13th Bengaluru International Film Festival- Official Catalogue

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Gûzen to sôzô Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

2021 / Japan / «Ã¯ï D¥sï ¥sÁZÀÆð£ï CAqï ¥sÁåAl¹
Japanese / 121 min.

Director: An unexpected love triangle, a failed
Ryusuke Hamaguchi seduction trap and an encounter that
Producer: results from a misunderstanding.
Satoshi Takada Meiko is startled when she realiz-
Editor: es that the man who her best friend
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Writer(s): starts to have feelings for is her ex;
Ryusuke Hamaguchi Sasaki plots to trick his college profes-
DOP: sor for revenge, using his class-friend-
Yukiko Iioka with-benefits Nao, while Natsuko en-
Sound: counters a woman who seems to be
Akihiko Suzuki someone from her past, leading the
Music: two to confess the feelings they have
Robert Schumann harbored in their hearts -- these sto-
Cast: ries about the complexities of relation-
Kotone Furukawa, ships are told through coincidences
Ayumu Nakajima, that happen in the lives of women in
Hyunri, Kiyohiko love.
Shibukawa, Katsuki
Mori ªÀÄÆgÀÄ ¸ÀtÚPÀvÉUÀ¼À ¸ÀAUÀªÀÄ.vÀªÀÄä ¸ÀA§AzsÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß
G½¹PÉÆAqÉà ªÀÄƪÀgÀÄ ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÀÄgÀÄ ¨ÉÃgÉ ¨ÉÃgÉ ¸À¤ßªÉñÀUÀ¼À°è
Nominations ¸ÀªÀĸÉåUÉ ¥ÀjºÁgÀ ºÀÄqÀÄQPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛgÉ. C¥À£ÀA©PÉ, C¤jÃQëvÀ
Asian Film Awards ¥ÉæêÀÄ, ºÀ¤mÁæöå¥ï J®èªÀÇ ¸ÁAzÀ©üðPÀªÁV £ÀqÉzÀĺÉÆÃUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
2021- Best Film, E¥ÀàvÀÄÛ ªÀµÀðUÀ¼À £ÀAvÀgÀ UɼÀwAiÀÄj§âgÀÄ ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁV
Best Director / San ZÀað¸ÀĪÁUÀ «µÁzÀzÀ bÁAiÉÄ, ¸ÀA§AzsÀUÀ¼À ¸ÀAQÃtðvÉ ZÀZÉðUÉ
Sebast¡n IFF 2021- §gÀÄvÀÛzÉ
Nominee City of
Donostia Audience
Awar, Best Film

Awards Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Berlin IFF 2021-
Winner Jury Grand Born in 1978 in Kanagawa, Japan,
Prix / Chicago IFF he is a director and screenwriter.
2021- Winner Silver He graduated from the University
Q-Hugo of Tokyo, and then worked in the

World Sales: commercial film industry for a few
M-Appeal
years before entering the graduate program in film
at the Tokyo University of the Arts. His graduation

film PASSION was selected for the TOKYO FILMeX
festival. The script for his film HAPPY AWÂ (HAPPY
HOUR) received a special mention at the Locarno

Film Festival. Hamaguchi’s films were screened at
international film festivals such as Cannes Film Fes-
tival and Locarno International Film Festival.

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Vaght-e When Pomegranates Howl
Chigh-e Anar
ªÉ£ï ¥ÉƪÉÆUÁæ£Émïì ºË¯ï
2021 / Afghanistan /
Pashto / 83 min.

Director: 9-year-old Hewad peddles food and
Granaz Moussavi amulets tackling the dangers of daily
Producer: street life during an ongoing war in Af-
Baheer Wardak, ghanistan. Following an explosion, he
Granaz Moussavi, is photographed among other civilian
Marzieh Vafamehr casualties by an Australian journalist,
Editor: igniting his daydreams of becoming
Shima Monfared a Hollywood actor. Hewad auditions a
Writer(s): gang of street children for the journal-
Granaz Moussavi ists’ camera not knowing that dreams
DOP: would come true in unexpected ways
Behrouz Badrouj due to the war.
Sound:
Hossein Ghoorchina, MA§vÀÄÛ ªÀµÀð ªÀAiÀĹì£À ¨Á®PÀ ºÉªÁqï C¥ÀWÁ¤¸ÁÛ£ÀzÀ gÁdzsÁ¤
Hossein Alizadeh PÁ§Æ°£À ©Ã¢AiÀÄ°è §zÀÄPÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ GvÁì» ¨Á®PÀ. vÀAzÉ
Music: ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀºÉÆÃzÀgÀgÀ£ÀÄß PÀ¼ÉzÀÄPÉÆAqÀ £ÀAvÀgÀ vÀ¼ÀÄîUÁrAiÀÄ°è
Hossein Ghoorchina, ºÀtÄÚUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ªÀiÁgÀÄvÁÛ §zÀÄPÀÄ ¸ÁV¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝ£É. vÁ¬ÄUÉ ºÀt
Hossein Alizadeh PÉÆqÀ®Ä ±Àæ«Ä¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝ£É. avÀæ£Àl£ÁUÀ£ÉÃPÉA§ÄzÀÄ CªÀ£À
Cast: PÀ£À¸ÀÄ. CzÀPÁÌV ©Ã¢ ªÀÄPÀ̼À UÀÄA¥ÀÄ PÀnÖPÉÆArzÁÝ£É, AiÀÄÄzÀÞ
Arafat Faiz, Elham ¸ÀªÀÄAiÀÄzÀ°è JzÀÄgÁzÀ D¸ÉÖçðAiÀiÁzÀ bÁAiÀiÁUÁæºÀPÀ£ÉƧâ¤AzÁV
Ahmad Ayazi, Saeeda CªÀ£À PÀ£À¸ÀÄ £À£À¸ÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉAiÉÄÃ? £ÉÊdWÀl£ÉAiÀÄ£ÁßzsÀj¹zÀ avÀæ.
Sadat, Fereshta
Alimi, Amir Shah
Talash, Hashmatullah
Fanayee, Ustad Din
Mohammad Saqi,
Andrew Quilty

Nominations Granaz Moussavi

Asia Pacific Screen Granaz Moussavi is an Iranian-Aus-
Awards 2021- Nomi-
nee Best Youth Fea- tralian contemporary poet, film
ture Film director and screenwriter. She
is primarily renowned for her
avant-garde poetry in the 90s. Her

award-winning debut feature film MY TEHRAN FOR
SALE is an internationally acclaimed Australian-Ira-
nian co-production.

World Sales: Asian Cinema Competition
Iranian Independents

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Kun Maupay Man Whether the Weather is Fine
It Panahon
ªÉzÀgï zÀ ªÉzÀgï F¸ï ¥sÉÊ£ï
2021 / Philippines,
France, Singapore, Determined to flee to the big city af-
Indonesia, Germany, ter Typhoon Haiyan ravages a coastal
Qatar / town, Miguel searches for his mother
Visayan / 104 min. Norma and his beloved Andrea before
another storm approaches.
Director:
Carlo Francisco PÀgÁªÀ½ ¥ÀlÖtPÉÌ ©gÀÄUÁ½ C¥Àཹ Erà £ÀUÀgÀªÀ£ÀÄß zsÀéA¸À
Manatad ªÀiÁrzÉ. ªÀÄvÉÆÛAzÀÄ ©gÀÄUÁ½ §AzÀÄ C¥ÀླྀÀĪÀ ªÀÄÄ£Àß
Producer: zÉÆqÀØ £ÀUÀgÀPÉÌ ¥ÀgÁjAiÀiÁUÀ¨ÉÃQzÉ, £ÁUÀjPÀgÀ£ÀÄß ªÀĤ¯ÁUÉ
Armi Rae Cacanindin, PÀgÉzÉÆAiÀÄå®Ä ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜ ªÀiÁqÀ¯ÁVzÉ. ¢PÁÌ¥Á¯ÁzÀ PÀÄlÄA§zÀ
Josabeth Alonso, ¸ÀzÀ¸ÀågÀÄ CzÀPÀÆÌ ªÉÆzÀ®Ä vÀ£Àß vÁ¬Ä ºÁUÀÆ DAzÉæÃAiÀÄ
Vincent Wang CªÀgÀ£ÀÄß ºÀÄqÀÄPÀ¨ÉÃQzÉ
Editor:
Bienvenido Ferrer III
Writer(s):
Giancarlo Abrahan
V, Carlo Francisco
Manatad, Jérémie
Dubois
DOP:
Teck Siang Lim
Sound:
Roman Dymny
Music:
Andrew Florentino
Cast:
Charo Santos, Daniel
Padilla, Rans Rifol

Nominations

Chicago IFF 2021-
Nominee Gold Hugo
/ Golden Horse FF
2021- Nominee Best
Asian Film

Awards Carlo Francisco Manatad

Locarno IFF 2021- Carlo Francisco Manatad was born
Winner Filmmakers in Tacloban in the Philippines and is
of the Present Com- currently based in Manila. His short
petition films EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
(17) and THE IMMINENT IMMA-

NENT (18) were played at festivals. WHETHER THE
WEATHER IS FINE (21) is his latest film.

World Sales: 51
Rediance Films

Asian Cinema Competition



Indian
Cinema
Competition

13th Biffes

Bhugiilu Bhugilu

2020 / India / ¨sÀÄV®Ä
Kannada / 136 min.

