India, July 30 -- Kannada cinema's magical composer Arjun Janya was among the first to announce a release date for his directorial debut, 45, which he intended to release pan-India. Featuring Shivarajkumar, Upendra and Raj B Shetty in lead roles, the film was meant to be in theatres on August 15, 2025. However, after Tamil superstar Rajinikanth's Coolie, which also stars Upendra, and the Hrithik Roshan-Jr NTR film War 2 were announced as August 14/15 releases, there were murmurs that 45 would bow out of the race.

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The explanation offered is that there were delays in the VFX works, although producer Ramesh Reddy admi...