"Trilingual DUDE title confusion: Tej vs. Maitri Movie Makers – A football story dedicated to Puneeth Rajkumar!"

We registered and announced the title DUDE with the Karnataka Film Chamber a year ago!! Hero, director and producer Tej's trilingual film "DUDE"
is approaching the final schedule! Tej, the lead actor, director and producer of the trilingual film DUDE, expressed shock and disappointment over the recently announced share by leading production house Mythri Movie Makers. He also revealed the title of director-actor Pradeep Ranganathan's pan-India film titled DUDE and said that he has been promoting his film DUDE for more than a year. He clarified that he has no intention of fighting against a high-end production house like Maitri, but to clear all this confusion we have brought it to the notice of Anil, executive producer of Maitri Movie Makers and are expecting a positive response from him.

Tej is directing and acting in DUDE, a trilingual film being made in Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam languages. Centered around football and with intense emotions, the film is dedicated to late Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar, an avid football lover. Veteran actor Rangayana Raghu has played an important role as a football coach. The film is entering the final schedule soon and the post-production is also in progress simultaneously. Plans are afoot to release it in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages in August or September. Raghavendra Rajkumar, who is playing a crucial role, is also serving as the script consultant for the project. The film features a strong ensemble of women footballers portrayed by Sanya Kaveramma, Megha, Mohit, Dhriti, Anarghya, Deepali Pandey, Siri, Evangeline, Sonu Tirtha Goud, Yashaswini, Mercy and Monish. Other important roles are played by Sundar Raja, Sparsh Rekha and Vijay Chendur. This ambitious film is being made under the banner of Panoramic Studios. The PRO of this film is Dheeraj - Appaji. Emil Mohammed of Jinke Maari fame has composed the music while Prem of Ala Mudandi fame is handling the cinematography. Produced by: Panoramic Studios Story - Screenplay - Director: Tej