Yuva Rajkumar’s debut film titled Yuva

The cat is out of the bag! After multiple speculations about the title, including the names of hit films like Jwalamukhi and Ashwamedha, the makers seem to have come up with a simple-yet-relatable title that also announces Yuva’s arrival.
Titled Yuva, the movie is set to hit the screens on December 22nd this year. Announcing the title in a grand manner at a 5-star hotel in Bengaluru, the makers said this marks the beginning of ‘Yuva parva’ or ‘Yuva’s era’.The shooting of the film is likely to begin from March 17th, on actor Puneeth Rajkumar’s birth anniversary. All the members of Dr Rajkumar family attended the title-announcement event. While producer Vijay Kiragandur’s wife Shailaja offered the first clap, Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar rolled the camera. Shivarajkumar performed the action-cut formality for the first scene.
Yuva’s rugged look from the poster has gone viral on social media.
The movie is helmed by Santosh Anandramm of Yuvarathna fame. Sirisha Kuduvalli has been roped in as cinematographer and composer B Ajaneesh Loknath of Kantara fame is the music composer. Rest of the cast and crew, including the female lead, will be finalised in the next few days.
Yuva to step into Puneeth’s shoes?
If sources are to be believed, the story of Yuva was initially written for Puneeth Rajkumar. But, due to the actor’s untimely death, they later approached Yuva and once he gave the nod, they made some changes in the script to suit Yuva’s image. As a tribute to Puneeth, the makers are planning to release a first-look teaser with some mass dialogues on March 17th.
Mass meets class
Since this is Yuva’s first film, the makers is said to have come up with a mass-meets-class story to appeal to all categories of audience.
Sources close to the film also said film the makers were contemplating on either Jwalamukhi and Ashwamedha - the titles from hit films starring Dr Rajkumar and Kumar Bangarappa respectively - for Yuva’s first film to suit the mass image. But now, Yuva, too, seems to be an apt title for the actor’s debut film.