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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian children's film}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Summer Holidays<br />
| image = Summer Holidays poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = [[Kavitha Lankesh]]<br />
| writer = Kavitha Lankesh<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --><br />
| producer = Kavitha Lankesh<br />
| starring =<br />
{{plainlist| *Esha Lankesh<br />
*[[Samarjit Lankesh]]<br />
*Sonia Hegde <br />
*Anish Angre<br />
}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| cinematography = AC Mahender<br />
| editing = Jo Ni Harsha<br />
| music = '''Songs:'''<br />Rohit Gandhi<br />'''Score:'''<br />Argenil<br />
| studio = Esha Lankesh Productions<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2018|8|3}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = English<br />Kannada<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Summer Holidays''''' is a 2018 Indian [[children's film]] directed by [[Kavitha Lankesh]] starring Esha Lankesh, [[Samarjit Lankesh]], Sonia Hegde and Anish Angre with [[Prakash Raj]] and [[Suman Nagarkar]] in supporting roles. The film was simultaneously shot in English and Kannada.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Four kids and their dog named Bheema go on a trip to [[Chikkamagaluru]]. However, they have an eerie encounter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/national-capital-region-ncr/movies/summer-holidays/ET00079648|title=Summer Holidays|date=3 August 2018|work=bookmyshow|access-date=2024-12-21}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*Esha Lankesh<br />
*[[Samarjit Lankesh]]<br />
*Sonia Hegde <br />
*Anish Angre<br />
*Bheema <br />
*[[Prakash Raj]]<br />
*[[Suman Nagarkar]]<br />
*[[Gauri Lankesh]] as an activist<ref name="DH">{{Cite web |last=George |first=Nina C. |title=Slain Gauri is activist in kids' film |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/slain-gauri-activist-kids-film-685507.html|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=2024-12-21}}</ref><br />
*[[Siddaramaiah]] as himself<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/karnataka/cm-siddaramaiah-to-act-in-kavitha-lankesh-summer-holidays|title=CM Siddaramaiah to face 'Lights...camera...action...' in 'Summer Holidays'|work=[[Asianet News]]|access-date=2024-12-21}}</ref><ref name="N">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/Jun/22/karnataka-cm-to-play-himself-in-a-childrens-movie-1619528.html|title=Karnataka CM to play himself in a children's movie|date=22 June 2017|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|last=Sharadhaa|first=A.|access-date=2024-12-21|archive-date=2023-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509103008/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/jun/22/karnataka-cm-to-play-himself-in-a-childrens-movie-1619528.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Since there are many village-based children's films in Kannada, [[Kavitha Lankesh]] decided to make an urban children's film in both English and Kannada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharadhaa |first=A. |date=2018-07-30 |title=I would rather work with children than any big star: Kavitha Lankesh |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/Jul/30/i-would-rather-work-with-children-than-any-big-star-kavitha-lankesh-1850362.html |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> [[Siddaramaiah]] played a guest role in the film appearing in the forest similar to his real life encounter with [[Adivasi]]s in the Didalli forest range.<ref name="N"/><br />
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==Themes and influences==<br />
The film was reported to be similar to [[Enid Blyton]]'s films.<ref name="N"/><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| headline = English Track listing<ref name="A">{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/summer-holidays-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1420161964|title=Summer Holidays (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|work=[[Apple Music]]|date=2018|access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = 11:36<br />
| title1 = Lets Go To The Mountains (Female) <br />
| extra1 = [[Chaitra H. G.]]<br />
| length1 = 2:49<br />
| title2 = Lets Go To The Mountains (Male) <br />
| extra2 = Santosh Venky<br />
| length2 = 2:49<br />
| title3 = Take Off On A Highway (Female)<br />
| extra3 = Chaitra H. G.<br />
| length3 = 2:59<br />
| title4 = Take Off On A Highway (Male)<br />
| extra4 = Santosh Venky<br />
| length4 = 2:59<br />
}}<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Kannada Track listing<ref name="A"/><br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = 12:59<br />
| title1 = Rekke Bidisaaithu Haarooke<br />
| extra1 = Chaitra H. G.<br />
| length1 = 2:50<br />
| title2 = Rekke Bidisaaithu Haarooke<br />
| extra2 = Santosh Venky<br />
| length2 = 2:50<br />
| title3 = Haaru Inu Mele Jeevane<br />
| extra3 = [[Vasuki Vaibhav]]<br />
| length3 = 3:20<br />
| title4 = Rasteyalli Haarikondu Naavu<br />
| extra4 = Santosh Venky<br />
| length4 = 2:59<br />
| title5 = Rasteyalli Haarikondu Naavu (Female)<br />
| extra5 = Chaitra H. G.<br />
| length5 = 3:00<br />
}}<br />
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== Release ==<br />
Prior to the film's release, the film was well received in a special screening attended by 500 parents and children.<ref name="T">{{Cite news |date=2018-08-03 |title=Kavitha Lankesh's 'Summer Holidays' hits the screens |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/kavitha-lankeshs-summer-holidays-hits-the-screens/articleshow/65260284.cms |access-date=2024-12-20 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The film was theatrically released on 3 August 2018 at PVR, Vega City Mall in Bengaluru.<ref name="T"/><ref name="DH"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kavitha Lankesh}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian children's films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]<br />
[[Category:2018 Kannada-language films]]</div>NicoleLombardo