Bheemasena Nalamaharaja is a 2020 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Karthik Saragur and produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah, Rakshit Shetty, and Hemanth M. Rao. The film stars Aravinnd Iyer, Aarohi Narayan, Priyanka Thimmesh and Achyuth Kumar. The soundtrack and score was composed by Charan Raj.
The title references characters from the Mahabharata—Bhimasena (Bhima) and Nala Maharaja—both renowned for their culinary skills. The narrative weaves themes of love, loss, and friendship, with food serving as a central motif. As per the director, the film is "based on six rasas—sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent, and the six characters represent six rasas."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was streamed worldwide from 29 October 2020 on Amazon Prime Video as a part of their Great Indian Festival.
Production
The film was officially launched on Varamahalakshmi festival day on 4 August 2017.