India, Jan. 24 -- When popular music director Arjun Janya announced he was turning director, he'd said that he'd got his entire team, including the producer and lead cast - Shivarajkumar, Upendra and Raj B Shetty - onboard by showing them an animated version of the film he'd planned to make, which "floored" all of them. Shivarajkumar even insisted that Arjun should direct. And so, he did. The film, 45 , took time in its making and even more in the completion of the visual effects, which comprises 40% of the narrative.

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Eventually, it released in theatres for Christmas 2025, but didn't take the box office by storm. Arjun's long-term ...