Director: Countless people have participated
Chandrakant and sacrificed their lives in the Free-
Kodapadi dom Movement, the fruits of which
Producer: we are enjoying today. Under the lead-
Chandrakant ership of Mahatma Gandhiji, millions
Kodpadi of people took part. They contributed
Editor: in their way to the freedom struggle
Gurudutta Savkur through Non-Violence. Tania, a Dalit
Writer(s): whose job is to clean the town’s toilets,
Chandrakant also contributes to the freedom strug-
Kodpadi gle. What made the innocent Tania
DOP: support the freedom movement, how
PVR Swamy he contributed and how he changed
Sound: the mind of a cruel British Police Of-
Radhakrishna Basrur ficer is the essence of the BHUGIILU.
Music:
Radhakrishna Basrur EAzÀÄ £ÁªÀÅ C£ÀĨsÀ«¸ÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ ¸ÁévÀAvÀæåªÀ£ÀÄß ¥ÀqÉAiÀÄ®Ä
Cast: C¸ÀASÁåvÀ d£ÀgÀÄ £ÀªÀÄä zÉñÀzÀ ¸ÁévÀAvÀæå ZÀ¼ÀªÀ½AiÀÄ°è
Ramesh Bhatt, ¨sÁUÀªÀ»¹ vÀªÀÄä fêÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄß vÁåUÀ ªÀiÁrzÁÝgÉ. ªÀĺÁvÁä
Chandrakanth Kod- UÁA¢üÃfAiÀĪÀgÀ £ÉÃvÀÈvÀézÀ°è ®PÁëAvÀgÀ d£ÀgÀÄ ‘C»A¸É’
padi, Namitha Desai, ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ¸ÁévÀAvÀæå ºÉÆÃgÁlzÀ°è ¨sÁUÀªÀ»¹ vÀªÀÄäzÉà DzÀ
Chandrakala Rao, jÃwAiÀÄ°è PÉÆqÀÄUÉ ¤ÃrzÁÝgÉ. ¥ÀlÖtzÀ ±ËZÁ®AiÀÄUÀ¼À£ÀÄß
Peter Grabinsky ¸ÀéZÀÒUÉƽ¸ÀĪÀ PÉ®¸ÀªÀ£ÀÄß ºÉÆA¢gÀĪÀ zÀ°vÀ vÁ¤AiÀiÁ PÀÆqÀ
vÀ£ÀßzÉà DzÀ jÃwAiÀÄ°è PÉÆqÀÄUÉ ¤ÃrzÁÝgÉ. ¸ÁévÀAvÀæå ºÉÆÃgÁl.
ªÀÄÄUÀÞ vÁ¤AiÀiÁ¼À£ÀÄß ¸ÁévÀAvÀæå ZÀ¼ÀĪÀ½AiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¨ÉA§°¸ÀĪÀAvÉ
ªÀiÁrzÀÄÝ, CªÀ£ÀÄ ºÉÃUÉ PÉÆqÀÄUÉ ¤ÃrzÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PÀÆægÀ ©ænµï
¥ÉÇðøï C¢üPÁjAiÀÄ ªÀÄ£À¸Àì£ÀÄß ºÉÃUÉ §zÀ¯Á¬Ä¹zÀ£ÀÄ
JA§ÄzÀÄ “¨sÀÄV®Ä” £À ¸ÁgÀ.

Chandrakant Kodapadi

He is a Producer, Writer, Director,
Actor, Dubbing Artist and Voice
Over Artist. He started his career in
1984 in Films and worked as a Dub-

bing Artist, mainly in Kannada films

for over 30 years; he has dubbed for more than

2500 films. He also worked on a few Hindi Projects
including Shankar Nag’s MALGUDI DAYS, and as
Co-Director of Hindi films DECEMBER 16TH and DIL
HAI KULA ASMAAN.

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Kadu Goad Bittersweet

2020 / India / ©lÖgï ¹éÃmï
Marathi / 100 min.

Director: In its bid to outdo Brazil as the numero
Ananth Narayan uno exporter of sugar globally, sugar
Mahadevan barons end up surreptitiously exploit-
Producer: ing women labour in the fields. By en-
QUEST FILMS ticing them to undergo hysterectomy,
Editor: the system, besides inflicting mental
ANANTH NARAYAN stress on the cutters, defies the all-nat-
MAHADEVAN ural biological progression of the hu-
Writer(s): man race. The people at the helm
ANANTH NARAYAN are so influential that nothing can be
MAHADEVAN pinned on them for perpetrating this
DOP: horrific deed. And that is the fright-
ALPHONSE ROY ening part. However, one girl, Suguna,
Sound: dared to spill the beans. This is her true
RASHI BUTTE, story that was quelled and pushed un-
ANUP DEV, ROHIT der the carpet. BITTERSWEET is a sto-
KULKARNI ry of survival --killing one’s present to
Music: protect their future.
RASHI BUTTE,
ANUP DEV, ROHIT ¸ÀPÀÌgÉ gÀ¥sÀÄÛ GzÀåªÀÄzÀ°è ¨Éæf®è£ÀÄß «ÄÃj¸À¨ÉÃPÀÄ JA§
KULKARNI ªÀåªÀºÁgÀzÀ°è d«ÄãÁÝgÀgÀÄ PÀ©â£ÀUÀzÉÝAiÀÄ°è ªÀÄ»¼Á
Cast: PÁ«ÄðPÀgÀ£ÀÄß ±ÉÆö¸ÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ ¸ÀAUÀw UÀÄmÁÖV G½¢®è.
AKSHAYA GURAV, PÁ«ÄðPÀgÀ J®è ºÀPÉÆÌvÁÛAiÀÄUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ºÀwÛQÌ ¸ÁéxÀð ¸ÁzsÀ£É
SURESH VISH- ªÀiÁrPÉƼÀÄîªÀ F d£À JµÉÖà PËæAiÀÄð ªÉÄgÉzÀgÀÆ CªÀgÀ£ÀÄß
WAKARMA, SMITA AiÀiÁgÀÆ K£ÀÆ ªÀiÁqÀ¯ÁUÀzÀÄ. EAxÀ ªÁvÁªÀgÀtzÀ°è ¸ÀÄUÀÄuÁ
TAMBE JA§ AiÀÄĪÀw ±ÉÆõÀuÉAiÀÄ «gÀÄzÀÞ ¹rzÉüÀÄvÁÛ¼É. F zÀħð®
ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜAiÀÄ°è CªÀ¼À zÀ¤AiÀÄ£ÀÄß PÀÆqÁ CqÀV¸À¯Á¬ÄvÀÄ.

Nominations Ananth Narayan Mahadevan

BUSAN IFF - He is an actor, director and screen-
NOMINEE KIM JI- writer. He has worked in Hindi and
SEOK AWARD / Marathi films, television serials and
Kolkata IFF 2020- theatre. In 2010, Anant won the Na-
Nominee Best Indi- tional award for Best Screenplay
an Film, Best Film
and Dialogues for MEE SINDHUTAI SAPKAL.

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Bridge Bridge

2020 / India / ©æqïÓ
Assamese / 89 min.

Director: The Bridge is a colourful canvas of the
Kripal Kalita unique struggle and empowerment of
Producer: a teenage girl residing at the bank of a
SABITA DEVI , RAMA tributary of the river Brahmaputra. The
KUMAR DAS mighty river, the Brahmaputra, and its
Editor: branches flood many villages and ruin
KISHORE DEKA their cultivation every year. Still, peo-
Writer(s): ple love the river and its green valley.
KRIPAL KALITA Without a small bridge over its tribu-
DOP: tary, only they can understand how
RAMEN RABHA troublesome and hard their lives be-
Sound: come. Every year after the floods, they
AMRIT PRITAM MPSE start a new life again with a great ray of
Music: hope and expectations.
KRIPAL KALITA
Cast: §æºÀä¥ÀÄvÀæ £À¢AiÀÄ zÀqÀzÀ°è ªÁ¹¸ÀĪÀ ºÀ¢ºÀgÀAiÀÄzÀ ºÀÄqÀÄVAiÀÄgÀ
JONAKI SHIVA, RANI ºÉÆÃgÁl ºÁUÀÆ ¸À§°ÃPÀgÀtzÀ PÀvÉ EzÀÄ. ¨sÁgÀvÀzÀ ¥À槮 £À¢
KALITA ,BAPUKAN- §æºÀä¥ÀÄvÀæ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CzÀgÀ G¥À£À¢UÀ¼ÀÄ ¥Àæwà ªÀµÀð ¥ÀæªÁºÀ¢AzÀ
PARTHA, PROTIM C£ÉÃPÀ ºÀ½îUÀ¼ÀÄ d¯ÁªÀÈvÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛªÉ. PÀȶ ªÀÄļÀÄUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
BORA, PUTULI- AN- CzÀgÀÆ d£ÀjUÉ ºÀ¹gÀÄPÀt廃 ªÉÄÃ¯É ¦æÃw. F G¥À£À¢UÉ
INDITA DAS, ATUL- MAzÀÄ ¸ÀtÚ ¸ÉÃvÀÄªÉ ¤«Äð¹zÀgÉ §qÀd£ÀgÀ JµÉÆÖà ¸ÀAPÀµÀÖ
SWAPNIL NATH, ¥ÀjºÁgÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. CzÀÆ FqÉÃgÀÄwÛ®è. ¥ÀæwêÀµÀð ¥ÀæªÁºÀPÉÌ
PARAG-KRIPAL §°AiÀiÁUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ vÀ¥ÀÄàªÀÅ¢®è. DzÀgÀÆ F ¸ÀªÀĸÉå JAzÁzÀgÀÆ
KALITA ¥ÀjºÁgÀªÁUÀ§ºÀÄzÀÄ JAzÀÄ d£À D±Á¨sÁªÀ£É¬ÄAzÀ EzÁÝgÉ.

Awards Kripal Kalita

International Film He is a film director who started
Festival of India his career with video production
2020- Winner Spe- Agnibristi. He has directed 12 short
cial Mention
films and 15 television Serials. He
has earned several awards for his

films like RED TO BLACK, MEGH THE CLOUD, JAAPI
and THE ROOF OF ASSAM. THE BRIDGE is his first
feature film. He is a graded actor in AIR and a stage
director-actor.

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E-Mannu E-Mannu

2020 / India / F-ªÀÄtÄÚ
Kannada / 129 min.

Director: The film narrates Niranjan Nittoora, a
Shivadwaj Shetty rejected software engineer trying his
Producer: hands at farming. It depicts the com-
Shivadwaj Shetty plexities of the urban materialistic
Editor: lifestyle that sows the seeds of marital
C.RAVICHANDRAN discord in Nittoor’s life, forcing him to
Writer(s): return to his father’s property. He de-
Shivadhwaj Shetty cides to do farming in a modern way.
DOP: However, he finds the going tough
SANTHOSH RAI due to his half-baked knowledge of
PATHAJE farming aided by his misconceptions
Sound: about the village life. How Niranjan
S.P.CHANDRAKANTH deals with the lack of a good work-
Music: force, shortage of marketing facilities
S.P.CHANDRAKANTH for the agricultural produce etc, com-
Cast: plete the storyline.
DUSHYANT
AARADHYA CHAN- ¤gÀAd£À ¤lÆÖgï ¤gÀÄzÉÆåÃV ¸Á¥sïÖ ªÉÃgï JAf¤AiÀÄgï.
DRAHAS ULLAL £ÀUÀgÀ fêÀ£ÀzÀ ¸ÀAQÃtðvɬÄAzÀ ¨ÉøÀvÀÄÛ ªÀÄvÉÛ PÀȶAiÀÄvÀÛ
RAJARAM JOSHI M®ªÀÅ vÀ¼ÉzÀÄ ªÀÄgÀ½ ºÀ½îUÉ §gÀÄvÁÛ£É. UÁæ«ÄÃt d£ÀfêÀ£ÀzÀ
GEETA ACHARYA §UÉÎ £ÀUÀgÀzÀªÀjUÉ ¥ÀƪÀðUÀæºÀ ¦ÃrvÀ ¨sÁªÀ£ÉUÀ½gÀÄvÀÛªÉ. ºÀ½îAiÀÄ
JINAPRASAD ªÀiÁªÀÄÆ° PÀȶ ¥ÀzÀÞw §UÉÎ vÁvÁìgÀ. DzsÀĤPÀ PÀȶ DgÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É.
BHASKAR MANIPAL ¸ÀºÀd PÀȶ §UÉÎ ¸ÀjAiÀiÁzÀ w¼ÀĪÀ½PɬĮèzÉ PÀȶPÁAiÀÄðPÉÌ
UMESH SHETTY E½AiÀÄĪÀÅzÀÄ ºÉÃUÉ vÉÆAzÀgÉUÉ ¹®ÄQ¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ J£ÀÄߪÀÅzÀÄ E°è£À
wgÀļÀÄ. PÀȶ GvÀà£ÀßUÀ½UÉ ªÀiÁgÀÄPÀmÉÖ ¸Ë®¨sÀåUÀ¼À PÉÆgÀvÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
E°è ZÀað¸À¯ÁVzÉ.

