Banaras (2022 film)

Banaras is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Jayatheertha and produced by Tilakraj Ballal. It stars Zaid Khan and Sonal Monteiro in the lead roles. The film's music composer is B. Ajaneesh Loknath and cinematographer is Advaitha Gurumurthy. The film was set to be released early 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, It was released on November 4, 2022.

Plot
Banaras is a poignant love story set in the backdrop of Kashi (Varanasi/Banaras). The film saw the debut of Zaid Khan. Most of the film's scenes were shot in Banaras except a few portions filmed in Bengaluru.

Cast

 * Zaid Khan as Sidharth Simha
 * Sonal Monteiro as Dhani
 * Sujay Shastry as Shambu
 * Devaraj as Ajay Simha
 * Achyuth Kumar as Narayan Shastry
 * Barkath Ali as Peter Jakson
 * Sapna Raj as Shiva
 * Debobrato Mukherjee as Ravi

Release
Banaras was released in cinemas on 4 November 2022 in Kannada along with a Hindi dubbed version.

Music
The film's music was composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath. The music rights are owned by Lahari Music and T-Series for Hindi and South languages.