Jaggesh to return as comedy show judge

Kannada cinema’s Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh was in the midst of winding up work on his film Totapuri, which also stars Aditi Prabhudeva and Dhananjaya in pivotal roles, when the team had to postpone its last schedule, owing to the Covid-19 situation.
“We had around 20 days of shoot left and were set on finishing it, but had to postpone the schedule owing to the current situation,” he says about the Vijay Prasad directorial.While he is cooling his heels, waiting for the pandemic to ease out, Jaggesh tells us that he is looking forward to the shoot of his next, Ranganayaka, which marks his third collaboration with filmmaker Guruprasad, after Mata and Eddelu Manjunatha. “Ranganayaka is a comedy drama that we were hoping to kickstart on April 2, provided everything returns to normalcy by then,” says Jaggesh, adding, “It is a film that I am quite excited about. We have erected a massive set of a palace in Bengaluru, where a little more than half of the film will be shot at.” Does that mean that the film is set in a different era, considering the set, or is it for a play within the film, given its title that suggests a drama artiste? He won’t say.
What about TV, then, now that the third season of the show Comedy Khiladigalu has ended? Viewers want to see us back onscreen and that should happen soon, as we are looking at getting the best of talent from the three seasons so far for a Champions edition of the show. It will see Yogaraj Bhat and Rakshitha joining me once again in the judges’ seats,” he signs off.