Shivadwaj Shetty

is a National Award winning-di-
rector, actor, and producer. He has

been active in the Kannada film
industry for the last 23 years. After
completing his graduation, Shet-

ty forayed into the entertainment industry with
a television serial in Kannada. Since then, he has
acted in several tele-serials as a lead actor. He has

also worked in over 40 movies in five languages,
including Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tulu, and
Konkani. He has acted under the guidance of ac-
claimed directors like T S Nagabharana, I V Shashi,
Kodlu Ramak

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Bharat Maza Desh India Is My Country
Aahe
EArAiÀiÁ F¸ï ªÉÄÊ PÀAnæ
2020 / India /
Marathi / 109 min.

Director: Sonu and Afrin are both seven years
Pandurang Krishna old. They both have enmity with each
Jadhav others. Sonu has a pet buck goat in his
Producer: house, and he loves it. Sonu’s father,
DR ASHISH Jagdish, is an Indian soldier; this vil-
AGRAWAL lage is proudly known as the soldier’s
Editor: village. After some days, an India-Paki-
NILESH NAVNATH stan war starts. Jagdish is in combat,
GAVAND and his mother vows in front of God
Writer(s): that if Jagdish comes back home neat,
NISHANT DHAPSAY she will kill the buck goat as an offer-
DOP: ing. To save the buck, Sonu and Afrin
NAGRAJ DIVAKAR become friends. The film is about how
Sound: they save the buck and how the sol-
ASHWIN SHRINI- dier’s family tackled the war.
VASAN
Music: ¸ÉÆãÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ D¦üæ£ï E§âjUÀÆ K¼ÀĪÀµÀð ªÀAiÀĸÀÄì.
ASHWIN SHRINI- E§âgÀÆ ¥ÀgÀ¸ÀàgÀ zÉéöUÀ¼ÀÄ. ¸ÉÆãÀÄ ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°è ªÀÄÄzÁÝzÀ
VASAN ªÉÄÃPÉAiÉÆA¢zÉ. CzÀ£ÀÄß PÀAqÀgÉ J®èjUÀÆ ¥ÀAZÀ¥Áæt. ¸ÉÆãÀÄ
Cast: vÀAzÉ dUÀ¢Ã±ï ¸ÀAiÀĤPÀ. £ÀªÀÄäzÀÄ ¸ÉʤPÀgÀ ºÀ½î JAzÀÄ
Shashank Shende, ºÉýPÉƼÀÄîªÀÅzÀÄ D ºÀ½îAiÀÄ d£ÀjUÉ ºÉªÉÄä. PÉ®ªÉà ¢£ÀUÀ¼À°è
Mangesh Desai, ¨sÁgÀvÀ-¥ÁQ¸ÁÛ£À AiÀÄÄzÀÞ DgÀA¨sÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. dUÀ¢Ã±ï gÀt-
Chhaya Kadam, gÀAUÀPÉÌ ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÁÛ£É. ªÀÄUÀ ¸ÀÄgÀQëvÀªÁV ªÀÄ£ÉUÉ ªÀÄgÀ½zÀgÉ
Hamengi kav,i Natta ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°ègÀĪÀ ªÉÄÃPÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß §°PÉÆqÀĪÀÅzÁV dUÀ¢Ã±À£À vÁ¬Ä
Salokhe, Rajivarisang ºÀgÀPÉ PÀlÄÖvÁÛgÉ. ªÉÄÃPÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß G½¸À®Ä ¸ÉÆãÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ D¦üæ£ï
Raje Gaikwad (Ladu) MAzÁUÀÄvÁÛgÉ. CªÀgÀÄ ªÉÄÃPÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÉÃUÉ G½¹zÀgÀÄ. AiÀÄÄzÀÞ
Pari Sawant ¹ÜwAiÀÄ£ÀÄß CªÀgÀÄ ºÉÃUÉ JzÀÄj¹zÀgÀÄ JA§ÄzÉà PÀvÉ.

Pandurang Krishna Jadhav

He is a highly acclaimed Marathi
film director. Pandurang Jadhav be-
gan his career as an assistant to vari-
ous Hindi and Marathi film directors.
However, he made his directorial
debut with the Marathi film MANATALYA UNHAT
(2017-18), critically acclaimed everywhere. The film
was nominated for numerous awards. His next film
was A DRY DAY (Marathi, 2019) which established
his individualistic stamp for visual splendor. This
film was commercially successful.

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Ka Pae Ka Pae Ranasingam
Ranasingam
PÀ ¥É gÀt¹AUÀA
2020 / India /
Tamil / 177 min. The movie starts with Ariyanachi get-
ting ready for her daughter’s ear-pierc-
Director: ing function. It is shown that her hus-
P. Virumandi band Ranasingam lives in Dubai to
Producer: support their family. During the func-
KOTAPADI J. tion, Maayi, Ranasingam’s younger sis-
RAJESH ter, learns that her brother died during
Editor: a protest in Dubai because of the po-
T.SIVA- lice. As everyone is shocked and heart-
NADEESWARAN broken, they try to bring Ranasingam’s
Writer(s): body back to India. Then, Ariyanatchi
P. VIRUMANDI strives to bring her deceased hus-
DOP: band’s body back to India from Dubai.
N. K. EKAMBARAM During this period, the story is about
Sound: her battles against the current circum-
Karthick Suresh stances.
Music:
Ghibran
Cast:
Aishwarya Rajesh,
Vijay Sethupathi

CjAiÀiÁ£Áa vÀ£Àß ªÀÄUÀ¼À Q« ZÀÄZÀÄéªÀ PÁAiÀÄðPÉÌ ¹zÀÞªÁVzÁݼÉ.
CªÀ¼À ¥Àw gÀt¹AUÀA zÀĨÉÊ£À°è PÉ®¸À ªÀiÁqÀÄwÛzÁÝ£É. Q« ZÀÄZÀÄѪÀ
PÁAiÀÄð £ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÁUÀ gÀt¹AUÀA£À QjAiÀÄ vÀAV ªÀiÁ¬ÄUÉ vÀ£Àß
¸ÀºÉÆÃzÀgÀ zÀĨÉÊ£À°è £ÀqÉzÀ ¥Àæw¨sÀl£É ¸ÀAzÀ¨sÀðzÀ°è ¸ÀwÛgÀĪÀ
¸ÀAUÀw w½AiÀÄÄvÀÛzÉ. J®èjUÀÆ DWÁvÀ. gÀt¹AUÀA£À ¥ÁyÃðªÀ
±ÀjÃgÀªÀ£ÀÄß HjUÉ vÀgÀ®Ä CjAiÀiÁ£Áa ¥ÀgÀzÁqÀÄvÁÛ¼É.
¥Àj¹ÜwAiÀÄ «gÀÄzÀÞªÀÇ ºÉÆÃgÁl £ÀqɸÀ¨ÉÃPÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Awards P. Virumandi

South Indian In- He is from a small village called
ternational Movie Karumathur near Usilampatti in
Awards 2021- Win- Madurai district and is now settled
ner Best Actress in Chennai. He is the eldest son of
theactor Periya Karuppu Thevar. He

worked as an Assistant Director for 12 years with
Director Selva -- from MANIKANDA to NAN AVAN
ILLAI, and worked as a Co-Directer in Gopi Nainar’s
ARAMM.

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Aavartan Rotation

2020 / India / gÉÆmÉõÀ£ï
Hindi / 117 min.

Director: The film revolves around an eminent
Durba Sahay Kathak Guru, Bhawna Saraswati. She in-
Producer: troduces one of her disciples, Renuka,
Durba Sahay who becomes a star overnight. After hav-
Editor: ing a taste of the limelight, the disciple
Manoj Govind Sankla chooses to move a step ahead from her
Writer(s): Guru, which puts the Guru in a state of
Abhijeet Kumar, Dur- insecurity and an identity crisis. Guru, not
ba Sahay, Kuldeep knowing how to deal with her emotional
Kunal self, rejects Renuka. This turns out to be a
DOP: painful experience for Renuka. Bhawna’s
Azeez Ahmad Siddiqi Guru - Guru Gaytri Prabha Devi resonates
Sound: with the emotional state Bhawna is in.
Rahul Gurung She skillfully manages to cut the cords
Music: of Bhawna’s ignorance and ego. Finally,
Sunit Razdan, Satya Bhawna and Renuka’s Guru Disciple rela-
Manik Afsar tionship evolves, and Bhawna makes Re-
Cast: nuka the custodian of the form she has
GURU SHOVANA been inheriting.
NARAYAN SUSHMA
SETH, SUNIT ¥ÀæSÁåvÀ PÀxÀPï UÀÄgÀÄ ¨sÁªÀ£Á ¸ÀgÀ¸Àéw ²µÉå gÉÃtÄPÁ CªÀgÀ£ÀÄß
RAZDAN SURENDER PÀ¯Á¯ÉÆÃPÀPÉÌ ¥ÀjZÀ¬Ä¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ. CªÀ¼À CzÀȵÀÖ ZÉ£ÁßV-
KUMAR, MRINALINI vÀÄÛ. gÁvÉÆæÃgÁwæ CªÀ¼ÀÄ ¥ÀæSÁåvÀ¼ÁUÀÄvÁÛ¼É. UÀÄgÀÄ«VAvÀ
GURJEET SINGH MAzÀÄ ºÉeÉÓ ªÀÄÄAzÉ ¸ÁUÀÄvÁÛ¼É. EzÀjAzÁV UÀÄgÀÄ ¨sÁªÀ£ÁUÉ
CHANNI, KRISTINA C¸ÀªÀiÁzsÁ£ÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. C¨sÀzÀævÉ PÁqÀÄvÀÛzÉ. F ¨sÁªÀ£ÁvÀäPÀ
DOLININA ANOUSH- ¸À¤ßªÉñÀªÀ£ÀÄß JzÀÄj¸À®Ä UÀÄgÀÄ«UÉ PÀµÀ֪ɤ¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. CºÀA,
KA SAHAY GUHA ¥ÀæwµÉ× J®èªÀÇ ªÉÄgÉzÀÄ PÉÆ£ÉUÉ ¨sÁªÀ£Á ºÁUÀÆ gÉÃtÄPÁ
¸ÀA§AzsÀ ¸ÀÄzsÁj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ¨sÁªÀ£Á ¸ÀgÀ¸Àéw PÀnÖzÀ ¸ÀA¸ÉÜUÉ gÉÃtÄPÁ
ªÀÄÄRå¸ÉÜAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛ¼É.

