Vikrant Rona

• Sudeep as Inspector Vikrant Rona[7][8]
• Nirup Bhandari as Sanjeev Gambhira aka Sanju.[9] Sanjeev is described as "a jovial and friendly person."[10]
• Neetha Ashok as Aparna Ballal aka Panna[9]
• Ravishankar Gowda[11]
• Madhusudan Rao as Janardhan Gambhira
• Vasuki Vaibhav
• Jacqueline Fernandez as Racquel D'Coasta aka Gadang Rakkamma in an extended cameo appearance[12]

Primary photoshoot began on 1 March 2020, and filming started on 2 March at Hyderabad under the title Phantom[13]. Actor Sudeep began filming Kotigobba 3 and Phantom simultaneously. Nirup Bhandari was cast in the role of Sanjeev Gambhira.[14] When the team preparing for second schedule COVID-19 pandemic hits badly and the works stopped. On 13 June, the crew announced they would resume shooting in July.[15] Then on 16 July 2020, they resumed their work amid pandemic at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad, by constructing huge dense forest set.[16] Most of the filming done in Annapurna Studios and Ramoji Film City Hyderabad. Other shoots were done in Malshej Ghat, Mahabaleshwar[17] and Kerala.[18] Jacqueline Fernandez plays prominent role along with a song appearance.[19] Now the movie is ready to hit screens on 24 February 2022.

Music director B. Ajaneesh Loknath composes songs and background music for the movie and its his first collaboration with actor Sudeep.[20]

The film was scheduled to be released worldwide on 24 February 2022 in 10 languages with 3D version, but as of now got delayed due to the second wave of the ongoing pandemic.[21][22] The film is now confirmed to hit screens on 24 February 2022.[23]

• Vikrant Rona at IMDb
• Vikrant Rona at Bollywood Hungama