45 teaser: Mythology-inspired showdown between Shiva Rajkumar, Upendra

One of many extremely anticipated Kannada movies of 2025, Arjun Janya’s ’45’, starring Shiva Rajkumar, Upendra, and Raj B Shetty, is scheduled to launch in theatres on August 15, 2025. The makers launched the teaser of the movie on March 30, marking the festive event of Ugadi. The concept-driven teaser featured the three stars in what seemed like a CGI-heavy visible spectacle.

Try the teaser of 45:

In an X submit, Shiva Rajkumar shared the teaser of the movie and wrote in his caption, “Witness the joys, motion, and drama unfold. Have a good time this Ugadi with a power-packed glimpse of what’s coming!”

Debutant director Arjun Janya has been a music composer within the Kannada movie business for near 20 years. Being one of the sought-after and busiest music composers within the business, it’s spectacular that he managed to render this extremely concept-driven movie, bringing on board two superstars and an rising star to share display screen area.

The teaser hinted on the story of the movie impressed by the mythological story of Sage Markandeya. The story of how Lord Shiva protected his devotee, Markandeya, from the God of demise, Yama, appears to have impressed the movie’s story, the place Shiva Rajkumar performs Lord Shiva, Upendra performs Yama, and Raj B Shetty is Markandeya, whose life is at stake.

Other than the stellar solid and story, the CGI and VFX work within the teaser has grabbed the eye of the viewers. As revealed by Arjun Janya on the teaser launch occasion, work on the technical departments was outsourced to an organization in Canada, with the director taking a eager curiosity and supervising the work himself.

The movie 45 has been produced by Ramesh Reddy underneath the Suraj Productions banner. The cinematography has been dealt with by Satya Hegde, whereas director Arjun Janya has additionally composed the music. Other than the three stars, the movie options Jagapathi Babu, Jisshu Sengupta, and several other different outstanding actors from throughout India.

On the work entrance, other than 45, Shiva Rajkumar is engaged on a number of initiatives similar to A for Anand, Uttarakanda, and Ram Charan’s Peddi. Upendra can even be seen in Rajinikanth’s upcoming movie Coolie, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Moreover, he’s engaged on Buddhivantha 2 and Thrishulam. Raj B Shetty can even be that includes in Anurag Kashyap’s upcoming directorial with Bobby Deol and Sanya Malhotra in a cameo function.