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18 Oct 2026, 3:59 pm
The first-look poster of Bheem & Rao gets straight to the point. Directed by Islahuddin NS and produced by MP Gireesh Samrat under Nature Lord Productions, the image shows Vasisshta Simha in a police uniform, standing in front of the Vidhana Soudha, the national flag, and a massive crowd. Carrying the line ‘The Revolution for a Solution’, the team has avoided the usual pan-India tag, choosing instead to call it a “National Cinema” built on Dr BR Ambedkar’s ideas.
For Vasisshta, announcing the project on his birthday makes it special, and he admits he didn’t pick this film as part of a career strategy. “It is a statement about what we need today,” he says, and adds, “This is the need of the hour for our country, and it is serious work. When people like your work on screen, you cannot just do films for numbers or money. I am not interested in that. Whether it’s a main lead, villain, or character role, the size of the part doesn’t matter to me as long as the story has value. I love my country, and when a story like this came along, I simply could not say no.”
Explaining why they avoided calling it a pan-India film, Vasisshta says the difference is in the story itself. “Pan-India has just become about dubbing a movie into four or five languages,” he says, and explains, “We call this a national film because the story belongs to everyone in India. Our language and faces are from Karnataka, but the central talk is about the whole country. The Constitution, equality, and justice are not regional topics. They matter to every single citizen.”
Films that tackle social issues can often feel like lectures, but Vasisshta says the team knows the value of entertaining the audience. “A movie has to work in theatres; there is no doubt about that. But you also have to give good content within that setup. If you make it like a slow art movie or a documentary, it will not reach the masses. By masses, I mean the
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