Draft:Edagaiye Apaghatakke Karana

Edagaiye Apaghatakke Karana ( Left hand is the cause of accident) is a upcoming 2024 Indian Kannada-language Black comedy suspense thriller film written and directed by debutant Samarth Kadkol who also co-produced the film with Gurudath Ganiga under Hyphen Pictures and Gurudatha Ganiga Films Banner. The film stars Diganth, Dhanu Harsha, Nidhi Subbaiah in the lead roles. The music for the film is composed by Praddyotan and Abhimanyu Sadanandan handles the cinematography.

Production
Samarth Kadkol who had directed short films and worked as associate director for Kotigobba 3 was set to make his feature film debut with Antagoni Shetty starring Rishab Shetty. However the same could not materialize owing to covid pandemic and delays.

He then announced his debut movie on 13 August 2021 on occasion of International Lefthander's day with Diganth set to star as the lead actor. A year later on the same day Dhanu Harsha who was one of the runner-up of Bengaluru round of Times Fresh Face, 2022 was reported to play one of the lead role in the film. Further it was reported that Nidhi Subbaiah was teaming up with Diganth after 12 years of their successful film Pancharangi. A few days later Radhika Narayan joined the cast of the film for a prominent role. Nirup Bhandari was said to play an extended cameo role in the film.

The film went on floors on 9 September 2022 in Yelahanka, Bengaluru where majority of the shooting took place, after Diganth recovered from his injury. Dubbing of the film began around May 2023.

Soundtrack
Ajaneesh Loknath was said to be composing the music for the film when announced, however later Praddyotan was chose to compose the music and background score of the film.

Marketing
The film teamed up with Vega helmets and released a special helmet for left handers on occasion of International Left hander's day on 13 August 2023. The team released special posters of the film on occasion of Deepavali in 2023, Birthdays of the lead actors Diganth, Dhanu Harsha, Nidhi Subbaiah and for New Year and Sankaranti in 2024. The teaser of the film was released on 28 December 2023 on Diganth's birthday by Kichcha Sudeep.

Theatrical Release
The film was set to be released in February 2024, however it was later pushed ahead.