Durba Sahay

She was born in 1962 in Gaya, Bihar.
An established writer, she made
her directorial debut with THE PEN.
Durba has worked in theatre and
films in different capacities, includ-

ing as a Producer, Director and Writer.
She revealed an entirely different shade of creativ-
ity in cinema like AN UNKNOWN GUEST, THE ME-
CHANIC, PETALS, THE WEB. Finally, she produced
and directed her debut feature film AAVARTAN.
Durba Sahay was awarded the Silver lotus for PA-
TANG in 1994 adjudged as the best regional feature
film.

60 Indian CInema Competition

13th Biffes

Semkhor Semkhor

2020 / India / ¸ÉªÉÆÌÃgï
DIMASA / 93 min.

Director: DIRO, a Samsa man, goes to a neigh-
Aimee Baruah bouring village to participate in the
Producer: HANGSEU BISU and incidentally dies
MALA BARUAH there. Consequently, his wife has to bear
Editor: the responsibility of his three children. As
RANTU CHETIA an assistant midwife, she has to face sev-
Writer(s): eral experiences she despises. According
AIMEE BARUAH, to the custom of SEMKHOR, if a woman
JINTUMONI KALITA, dies during childbearing, the infant is
UDAY BHASKAR buried alive with the mother. Diro’s wife
PATAR, SASANKA gets her only daughter MURI married
SAMIR to DINAR at the age of 11. Unfortunately,
DOP: Muri dies just after birthing a girl child. In
PRADIP DAIMARY a society where a woman can’t even de-
Sound: cide, how Diro’s wife brings a new life to
AMRIT PRITAM Muri’s infant is like an indication of a new
Music: dawn in SEKHAR.
AMRIT PRITAM
Cast: F±Á£Àå gÁdåUÀ¼ÁzÀ C¸ÁìA ªÀÄvÀÄÛ £ÁUÁ¯ÁåAqï gÁdåUÀ¼À°è
AIMEE BARUAH, ¢ªÀiÁì ¨sÁµÉAiÀÄ£ÁßqÀĪÀ D¢ªÁ¹UÀ½zÁÝgÉ. F ¸ÀªÀÄÄzÁAiÀÄzÀ
JAGANNATH SETH, ¢gÀÆ ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ ºÀ½îAiÀÄ°è eÁvÉæUÉ ºÉÆÃzÁUÀ DPÀ¹äPÀªÁV
KHERSA, PRATEEK ¸ÁªÀ£ÀߥÀÄàvÁÛ£É. ªÀÄÆgÀÄ ªÀÄPÀ̼ÉÆA¢UÉ DvÀ£À ¥Àwß ¸ÀA¸ÁgÀzÀ
HAGJER, ZIYAN dªÁ¨ÁÝj ºÉÆgÀÄvÁÛ¼É. ªÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄÄj, CªÀ½UÉ ºÀ£ÉÆßAzÀ£ÉÃ
RANJAN SAIKIA ªÀAiÀĹìUÉà ªÀÄzÀÄªÉ ªÀiÁqÀÄvÁÛ¼É. zÀÄgÀzÀȵÀÖªÀ±Ávï ªÀÄÄj,
ºÉtÄÚªÀÄUÀÄ«UÉ d£Àä ¤Ãr ¸ÁAiÀÄÄvÁÛ¼É. ¢ªÀiÁì ¸ÀA¥ÀæzÁAiÀÄzÀ
¥ÀæPÁgÀ UÀ©üðt ¸ÀvÀÛgÉ vÁ¬ÄAiÀÄ eÉÆvÉAiÉÄà ªÀÄUÀĪÀ£ÀÆß
ºÀƼÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ. F ¸ÀªÀÄÄzÁAiÀÄzÀ°è ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÀÄgÀ ªÀiÁwUÉ ¨É¯É¬Ä®è.
DzÀgÉ ¢gÀÆ£À ¥Àwß ªÀÄUÀĪÀ£ÀÄß G½¹PÉƼÀÄîªÀ ¤zsÁðgÀPÉÌ
§gÀÄvÁÛ¼É. EzÀgÉÆA¢UÉ ¸ÉªÀiïPÉÆÃgï £À°è ºÉƸÀ ¨É¼ÀPÀÄ
ªÀÄÆqÀ¯ÁgÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Aimee Baruah

With a Masters in Sociology, famous
Assamese actor-turned-director
Aimee Baruah debuted with the

first Dimasa language film
SEMKHOR (2020). She played the

lead role when she was just 14 as an actor. She act-
ed in 25 feature-length Assamese films and played
lead roles in many national award-winning films.
She won multiple awards for her acting as the lead
actor, such as State Award, Prag Cine Award etc.

She believes that filmmaking is a powerful vehicle
to narrate the untold stories of the North East.

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Sijou Sijou

2020 / India / ¹eÉÆPï
Bodo / 108 min.

Director: A boy named Sijou lives in a village
Vishal P. Chaliha named Saikhong Guri. Sijou is a very
Producer: jolly kid who loves playing with his
Preeyam Kherkatary, friends but knows he will have to be-
Omprakash Kher- come a slave one day. His life takes a
katary drastic shift when he becomes a vic-
Editor: tim of the Feudal Land Tenure System
Bishal Sarmah which was in practice in Bhutan till
Writer(s): 1958.
Vishal P.Chaliha
DOP: ¸ÉÊPÉÆÃAUï UÀÄj JA§ ºÀ½îAiÀÄ°è ¹eË JA§ ºÀÄqÀÄUÀ
Asutosh Kashyap ªÁ¹¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. vÀ£Àß ¸ÉßûvÀgÉÆA¢UÉ DlªÁqÀ®Ä EµÀÖ¥ÀqÀĪÀ DzÀgÉ
Sound: MAzÀÄ ¢£À vÁ£ÀÄ UÀįÁªÀÄ£ÁUÀ¨ÉÃPÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ JAzÀÄ w½¢zÀÝ
Debajit Changmai, vÀÄA¨Á eÁ° ªÀÄUÀÄ. ¨sÀÆvÁ£ï£À°è 1958 gÀªÀgÉUÉ DZÀgÀuÉAiÀÄ°èzÀÝ
Bulganin Baruah H½UÀªÀiÁ£Àå ¨sÀÆ »qÀĪÀ½ ¥ÀzÀÞwAiÀÄ §°¥À±ÀĪÁzÁUÀ CªÀgÀ
Music: fêÀ£ÀªÀÅ wêÀæ §zÀ¯ÁªÀuÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß vÉUÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÀÛzÉ.
Dhrubajyoti Patgiri
Cast:
Omprakash
Kherkatary,Bijit
Basumatary,Jayan-
ta Narzary,Pansy
Brahma,Krishna
Kalyaani,Kamleshwar
Basumatary

Nominations

Montreal Independ-
ent FF 2021- Nomi-
nee Best Independ-
ent Film

Awards Vishal P. Chaliha

Canadian Cine- He is a Bcom graduate from Gu-
matography Awards wahati, India. SIJOU is Vishal’s first
2021- Winner Best feature film, which he wrote and
Cinematography / directed. Before making his first
Golden Sparrow IFF feature, he made several documen-
2021- Winner Best
Debut Film of a Di- taries and short films.
rector, Best Feature
Script, Screenplay,
Best Indian Direc-
tor, Best Indian Fea-
ture Film

62 Indian CInema Competition

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Soorarai Pottru Soorarai Pottru

2020 / India / ¸ÀÆgÀgÉæà ¥ÉÆÃlÄæ
Tamil / 153 min.
Nedumaaran Rajangam, aka a Maara
Director: ex-air force officer from a village in
Sudha Kongara Madurai, dreams of starting an air-
Producer: line company and making common-
Suriya Sivakumar ers fly. He falls in love with Sundari,
Editor: aka Bommi, a baker, and marries her.
Sathish Suriya Maara meets his idol Paresh Goswami,
Writer(s): the head of one of the biggest airline
Shalini Usha Nair, companies in the country, and puts
Sudha Kongara forward his ideas, only to be reject-
DOP: ed. How Maara achieves his dreams
Niketh Bommireddy with the support of his mother Pechi,
Sound: Bommi, and friends forms the plot of
Vishnu Govind, Sree SOORARAI POTTRU.
Sankar
Music: ªÀÄzÀÄgÉ §½AiÀÄ ºÀ½îAiÉÆAzÀgÀ°è £ÉqÀĪÀiÁgÀ£ï gÁeÁAUÀA
G.V. Prakash Kumar C°AiÀiÁ¸ï ªÀiÁgÀ JA§ ªÁAiÀÄÄ¥ÀqÉ C¢üPÁj ªÁ¹¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝ£É.
Cast: ¸ÁªÀiÁ£Àå £ÁUÀjPÀgÀÄ PÀÆqÀ ¸ÀĮĨsÀªÁV «ªÀiÁ£À
Suriya, Aparna ¥ÀAiÀÄt ªÀiÁqÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ JA§ GzÉÝñÀ¢AzÀ «ªÀiÁ£À ºÁgÁl
Balamurali, Paresh PÀA¥À¤AiÉÆAzÀ£ÀÄß DgÀA©ü¸À¨ÉÃPÀÄ J£ÀߪÀÅ ºÀA§® DvÀ£ÀzÀÄ.
Rawal J®ègÀÆ ¨ÉÆ«Ää JAzÀÄ PÀgÉAiÀÄĪÀ ¸ÀGAzÀjAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
¦æÃw¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. CªÀ¼À£Éßà ªÀÄzÀĪÉAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛ£É. gÁµÀÖçzÀ CwzÉÆqÀØ
Kgï ¯ÉÊ£ïì PÀA¥É¤AiÀÄ ªÀiÁ°ÃPÀ£À£Éà ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁV, vÀ£Àß D¸ÉAiÀÄ
AiÉÆÃd£ÉAiÀÄ §UÉÎ «ªÀj¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. PÀA¥À¤ F ¥Àæ¸ÁÛªÀªÀ£ÀÄß
wgÀ¸ÀÌj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ªÀiÁgÀ ¥ÀlÄÖ ©qÀĪÀÅ¢®è. vÁ¬Ä ¦Ãa, ¨ÉÆ«Ää
ºÁUÀÆÁ»gÀ¸ÉßûvÀgÀ £ÉgÀ«¤AzÀ vÀ£Àß PÀ£À¹£À AiÉÆÃd£ÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
¸ÁPÁgÀUÉƽ¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É.

