The shooting for Shivarajakumar-Sudeep starrer 'The Villain' has almost completed except for four songs. Meanwhile, the audio rights of the film has been sold for a whopping 1.08 crores.

Anand Audio has bagged the audio rights of the film and has paid 1.08 crores for the audio rights, which is said to be the highest in Kannada film industry.

'The Villain' is being directed by Prem after a six year gap. His last film as a director was Shivarajakumar's 100th film 'Jogaiah'. 'The Villain' stars Shivarajakumar, Sudeep, Amy Jackson, Srikanth, Mithun Chakraborty and others. The film is being produced by C R Manohar and Arjun Janya is the music composer.