a report by Pinkvilla the Delhi High Court took note of the situation and issued a notice to Rakshit Shetty and Paramvah Studios after they failed to appear in court. The court also ordered the immediate removal of the social media post in which the production house had defended its actions. The court’s ruling on August 12, 2024, was clear: Rakshit Shetty and Paramvah Studios must pay Rs 20 lakh as compensation to MRT Music for the unauthorized use of their songs.[6]