Awards Sudha Kongara

Indian Film Festi- She is an Indian director and screen-
val Of Melbourne writer who debuted as a screenwrit-
2021- Winner Best er with the film MITR, MY FRIEND
Actor | South Indian in 2002. Her movie credits include
International Movie ANDHRA ANDAGADU (2008) and
Awards 2021
DROHI (2010) and IRUDHI SUTTRU (2016) (also re-
leasing as SAALA KHADOOS in Hindi). In 2017, she
wrote and directed the movie GURU starring Dag-
gubati Venkatesh and Ritika Singh in the lead roles.
SOORARAI POTTRU is her latest film.

Indian CInema Competition 63

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Thaen Thaen

2020 / India / vÁAiÉÄ£ï
Tamil / 104 min.

Director: Hero Velu, a beekeeper, lives in the Ku-
Ganesh Vinayakan runjikudi hill ranges of Nilgiri forest. Her-
Producer: oine Poongodi from a neighbouring vil-
Ambalavanan B, lage meets Velu to fetch Kusuvan honey
Prema P (medicine honey) to treat her sick father.
Editor: Along the way, she falls in love with Velu.
Lawerence Kishore Although the Gods of Nature disapprove
Writer(s): of their kinship, they get married. They
Ganesh Vinayakan are leading a happy life and are blessed
DOP: with a baby girl. When Poongodi is out
Ganesh Vinayakan on work, she faints and falls on a bloomy
Sound: day. Velu, hearing the news, rushes im-
Santah Bharadwaj mediately & takes her to the hospital. The
Music: doctor confirms she is suffering from a
Santah Bharadwaj life-threatening disease. Their life turns
Cast: upside down. The challenging journey to
Tharun Kumar, Abar- overcome the system and society is a love
nathi, Anusri, Bava story that explores the darkness through
Lakshmana, Arul the unexplored human emotions and
Doss, Kayal Devraj the harshness of humanity.

»ÃgÉÆà ªÉÃ®Ä JA§ eÉãÀÄ ¸ÁPÀĪÀªÀgÀÄ ¤Ã®Vj CgÀtåzÀ
PÀÄgÀÄAfPÀÄr ¨ÉlÖ ±ÉæÃtÂUÀ¼À°è ªÁ¹¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝgÉ. £ÉgÉAiÀÄ ºÀ½îAiÀÄ
£ÁAiÀÄQ ¥ÀÇAUÉÆÃr vÀ£Àß C£ÁgÉÆÃUÀåzÀ vÀAzÉUÉ aQvÉì
¤ÃqÀ®Ä PÀĸÀĪÀ£ï eÉãÀÄ (OµÀ¢ü eÉãÀÄ) vÀgÀ®Ä ªÉîģÀ£ÀÄß
¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛ¼É. zÁjAiÀÄÄzÀÝPÀÆÌ CªÀ¼ÀÄ ªÉîģÀ£ÀÄß
¦æÃw¸ÀÄvÁÛ¼É. CªÀgÀ ¥Áæ¥ÀAaPÀvÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¥ÀæPÀÈwAiÀÄ zÉêÀgÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ
M¥Àà¢zÀÝgÀÆ CªÀgÀÄ ªÀÄzÀĪÉAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ¸ÀAvÉÆõÀzÀ fêÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄß
£ÀqɸÀÄwÛgÀĪÀ CªÀgÀÄ ºÉtÄÚ ªÀÄUÀĪÀ£ÀÄß D²ÃªÀð¢¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ.
CgÀ¼ÀĪÀ ¢£ÀzÀ°è ¥ÀÇAUÉÆÃr vÀ£Àß ¢£ÀzÀ PÉ®¸ÀPÉÌ ºÉÆgÀUÉ
ºÉÆÃzÁUÀ CªÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄÆbÉð ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PɼÀUÉ ©Ã¼ÀÄvÁÛ¼É, ¸ÀÄ¢Ý w½zÀ
ªÉÃ®Ä vÀPÀëtªÉà zsÁ«¹ D¸ÀàvÉæUÉ PÀgÉzÉÆAiÀÄÝgÀÄ, ¸ÀPÁðj D¸ÀàvÉæAiÀÄ
ªÉÊzÀågÀÄ CªÀgÀÄ ªÀiÁgÀuÁAwPÀ PÁ¬Ä¯É¬ÄAzÀ §¼À®ÄwÛzÁÝgÉ
JAzÀÄ zÀÈqsÀ¥Àr¹zÀgÀÄ. CªÀgÀ fêÀ£ÀªÀÅ vÀ¯ÉPɼÀUÁV wgÀÄUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀªÀiÁdªÀ£ÀÄß d¬Ä¸À®Ä PÀpt ¥ÀæAiÀiÁtªÀÅ
PÀvÀÛ¯ÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¥Àj±ÉÆâü¸ÀĪÀ ¥ÉæêÀÄPÀxÉAiÀiÁVzÉ, C£Ééö¸ÀzÀ
ªÀiÁ£ÀªÀ ¨sÁªÀ£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀiÁ£À«ÃAiÀÄvÉAiÀÄ PÀoÉÆÃgÀvÉAiÀÄ
ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ºÁzÀĺÉÆÃUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Ganesh Vinayakan

He is an Indian Film Director who
works in the Tamil film industry.
He is known for Tamil movies like
THAGARARU (2013), VEERA SIVAJI
(2016), HYPER (Kannada) (2018), and

D7, a Zee5 original Web-series (2019).

64 Indian CInema Competition

13th Biffes

Thahira Thahira

2020 / India / vÁ»gÁ
Malayalam / 97 min.

Director: Inspired by Khalil Gibran’s concept of
Siddik Paravoor beauty, Tahira is a film about a lady in
Producer: her 40s who lost her father as a child.
MUZIRIS MOVIES She was left with the whole responsi-
Editor: bility of her family, along with five sis-
SIDDIK PARAVOOR ters. In this film, our hero, who is blind
Writer(s): by birth, is trying to investigate what
SIDDIK PARAVOOR will happen if our hero and Tahira get
DOP: married. He is doing the same by fol-
SIDDIK PARAVOOR lowing the beauty concepts of Khaleel
Sound: Jibran.
ARUN PRASAD R°Ã¯ï V¨Áæ£ï £À ¸ËAzÀAiÀÄð «ÄêÀiÁA¸É¬ÄAzÀ ¸ÀÆàwð
Music: ¥ÀqÉzÀÄ ¤«Äð¸À¯ÁzÀ avÀæ. £À®ªÀvÀÄ ªÀµÀð ªÀAiÀĹì£À vÁ»gÁ
ARUN PRASAD ªÀÄUÀĪÁVzÁÝUÀ¯Éà vÀAzÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß PÀ¼ÉzÀÄPÉÆAqÀ¼ÀÄ. LªÀgÀÄ
Cast: ¸ÀºÉÆÃzÀjAiÀÄjzÀÝ PÀÄlÄA§zÀ dªÁ¨ÁÝj CªÀ¼À ºÉUÀ¯ÉÃjvÀÄ.
THAHIRA CLINT avÀæzÀ £ÁAiÀÄPÀ ºÀÄlÄÖ PÀÄgÀÄqÀ. EªÀ£À£ÀÄß vÁ»gÁ ªÀÄzÀĪÉAiÀiÁUÀ®Ä
MATHEW BEERAN ¸ÁzsÀåªÉÃ? ¸ËAzÀAiÀÄð ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PÀÄgÀÆ¥À PÀÄjvÀÄ R°Ã¯ï V¨Áæ£À£À
KUNJI LEELA HARI PÀvÉUÀ¼ÀÄ §ºÀ¼À EªÉ.EAxÀºÀzÉÆÝAzÀÄ ZÀZÉð E°èzÉ.
RASHEED MU-
HAMMED RAJITHA
SANTHOSH

Siddik Paravoor

He was born in North Paravoor in
Ernakulam district, Kerala. He grad-
uated from SNM College Malianka-
ra. After joining a couple of News-
papers at Cochin as a Cartoonist,

he came to the film industry 10 years ago. His first
movie was NILAVURANGUMBOL 2013, which won
several awards. KASTHOORBA (2015), KANYAVA-
NANGAL-2018, THAHIRA-2020 are other his works.
All Scripts of the above movies are his own. He is

also a cinematographer and film editor.

Indian CInema Competition 65

13th Biffes

Bhagavadajjukam The Monk And The Courtesan

2020 / India / ¢ ªÀiÁAPï CAqï ¢ PÉÆÃmÉÃð±À£ï
Sanskrit / 78 min.

Director: Shandilyan is the disciple of Parivra-
Yadu Vijayakrishnan jaka, a Buddhist monk. He comes
Producer: across Vasanthasena, a courtesan. Vas-
Kiran Raj anthasena dies on spot as a result of
Editor: Yamadoota’s carelessness. Witnessing
Pradeep Shankar Shandilya’s lamentation, Parivrajaka
Writer(s): transfers his soul to the body of Vasan-
Yadu Vijayakrishnan, thasena. What ensues is nothing but
Dr. Aswathy Ambika a series of comical events. The satir-
Vijayan ical story features the collision of two
DOP: worlds.
Vipin Chandran
Sound: ±ÁAr®å£ï ¨ËzÀÞ ¸À£Áå¹ ¥ÀjªÁædPÀ£À ²µÀå. CªÀ£ÀÄ
Vishnu V Divakaran ªÀ¸ÀAvÀ¸ÉãÀ JA§ ªÉñÉåAiÉÆqÀ£É §gÀÄvÁÛ£É. AiÀĪÀÄzÀÆvÀ£À
Music: CeÁUÀgÀÆPÀvɬÄAzÀ ªÀ¸ÀAvÀ¸ÉãÀ£ÀÄ ¸ÀܼÀzÀ¯Éèà ¸ÁAiÀÄÄvÁÛ£É.
Vishnu V Divakaran ±ÁAr®å£À C¼À°UÉ ¸ÁQëAiÀiÁzÀ ¥ÀjªÁædPÀ£ÀÄ vÀ£Àß DvÀäªÀ£ÀÄß
Cast: ªÀ¸ÀAvÀ¸ÉãÀ£À zÉúÀPÉÌ ªÀUÁð¬Ä¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. K£ÁUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ
Pradeep Kumar, ºÁ¸ÀåªÀÄAiÀÄ WÀl£ÉUÀ¼À ¸ÀgÀtÂAiÉÄà ºÉÆgÀvÀÄ ¨ÉÃgÉãÀÆ C®è.
Jishnu V Nair, Par- «qÀA§£ÁvÀäPÀ PÀxÉAiÀÄÄ JgÀqÀÄ ¯ÉÆÃPÀUÀ¼À WÀµÀðuÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
vathy V Nair, Reshmi M¼ÀUÉÆArzÉ.
Kailas, Saji SL

Awards Yadu Vijayakrishnan

Tagore Internation- He is a filmmaker, cinematogra-
al FF 2022- Winner pher, writer and graphic designer.
Film on Religion He directed the controversial doc-
umentary 21 MONTHS OF HELL,
NELUMBO, A feature film and eight

short films. He served as a Jury member for Indian
Panorama, IFFI and BIFFES. He worked as a director

of photography for three films. Yadu also wrote the
historical novel THE STORY OF AYODHYA.

