Film to be made on the ‘Spiderman of Chitradurga

Making films on real life people is not new. But an upcoming Kannada film has found quite an interesting subject. Jyothi Alias Kothiraja, which is being made under the VG Films, is based on the life of the 'Spiderman of Chitradurga', Jyothi Raj.

Jyothi Raj, a rock climber and wall climber from Chitradurga, is popularly known as 'Kothi Raju' or 'Monkey King'. He gained popularity for scaling the Chitradurga Fort without a safety harnesses and is also the only person to have scaled the 830-foot Jog Falls, which he climbed in the opposite direction of the flow. Jyothi also scaled the clock tower at Moorusavir Math in Hubli in just over 15 minutes.

Kung Fu Balu will train Jyothi for the film. Aishani, a Mass Communication student, will make her acting debut with this movie, which also stars Deepika Das. Aishani is likely to also climb with Jyothi in one of the scenes. Deepika plays the role of a journalist in the film.

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