Prashanth Neel, worked on the film's screenplay after the release of Ugramm (2014), and development of the film began in early 2015.[citation needed] However, he decided to split the film in two parts, as the narration of this story is in a non-linear format, and the decision to split the film into two parts, also had to with the commercial prospects. In an interview with The Times of India, in October 2018, he added "The scale of the project is huge and we had a scope for a beginning, an interval and an end for both parts, so it made sense for us to release it as two parts". As for the decision to make it multilingual, he says that it was because the film is based on a unique idea and has a universal theme.[27] In December 2020, Prashanth Neel said that there were no plans for a third instalment in the K.G.F franchise.[28]
Prashanth Neel decided to rope in composer Ravi Basrur[29] and cinematographer Bhuvan Gowda as a part of the technical crew for the second part of the film.[30][31]
On 29 July 2019,[37] Sanjay Dutt was revealed to be playing the role of the main antagonist Adheera, marking his Kannada debut.[38][39][40] He compared his character to Thanos, and revealed that it was "shown to be a dangerous character with scary makeup" and added that it was a role he was looking for.[41] Raveena Tandon was reported to play the role of Prime Minister Ramika Sen, and stated that "it was a difficult character to portray".[42]
Telugu actor Rao Ramesh was cast in a pivotal role in May 2019,[43] and Tamil actor Saran Shakthi was cast in August 2019.[44] On 26 August 2020, when the filming resumed, Prakash Raj was also revealed to be playing an important character.[25][45]
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