66 Indian CInema Competition

13th Biffes

Adieu Godard Adieu Godard

2021 / India / CrAiÀÄÆ UÉÆÃqÁqïð
Oriya / 83 min.

Director: ADIEU GODARD is a socio-cultural
Amartya Bhattacha- comic tribute to the legendary French
ryya
Producer: filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. The film
Swastik Arthouse is based on an old man named Ananda,
Editor: who happens to be a pornography ad-
AMARTYA BHAT- dict. He secretly watches pornography
TACHARYYA with some friends in a conservative In-
Writer(s): dian village. One day, they accidentally
AMARTYA BHAT-
TACHARYYA come across Godard’s film mistakenly
DOP: rented as pornography. Though his
AMARTYA BHAT- friends are disgusted, Ananda gets at-
TACHARYYA
Sound: tracted to Godard’s film and gradually
KISALOY ROY develops an obsession. He initiates the
Music:
KISALOY ROY idea of hosting a film festival in their
Cast: village where Godard’s films will be
CHOUDHURY BIKASH screened. The festival will be organized
DAS, SUDHASHRI after a lot of drama, but what happens
MADHUSMITA, DI-
PANWIT DASHMOHA- next is the rest of the film.
PATRA, CHOUDHURY
JAYAPRAKASH DAS, ¸ÀA¥ÀæzÁAiÀĪÁ¢UÀ¼Éà ºÉZÁÑVgÀĪÀ ºÀ½îAiÀÄ°è D£ÀAzÀ JA§
SWASTIK CHOUD- ªÀÈzÀÞ¤UÉ C²èî avÀæUÀ®£ÀÄß £ÉÆÃqÀĪÀ RAiÀiÁ°. CªÀ£ÀÆ CªÀ£À
HURY, SHANKAR ¸ÉßûvÀgÀ §¼ÀUÀªÀÇ PÀzÀÄÝ ªÀÄÄaÑ C²èî avÀæUÀ¼À «rAiÉÆÃ
BASUMALLICK, vÀAzÀÄ £ÉÆÃr D£ÀA¢¸ÀÄwÛgÀÄvÁÛgÉ. MªÉÄä F jÃw vÀAzÀ
ABHISHEK GIRI ¹rAiÀÄ §zÀ®Ä UÉÆÃqÁqÀð £À ¹¤ªÀiÁ §AzÀÄ ©nÖgÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
¸ÉßûvÀgÀÄ EµÀÖ ¥ÀqÀ¢zÀÝgÀÆ D£ÀAzÀ UÉÆÃqÁqÀð£À avÀæ¢AzÀ
DPÀ¶ðvÀ£ÁUÀÄvÁÛ£É. ªÀÄÄAzÉ CzÉà jÃwAiÀÄ avÀæUÀ¼À£ÀÄß £ÉÆÃqÀĪÀ
ºÀªÁå¸À ¨É¼É¹PÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É. PÉÆ£ÉUÉ F DPÀµÀðuÉ JµÀÖgÀ ªÀÄlÖUÉ
¨É¼ÉAiÀÄÄvÀÛzÉ JAzÀgÉ ºÀ½îAiÀįÉèà avÉÆæÃvÀìªÀ K¥Àðr¸ÀĪÀÅ ªÀÄlÖPÉÌ
ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ¹¤ªÀiÁ C©ügÀÄa ¨É¼ÉAiÀÄÄvÀÛzÉ. ¥sÉæAZï ZÀ®£ÀavÀæ
¤zÉÃð±ÀPÀ fÃ£ï ®ÄPï UÉÆÃqÁqïðUÉ EzÉÆAzÀÄ ¸ÁA¸ÀÌøwPÀ
UËgÀªÀ PÀÆqÀ.

Awards Amartya Bhattacharyya

Sipontum Arthouse He is a writer and independent film-
maker from India. He is a National
International FF Award winner and a State Awardee.
He has bagged over 20 internation-
2022- Winner Best al awards as a director, writer, cine-

Director, Best matographer and editor. Most of Amartya’s films,
poems and other works are dark, primarily surreal,
Screenplay, Best
and psychoanalytic. Amartya’s movies have been
Actor
screened at over 140 international film festivals
around the world, including the prestigious Mos-
cow International Film Festival, Oakland, IFFI Goa,
IFFK (Kerala), KIFF (Kolkata), Jogja- NETPAC (Indo-
nesia), etc.

Indian CInema Competition 67

13th Biffes

Avanovilona Avanovilona

2021 / India / CªÀ£ÉÆ «¯ÉÆ£À
Malayalam / 83 min.

Director: Avanovilona is a spiritual fantasy revolv-
Sherry Govindan ing around the triad of an evangelist
Deepesh T Father, transgender son and daughter
Producer: who is a nun. Pathrose is an anointed
Santosh Keezhatoor, evangelist who turns into a pimp for
Sherry Sreema Anil another avatar transgender sex work-
Editor: er in town. His daughter is a nun who
Biju Ynot stays in a monastery. The return of his
Writer(s): son Eddie from the city as a transgen-
Sherry Govindan der wounds Pathrose and triggers an
DOP: inner journey. Eddie wanders the town
Jaleel Badusha with his transgender friends. Also, Ed-
Sound: die obsesses over being a nun like his
Krishnakumar sister. When Pathrose leaves all the
Music: worldly bonds behind and returns to
Krishnakumar Nature, naked and playful, in a spiritual
Cast: trance, it turns into a call from the oth-
Santosh Keezhatoor er side. The spiritual urge and legacy of
as Eddie Krishnan as Pathrose takes another form in Eddie.
Pathrose Athmiya as He, too, gets ready to begin his journey
Ursula to the primal source of Life and Mean-
ing.

zsÀªÀÄð ¥ÀæZÁgÀPÀ vÀAzÉ, °AUÀ¥ÀjªÀvÀð£É ªÀiÁrPÉÆArgÀĪÀ ªÀÄUÀ
ºÁUÀÄ PÉæöʸÀÛ ªÀÄoÀzÀ°è ¸À£Á幤 DVgÀĪÀ ªÀÄUÀ¼À ¸ÀÄvÀÛ £ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÀ
¥ÁjªÀiÁyðPÀvÉAiÀÄ ¸ÀÄvÀÛ £ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÀ wæPÉÆãÀ PÀvÉ.

Sherry Govindan, Deepesh T

Sherry is an Indian film director who
has worked predominantly in the
Malayalam movie industry. Deepesh
has worked in popular movies
like PITHAVINUMPUTHRANUM

PARISHUDHATMAVINUM, NAKHARAM. He has
made highly acclaimed and award-winning feature
films, short films and documentaries in Malayalam.
His first feature film got a Special Jury Mention for
Direction in the 59th National Film Awards and a
State Award for Best Debut Director. His first doc-
umentary earned the State Television Award as the
best documentary on Social Issues.

68 Indian CInema Competition

13th Biffes

Nishiddho Forbidden

2021 / India / ¥sÀ©ðqÀ£ï
Malayalam / 127 min.

Director: In one of the bustling cities in Kerala,
TARA RAMANUJAN India, Rudra, a migrant idol-maker
Producer: from Bengal, desperately needing
KERALA STATE FILM
DEVELOPMENT help with his uncle’s cremation, and
CORPORATION Chaavi, a tough Tamil midwife who
Editor: moonlights as a funeral priest, forge a
ANZAR CHENNATT fragile bond that is threatened when
Writer(s): she is accused of a heinous crime.
TARA RAMANUJAN Rudra wants to leave for a better life.
DOP: Chaavi wants to find her roots. De-
MANESH MADHAVAN spite their differences in culture and
Sound: personalities, they want to make a life
CHITRANJALI together, but something in their past
STUDIO, NIKHIL hinders them. The redemption they
VARMA both seek seems unattainable.
Music:
DEBOJYOTI MISHRA
Cast:
KANI KUSRUTI,
TANMAY DHANANIA

«UÀæºÀUÀ¼À vÀAiÀiÁgÀPÀ£ÁzÀ gÀÄzÀæ ¥À²éªÀÄ §AUÁ¼À¢AzÀ PÉÃgÀ¼ÀPÉÌ
§AzÀÄ £É¯É¹zÁÝ£É. CªÀ£À ¸ÀA§A¢üAiÉƧâgÀ CAvÀåQæAiÉÄUÉ
ºÀt«®èzÉ ¥ÀgÀzÁqÀÄwÛzÁÝUÀ vÀ«Ä¼ÀÄ ªÀÄ»¼É ZÁ« ¸ÀºÁAiÀÄ
ªÀiÁqÀÄvÁÛ¼É. CªÀ£À §zÀÄQUÉ ¨É¼À¢AUÀ¼ÁV §gÀÄvÁÛ¼É.
gÀÄzÀæ£À C¥ÀgÁzsÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ZÁ« «ªÀj¹zÁUÀ DvÀ ¸ÀdÓ£À£ÁUÀ®Ä
AiÀÄw߸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. E§âgÀ ¸ÀA¸ÀÌøw «©ü£ÀߪÁVzÀÝgÀÆ CªÀgÀÄ MmÁÖV
¨Á¼À®Ä ¤zsÀðj¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ.

Tara Ramanujan

She is a copywriter turned script-
writer whose screenplay MOKSHA
was made into an investigative
thriller SAMARPPANAM. She has
degrees in Sociology, information
systems, and Journalism. She com-

pleted a course in filmmaking from NYFA. She
has been a copywriter, a sales assistant, a teacher,
and now, a storyteller. She crafts realistic yet im-
aginative stories, preferring to keep them logical
plot-driven. Advocating a feminine perspective, her
central characters are strong, independent women.
She writes, watches movies, listens to music, travels
and reads whenever possible. NISHIDDHO won the
Best Screenplay funding from KSFDC for their films
and Women Empowerment project.

Indian CInema Competition 69

13th Biffes

Gandhi & Co. Gandhi & Co.

