

Harish Rai as Khasim, Shetty’s aide and Rocky’s confidante Yash as Raja Krishnappa Bhairya / Rocky BhaiĪrchana Jois as Shanthamma, Rocky’s mother Ravi Basrur scored music for the soundtrack and the film’s background.

Bhuvan Gowda served as the cinematographer and Shrikanth as the editor. Majority of the film is set in Kolar Gold Fields and was filmed on location. However, filming began only two years later, in March 2017. The development of the film began in early 2015 when Neel completed writing the screenplay. The film is a blockbuster in Kannada Film Industry as well as Indian Cinema. At the 66th National Film Awards, the film won 2 awards for Best Action and Best Special Effects. Anant Nag narrates the film while also playing a supporting role alongside Srinidhi Shetty, Vasishta N. Yash stars as Rocky, while Ramachandra Raju features as Garuda. Involved with the gold mafia there, he is recruited to kill Garuda, the oppressive heir-in-waiting, in Kolar Gold Fields. The film centres around Raja Krishnappa Bairya “Rocky”, born into poverty, who arrives in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1960s, on a quest for power and wealth as desired by his dying mother. It is the first instalment in the two-part series, followed by K.G.F: Chapter 2. K.G.F: Chapter 1 is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language period action film written and directed by Prashanth Neel, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the banner Hombale films.
