India, July 9 -- Kannada filmmaker Anup Bhandari has been working on the script of Billa Ranga Baashaa for quite a while; it was, after all, the film that he'd pitched to Kiccha Sudeep even before they collaborated on Vikrant Rona. The film finally went on floors this year, with what Anup says is the 35th draft of the script. Given that it is an ambitious project set in the future, Anup is not prepared to make any misstep.

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Although his last, Vikrant Rona was a commercial success, the fact that its Rangitaranga roots were not revealed pre-release hurt its prospects. This time around, since Anup has to create a world, he's not only going...