2021 / India / UÁA¢ü CAqï PÀA
Gujarati / 101 min.
Mintoo & Mitra are known for two
Director: things -- their collective potential to-
Manish Saini wards mischief and their legendary
Producer: friendship with Bharat Bhai. The boys
Mahesh Danannavar are clever but moral, and our old man
Editor: is an embodiment of all the teachings
Manish Saini of Gandhi. An unexpected happen-
Writer(s): ing corners Mintoo into proclaiming
Manish Saini Mahatma Gandhi as his role model.
DOP: Mintoo soon starts mimicking Gan-
Swathy Deepak dhi’s behaviour, but he is nowhere
Sound: close to imbibing Gandhi’s values. His
Kedar Bhargav deceiving ways are fetching him re-
Music: wards, but little does he know these
Kedar Bhargav ways are pushing him into troubled
Cast: waters. Bharat Bhai takes it upon him-
Darshan Jariwala, self to teach the evil boys a valuable
Jayesh More, Dhru- lesson in honesty and harmony. Can
ma Mehta, Hiranya these contrasting personalities work
Zinzuwadia, Reyaan towards complementing each oth-
Shah er? As he rolls up his sleeves to watch
events unfold, all he can hear is the
voice of Gandhi saying, ‘gently, you can
shake the world’.

«ÄAlÆ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ «ÄvÀæ QrUÉÃrvÀ£ÀPÉÌ ºÁUÀÆ ¸ÁªÀÄxÀåð zÀ°è
¸ÀªÀiÁ£À¸ÀégÀƦUÀ¼ÀÄ. ¨sÁgÀvï ¨ÁAiÀiï eÉÆvÉAiÀÄÆ CªÀgÀzÀÄ
¸ÉßúÀ¸ÀA§AzsÀ. ªÀĺÁvÀä UÁA¢üÃf CªÀgÀ vÀvÁézÀ±ÀðUÀ®£ÀÄß
«ÄAlÄ C¼ÀªÀr¹ PÉÆArzÁÝ£É. DzÀgÉ E§âgÀÆ ¸ÀjªÀiÁUÀðQÌAvÀ
zÀĪÀiÁðUÀðPÉÌ J¼ÉAiÀÄĪÀ ªÀÄ£À¸Àì£ÀÄß ¤UÀ滸À¯ÁUÀĪÀÅ¢®è. DzÀgÉ
¨sÁgÀvï ¨ÁAiÀiï CªÀjUÉ ªÀiË®åUÀ¼À ¥ÁoÀ ºÉüÀÄvÁÛ£É, ªÀåw-
jPÀÛ ªÀåQÛvÀéUÀ¼À vÁPÀ®lzÀ°è CªÀgÀ ªÀÄ£À¸ÀÄì ºÉÆAiÀiÁÝqÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
C»A¸ÉAiÀÄ §UÉÎ ªÀĺÁvÀägÀÄ ºÉüÀĪÀ ªÀiÁvÀÄ «ÄAlÆ£À Q«AiÀÄ°è
¸ÀzÁ UÀÄtÄUÀÄqÀÄwÛgÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Manish Saini

He graduated from NID, Ah-
medabad 2009, specializing in Film
and Video Communication. Man-
ish wrote, directed and produced
his first feature film DHH. It won
the prestigious National Award for

the Best Gujarati Film 2018. The film has also trav-
elled to reputed film festivals like Toronto Kids IFF
Awards and Selections Best Gujarati Film, National
Film Award 2018, Audience Choice Award, UK Asian
FF, 2018 and Film Bazaar Recommends, 2017, Offi-
cial Selection: Toronto IFF,2018, Shanghai IFF, 2018
International Children’s FF of India, Melbourne
Children’s FF. This is his second film in Gujarati as a
writer and Director.

70 Indian CInema Competition

13th Biffes

Kayamai Parallel Lines
Kadakka
¥ÁågÀ®¯ï ¯ÉÊ£ïì
2021 / India /
Tamil / 104 min. Two men, who know each other only
through Facebook, share two things in
Director: common: their name and their opin-
Kiran R ion towards injustice to crimes against
Producer: women. Their lives take a deadly turn
Kiran R when they both meet in person for the
Editor: first time.
Kiran R
Writer(s): ¥sÉøï§ÄPï ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ªÀiÁvÀæ ¥ÀgÀ¸ÀàgÀ w½¢gÀĪÀ E§âgÀÄ ¥ÀÅgÀĵÀgÀÄ
Kiran R ¸ÁªÀiÁ£ÀåªÁV JgÀqÀÄ «µÀAiÀÄUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ºÀAaPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛgÉ: CªÀgÀ
DOP: ºÉ¸ÀgÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÀÄgÀ «gÀÄzÀÞzÀ C¥ÀgÁzsÀUÀ½UÉ C£ÁåAiÀÄzÀ
Sundar Ram §UÉÎ CªÀgÀ C©ü¥ÁæAiÀÄ. E§âgÀÆ ªÉÆzÀ® ¨ÁjUÉ ªÉÊAiÀÄQÛPÀªÁV
Krishnan ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁzÁUÀ CªÀgÀ fêÀ£ÀªÀÅ ªÀiÁgÀuÁAwPÀ wgÀĪÀÅ
Sound: ¥ÀqÉAiÀÄÄvÀÛzÉ.
Kiran R
Music:
Santhan Aneba-
jagane
Cast:
Vatsan M Natarajan,
Masanth Natarajan,
Nagarajan Kannan,
Pranav Kiruthik, V
S Gurunath, Viswa
Bharath, Naveen
K Bala

Nominations

Chennai IFF 2021-
Nominee Best Film

Awards Kiran R

Mosaic Internation- Born in Bangalore, he is a screen-
al South Asian FF writer, director, and editor. Film-
2020- Winner Jury making was a choice made out of
Prize a passion for cinema despite hold-
ing a degree in engineering. After

a few years of employment in animation and VFX,

he started making live-action short films on zero
budget with the help of his friends, which garnered
recognition and awards at international film festi-
vals. He also assisted director Mani Ratnam in his
2017 Tamil feature film, KAATRU VELIYIDAI.

Indian CInema Competition 71

13th Biffes

Meppadiyan Meppadiyan

2022 / India / ªÉÄ¥ÁàrAiÀÄ£ï
Malayalam / 124 min.

Director: Jayakrishnan enters the real estate
Vishnu Mohan business with Varki; however, it en-
Producer: traps him. He loses his own home and
Unni Mukundan land. The land that he ended up buy-
Editor: ing was land the central Government
Shameer Muhammed had marked for a railway project. With
Writer(s): the help of a political shark, Xavier
Vishnu Mohan, sells that property to Ashraf Hajji who
Shyam Mu- bought Jayakrishnan’s properties be-
raleedhar low a fair price by dominating Jayakr-
DOP: ishnan’s dire situation.
Neil D’Cunha
Sound: dAiÀÄPÀȵÀÚ£ï ªÀQðAiÉÆA¢UÉ jAiÀįï J¸ÉÖÃmï ªÀåªÀºÁgÀPÉÌ
Robin Kunjukutty, ¥ÀæªÉò¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É, DzÀgÉ CzÀÄ CªÀ¤UÉ §¯ÉAiÀiÁV ¥Àjt«Ä¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ
Vineeth Raveen- ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£ÀÄ vÀ£Àß ¸ÀéAvÀ ªÀÄ£É ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¨sÀÆ«ÄAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
dran PÀ¼ÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É. CªÀgÀÄ Rjâ¸À®Ä PÉÆ£ÉUÉÆAqÀ d«ÄãÀÄ
Music: FUÁUÀ¯Éà PÉÃAzÀæ ¸ÀPÁðgÀ gÉʯÉé AiÉÆÃd£ÉUÁV UÀÄgÀÄw¹zÀ
Rahul Subrahmanian ¨sÀÆ«ÄAiÀiÁVzÉ. CªÀgÀÄ gÁdQÃAiÀÄ ±ÁPïð PÉìëAiÀÄgï
Cast: ¸ÀºÁAiÀÄ¢AzÀ D D¹ÛAiÀÄ£ÀÄß C±Àæ¥sï ºÁfUÉ ªÀiÁgÁl ªÀiÁqÀÄvÁÛgÉ,
Unni Mukundan, CªÀgÀÄ dAiÀÄPÀȵÀÚ£ï CªÀgÀ «µÀªÀÄ ¥Àj¹ÜwAiÀÄ ªÉÄÃ¯É ¥Á槮å
Kottayam Ramesh, ¸Á¢ü¸ÀĪÀ ªÀÄÆ®PÀ dAiÀÄPÀȵÀÚ£ï CªÀgÀ D¹ÛAiÀÄ£ÀÄß £ÁåAiÀÄAiÀÄÄvÀ
Saiju Kurup, Aju ¨É¯ÉUÉ PÀrªÉÄ ¨É¯ÉUÉ Rjâ¹zÀgÀÄ.
Varghese, Anju Ku-
rian, Indrans, Nisha
Sarang, Shankar
Ramakrishnan

Vishnu Mohan

He is an Indian film Actor/Director/
Screenplay Writer who has worked
predominantly in the Malayalam
movie industry. He has worked in
popular movies like MEPPADIYAN,
POCKETLOVER.

