Shankarabharana (also written Shankarabharanna) is an upcoming Kannada horror comedy directed by Sumanth Bhat, the director of Mithya, from a story by Shine Shetty. Shine Shetty plays a bus driver whose bus, the Shankarabharana, is as central to the story as its leads, with Tanvi Ram as the female lead and Krithi Shetty, Sampath Kumar, Deepak Rai Panaje and Mime Ramdas in the cast. Shreeshaila, Divakar Shetty and Shine Shetty produce it under Ranggasthala Studios, and Charan Raj composes the music. It releases in theatres on 20 November 2026.
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Shankarabharana is a horror comedy built around a bus. Shine Shetty plays its driver, and the bus, named Shankarabharana, is as central to the story as its leads. The teaser, released on 4 September 2026, turns on the hero describing a female ghost he saw on board. Shine Shetty wrote the story; Sumanth Bhat, who directed Mithya, wrote the screenplay and dialogues with Trilok Trivikrama.
Shine Shetty plays the lead, with Tanvi Ram as the female lead and Krithi Shetty in a key role. Sampath Kumar, Anil Kumar A, Deepak Rai Panaje, Mime Ramdas and Umesh Shrikant Teli complete the cast.
Shine Shetty · Deepak Rai Panaje
Sumanth Bhat directs. Shine Shetty set up Ranggasthala Studios with his elder brother Divakar Shetty to make the film, and the producers are Shreeshaila, Divakar Shetty and Shine Shetty. Charan Raj composes the music, Udit Khurana is the cinematographer and Bhuvanesh Manivannan edits.
Aarambha, the first single, released on 14 September 2026, sung by Mano with rap vocals by Amogh Balaji, lyrics by Nagarjun Sharma and Tulu lines written by Shine Shetty. Sakhiye, a melody sung by Sid Sriram with lyrics by Dhananjay Ranjan, followed on 5 October 2026; it had 10.8 lakh views on Ranggasthala Studios' YouTube channel when we checked on 14 October 2026.
Our pages have covered this team's earlier films. Su From So, in which Shine Shetty starred, drew 1.26 crore views across 27 of our posts, and Sumanth Bhat's Mithya has its own dashboard. Figures as of 1 November 2026; each dashboard has the live numbers, post by post.
Shankarabharana releases in theatres on Friday, 20 November 2026. The makers announced the date in September 2026 (Cinema Express, 6 September), and it was still the date on 14 October 2026. The film is listed on BookMyShow as Shankarabharanna.
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Shankarabharana releases on 20 Nov 2026.
Shankarabharana is directed by Sumanth Bhat.
Shankarabharana stars Shine Shetty, Tanvi Ram, Krithi Shetty, Sampath Kumar, Anil Kumar A, Deepak Rai Panaje.
Shankarabharana is produced under Ranggasthala Studios.
The music of Shankarabharana is by Charan Raj.
Shankarabharana releases in theatres on 20 November 2026.
Sumanth Bhat, the director of Mithya, directed Shankarabharana. Shine Shetty wrote the story.
Shine Shetty leads, with Tanvi Ram, Krithi Shetty, Sampath Kumar, Deepak Rai Panaje and Mime Ramdas.
Shreeshaila, Divakar Shetty and Shine Shetty produce Shankarabharana under Ranggasthala Studios.
Charan Raj. The songs include Aarambha, sung by Mano, and Sakhiye, sung by Sid Sriram.
A Kannada horror comedy about a bus driver and his bus, the Shankarabharana.
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Ranggasthala Studios, the film's banner, released the video song Shankara Nee Bhayankara on its official YouTube channel on 25 October. Charan Raj is credited in the upload title, and the film opens on 20 November 2026.
