No titles (Basavanna) to release on Upendra's birthday?

Director Srinivasa Raju's (Dandupalya fame) upcoming thriller starring Real Star Upendra, Saloni Asvwani and Ragini Dwivedi has been in the making for nearly a year. Titled Basavanna, the film ran into trouble right in the beginning, starting with the title and subsequently the first look that featured Upendra in a dhyana mudra and a gun nearby, and later a set of pictures featuring him wearing a red dhoti, rudraksha beads, sacred thread and vibhuti, and brandishing a sword.

For a long time, thereafter, Srinivasa maintained that the film would be renamed or even released without a title. There has been no word on a new title, but we now hear that the team has finished shooting, in locations across India, Sweden and Turkey. Says a source, "The team recently flew to Turkey to can the remaining songs. With that, shooting has been completed. Now, all that remains is post-production work. Producer CR Manohar, who is also backing Upendra's directorial venture Uppi2, wants to release Basavannaon the actor's birthday, September 18."