He searches for her and finds out that she has now become a Naxalite named Seetha. He discovers that she had turned into a Naxalite to avenge the wrongful destruction of her home by the Government and her parent's death. The complications start to affect them both and lead them to dangerous situations. Cast [ edit] Rakshit Shetty as Radhakrishna "Ricky" Haripriya as Radha/Seetha Achyuth Kumar Ravi Kale Pramod Shetty Veena Sunder Shashikala Sadhu Kokila Manjunath Dinesh Mangaluru Raghu Pandaveshwar Production [ edit] Development and casting [ edit] Rishab Shetty, who had earlier starred in Rakshit Shetty 's 2014 film Ulidavaru Kandanthe, turned director for the first time with Ricky. [2] Shetty had conceived the story in 2009 inspired from an incident that occurred in Kundapur near his hometown Kerady in Karnataka, as an aspiring film director. He said, "I was born and brought in Kerady, a place near Kundapura, which is surrounded with mountains. It was a Naxal-affected area and I used to hear several stories from people around me, which formed the backdrop of the story" and added, "I have also explored an incident about Special Economic Zones, which I picked up from a programme by the central government".
[3] Filming completed in June 2015 after a total of 69 days. [9] Soundtrack [ edit] Ricky Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya Released 31 December 2015 Recorded 2015 Genre Feature film soundtrack Length 18: 54 Label Anand Audio Arjun Janya composed the film's background and scored for its soundtrack. Lyrics for the soundtrack was penned by K. Kalyan, Kaviraj and Jayant Kaikini. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks. It was released on 31 December 2015 in Bangalore. No. Title Lyrics Artist(s) Length 1. "O Baby" K. Kalyan Tippu, Anuradha Bhat 3:12 2. "Jeeva Neenu" K. Kalyan Rajesh Krishnan 4:22 3. "Harusha Taaladhe" Kaviraj Vijay Prakash 4:16 4. "Malage Malage" Jayant Kaikini Karthik, Ankitha Kundu 3:36 5. "Yele Mareyali" Jayant Kaikini Naveen Sajju 3:28 Total length: 18:54 Release [ edit] The film was given a "U/A" (Parental Guidance) certificate by the Regional Censor Board in early January 2016. Including a "couple of changes", the makers were asked to mute seven dialogues. Immediately afterwards, the makers, initially on having planned to release the film theatrically on 22 January, decided to release it on 29 January, citing "theatre problems", with many other films releasing on 22 January.