Vikky Varun, who debuted as a leading man with Sukka Suri’s Kenda Sampige , which he followed up with College Kumar, made his di rectorial debut with his third film, Kaalapatthar. The film, produced by Bhuvan Suresh and Nagaraju Billinakote under the banner of Bhuvan Movies, released in theatres on September 13, 2024 and had not made it to OTT until now. A few days ago, OTTplay had revealed that the film had bagged a streaming partner and that it would drop on Sun NXT. As of May 2, 2025, the film is available to stream with Kannada audio.

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Vikky was initially only meant to act in Kaalapatthar

Kaalapatthar was written by D Satya Prakash, famed for films like Rama Rama Re , Ondalla Eradalla and Man of the Match, with Vikky only meant to act in it, along with Apoorva, who starred in V Ravichandran’s Apoorva in 2016. However, during the pandemic, the film was temporarily stalled and when the team got back together to take it on floors, Vikky, who has assisted filmmakers Yogaraj Bhat and Suri, decided to take on the responsibility of direction as well.

By then, Apoorva was also replaced, with Dhanya Ramkumar, the granddaughter of late matinee idol Dr Rajkumar and daughter of veteran actor Ramkumar, taking up the heroine’s role. The film was shot majorly in Bijapur, the film also features segments in Rajasthan and Kashmir, with cinematography by Sandeep Kumar and music by Anoop Seelin.

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Starring TS Nagabharana, Achyuth Kumar, Sampath Maithreya, Rajesh Nataranga, Basu Hiremath, among others, Kaalapatthar received fairly positive reviews, with many praising the actor-director for his choice of subject. Vikky played Shankara a BSF jawan, toiling away in the barracks’ kitchen, in the hope of one day making it to the frontline. When he successfully foils an infiltration bid, he not only gets posted to outdoor duty, but is also feted back home with a life-size statue.