‘Yaanaa is a very fresh, youthful film’

When veteran actors

Jai Jagdish

and Vijayalakshmi Singh began work on the film Yaanaa, way back in 2016, it was meant to be the launchpad for their three daughters —

Vainidhi

,

Vaibhavi

and

Vaisiri

. But somewhere along the way, the project got stalled, until, producer Harish Sherigar stepped in to give it a new lease of life. “I knew Jai Jagdish from my first film, March 22, during which we struck up a good rapport. He told me about the film and after I heard the story, I thought it was in sync with my idea of the kind of movies I want to make under my banner,

ACME

Movies International. The idea has been to make good commercial films with socially-relevant messages. While the content of

March 22

was appreciated, it didn’t do well at the box office, and neither did my second, Hottegagi Genu Battegagi. Those two films were my baby steps in Sandalwood, and I believe that

Yaanaa

will make up for both. It is a fresh, youthful film that will appeal to youngsters. And, given that 60% of our population is the youth, if they like this film, it will find favour with other audiences as well,”