72 Indian CInema Competition

13th Biffes

Mmmmm (Sound Mmmmm (Sound Of Pain)
Of Pain)
ªÀiï....¸ËAqï D¥sï ¥É¬Ä£ï
2021 / India /
Malayalam / 104 min. This film is about a traditional honey
gatherer who belongs to the Kurum-
Director: ba tribe. He goes through hard times
Vijeesh Mani because of the dwindling availability
Producer: of honey from the forest because of
Sohan Roy climate change. This leads him to ut-
Editor: ter frustration, and he loses his mind
B. Lenin slowly. In his hallucinations, he sees his
Writer(s): girl child, who passed away years ago,
Prakash Vadikkal as a honey bee. He keeps seeing her
DOP: whenever he goes to the forest, and
R. Mohan they talk about honey bees and their
Sound: problems. In the meantime, he hap-
Vipin V Nair, Amal pens to help a revolutionary wanted by
Antony the cops, which puts him and his fam-
Music: ily in a very tight corner. The discus-
Jubair Muhammed, sions with his imaginary Honey bee
Srikanth Deva change him for good. Still, towards the
Cast: end, when the honey bee dies in his
I. M. Vijayan, Sem- imagination, he loses all his hope and
malar Annam, Baby commits suicide on a cell phone tower
Raichal Kocheri, with the message ‘Save Honeybees’.
Lateef, Vipin Mani This film was shot in Kurumba tribal
Nanchamma, language -- a the first time.
Aadarsh Raja , Palani PÀÄlÄA§ §ÄqÀPÀlÄÖ d£ÁAUÀzÀªÀgÀÄ ¸ÁA¥ÀæzÁ¬ÄPÀªÁV eÉãÀÄ
Swami, P. Thangaraj, ¸ÀAUÀæºÀ ªÀiÁr, ªÀiÁj §zÀÄPÀÄ ¸ÁV¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ºÀªÁªÀiÁ£À ªÉÊ¥À-
Inivalappil Mani jÃvÀå¢AzÀ PÁr£À°è eÉãÀÄ ¸ÀAUÀæºÀªÁUÀĪÀÅ¢®è. EzÀjAzÀ
Vijayan CªÀ¤UÉ ºÀvÁ±ÉAiÀiÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. fêÀ£À ¸ÁV¸ÀĪÀÅzÉà zÀĸÀÛgÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
¨sÀæªÉÄ DªÀj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. wÃjºÉÆÃzÀ ªÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ £É£À¥ÁUÀÄvÁÛ¼É.
PÁr£À°è C¯ÉzÁqÀĪÁUÀ ºÁgÁqÀĪÀ eÉãÀÄ£ÉÆtªÉÇAzÀgÀ°è vÀ£Àß
ªÀÄUÀ¼À£ÀÄß PÁtÄvÁÛ£É. eÉãÀÄUÀ¼À ¸ÀªÀĸÉåAiÀÄ£ÀÄß CzÀgÉÆA¢UÉ
ZÀað¸À¯ÁgÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. MAzÀÄ ¢£À vÀ£Àß ¥ÀÄlÖ eÉãÀÄ£ÉÆt
¸ÀvÀÄÛºÉÆÃVzÉ JAzÀÄ ¨sÀæ«Ä¹, ªÉƨÉʯï lªÀgï Kj DvÀäºÀvÉå
ªÀiÁrPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É. ¸ÁAiÀÄĪÀ ªÀÄÄ£Àß “eÉãÀÄ £ÉÆtUÀ¼À£ÀÄß
¸ÀAgÀQë¹” JA§ ¸ÀAzÉñÀªÀ£ÀÄß ªÉƨÉÊ¯ï £À°è gÀªÁ¤¹zÁÝ£É.
PÀÄgÀÄA§ §ÄqÀPÀlÄÖ ¨sÁµÉAiÀÄ°è vÀAiÀiÁgÁVgÀĪÀ ªÉÆlÖªÉÆzÀ®
avÀæ.

Vijeesh Mani

He is a well-acclaimed director best
known for VISHWAGURU; a film
made and released in 51 hou-s and 2
minutes following a script to-screen
rule, thus creating a new Guinness

World Record. His Sanskrit language film NAMO
and Irula language film NETAJI were selected in
the Indian Panorama for 2020 and 2019, respective-
ly. PUZHAYAMMA, A Malayalam film, won the Best
Environmental Film at the Kerala State Film Critics
Award. The movie also created a new Asia Book of

Record as the first film entirely shot in a river. His
latest film, MMMMM.. was shortlisted for Oscars
2021.

Indian CInema Competition 73

13th Biffes

Niwaas Niwaas

2021 / India / ¤ªÁ¸ï
Marathi / 87 min.

Director: This movie is the story of Saibu and Ram
Mehul Agaja Rao, two village guys, both old and lonely.
Producer: Isolated and neglected by family, they to-
EEFFRONN ENTER- gether look for the meaning of love and life.
TAINMENT Due to their circumstances, Saibu takes his
Editor: own life leaving Ram Rao feeling distorted.
MANISH UPADHYAY
Writer(s): As per Saibu’s last wish, Ram Rao embarks
MEHUL AGAJA on a journey to find a place where no one is
DOP: judged. On his journey, Ram Rao meets with
RAMESH BHOSLE an accident and loses his memory. Niwaas
Sound: takes us along on the journey of whether
AKASH SENGUPTA,
YOGESH NEHE Ram Rao will be able to find such a place
Music: without any memory of his past? Will Sai-
AVINASH NARAYAN
Cast: bus’s drifting soul help Ram Rao find such a
SAYAJI SHINDE, place? Will the two friends, one in spirit and
PRABHAKAR
AMBONE the other one alive, be able to find the final
resting place?

¸Á¬Ä§Ä ªÀÄvÀÄÛ gÁªÀÄgÁªï ºÀ½îAiÀÄ ªÀÈzÀÞgÀÄ. PÀÄlÄA§¢AzÀ
ºÉÆgÀºÁPÀ®àlÖªÀgÀÄ. E§âgÀÆ ¸ÀªÀiÁ£À ªÀÄ£À¸ÀÌgÁVgÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ ¦æÃw
ªÀÄvÀÄÛ §zÀÄQ£À CxÀð ºÀÄqÀÄPÀÄwÛzÁÝgÉ. ¥Àj¹ÜwAiÀÄ MvÀÛqÀ¢AzÁV
¸Á¬Ä§Ä gÁªÀÄgÁªï ¤AzÀ zÀÆgÀªÁUÀ¨ÉÃPÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ¸Á¬Ä§Ä
«£À PÉÆ£ÉAiÀÄ D¸É zÀÆgÀzÀ ¤dð£À ¥ÀæzÉñÀPÉÌ vÉgÀ¼À¨ÉÃPÀÄ
JA§ÄzÉà DVgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. D ¥ÀæAiÀiÁtzÀ°è gÁªÀÄgÁªï, C¥ÀWÁvÀPÉÌ
M¼ÀUÁV ¸ÀägÀuÉ PÀ¼ÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É. F ¥Àj¹ÜwAiÀÄ°è £É£À¦®èzÀ
¸ÀܼÀªÀ£ÀÄß ºÀÄqÀÄPÀ®Ä ¸ÁzsÀåªÉÃ?

Mehul Agaja

NIWAAS is his Debut film as a Di-
rector. Previously, he has worked as
a writer in the Marathi feature film
YUNTUM, released in 2018. Earlier,
he used to work as a writer in Ravi
Rai’s Production house. His next upcoming
project is a Gujarati feature film, yet untitled, as a
writer and director.

74 Indian CInema Competition

13th Biffes

Aa Thombattu The 90 Days
Dinagalu
¢ 90 qÉøï
2021 / India /
An aspiring young filmmaker travels
Kannada / 120 min. to a village in search of a girl who could
star in his movie and at the same time
Director: be his life partner. After a chance en-
Ronald Lobo, Yakub counter with her, tragedy ensues as
Khader Gulvady a violent man brutally kills the girl.
Producer: Another girl who receives her heart
Malvika Motion in a transplant recalls the gruesome
Pictures tragedy in her dreams which makes
Editor: her pursue the killer. Incidentally, the
Nagesh N young filmmaker and the deceased
Writer(s): girl’s close friend are also on the trail
Ronald Lobo of the killer.
DOP:
PVR Swamy Gugare- ªÀĺÀvÁéPÁAQë AiÀÄĪÀ ZÀ®£ÀavÀæ ¤ªÀiÁð¥ÀPÀ£ÀÄ vÀ£Àß ZÀ®£ÀavÀæzÀ°è
doddi £Àn¸À§ºÀÄzÁzÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CzÉà ¸ÀªÀÄAiÀÄzÀ°è vÀ£Àß fêÀ£À
Sound: ¸ÀAUÁwAiÀiÁUÀ§®è ºÀÄqÀÄVAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÀÄqÀÄPÀÄvÁÛ ºÀ½îAiÉÆAzÀPÉÌ
Krishna Basrur ¥ÀæAiÀiÁt¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. CªÀ¼ÉÆA¢UÉ DPÀ¹äPÀªÁV J£ËÌAlgï ªÀiÁrzÀ
Music: £ÀAvÀgÀ, »A¸ÁvÀäPÀ ªÀåQÛ¬ÄAzÀ ºÀÄqÀÄV PÀÆægÀªÁV PÉÆ®è®àmÁÖUÀ
Krishna Basrur zÀÄgÀAvÀªÀÅ ¸ÀA¨sÀ«¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. PÀ¹ ªÀiÁqÀĪÀ ªÀÄÆ®PÀ vÀ£Àß
Cast: ºÀÈzÀAiÀĪÀ£ÀÄß ¥ÀqÉzÀ E£ÉÆߧ⠺ÀÄqÀÄV vÀ£Àß PÀ£À¹£À°è ¸ÀA¨sÀ«¹zÀ
Rathik Murdeshwar, ©üÃPÀgÀ zÀÄgÀAvÀªÀ£ÀÄß £É£À¦¹PÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ¼É, CzÀÄ PÉƯÉUÁgÀ£À
Radha Bhagavathi, C£ÉéõÀuÉUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀĪÀAvÉ ªÀiÁqÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ¥Áæ¸ÀAVPÀªÁV, AiÀÄĪÀ
Krithika D, Pradeep ZÀ®£ÀavÀæ ¤ªÀiÁð¥ÀPÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀÄÈvÀ ºÀÄqÀÄVAiÀÄ D¥ÀÛ ¸ÉßûvÀ PÀÆqÀ
Poojary, Bhavya, Joe PÉƯÉUÁgÀ£À eÁqÀÄ »r¢zÁÝgÉ.
Simon, Hamza, Tejas
Byndoor, Poornima,
Prathima, B Shiva-
nand, Yakub Khader
Gulwady, Ronald
Lobo and others

RONALD LOBO is a retired class I ga-

zetted officer of the Government of
Karnataka. He is an avid reader and
a passionate cinephile. He devel-
oped an interest in scriptwriting

and filmmaking during the Covid
pandemic.

YAKUB KHADER GULVADY is an acclaimed film-
maker and has worked under Girish Kasaravalli. He
has had a meteoric rise in the film industry, espe-
cially in the art film category as RESERVATION. His
film won the silver medal for the best feature film in
the Kannada language.

Indian CInema Competition 75

13th Biffes

The Seventh The Seventh String
String
¢ ¸ÉªÉ£ïÛ ¹ÖæAUï
2021 / India /
Assamese / 104 min. Nishtha had fallen in love with a
31-year-old man when she was only 13.
Director: She had to leave her hometown. After
Baharul Islam 12 years, she returns. While roaming
Producer: around with her friends, she comes
FLYING SEAGULL across a hut where many people meet
PRODUCTIONS and talk to each other and share their
Editor: stories. Finally, she goes to the hut and
KAJU shares her story. She wants to be free
Writer(s): from her past; she wants to forgive
BARKHA BAHAR, and let go.
BAHARUL ISLAM
DOP: PÉêÀ® 13 ªÀµÀðzÀªÀ½zÁÝUÀ 31 ªÀµÀðzÀ AiÀÄĪÀPÀ£À£ÀÄß ¦æÃw¸ÀÄwÛzÀÝ
PAPU DEKA ¤µÁ× vÀ£Àß vÀªÀgÀÄ ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß vÉÆgÉAiÀĨÉÃPÁ¬ÄvÀÄ. 12
Sound: ªÀµÀðUÀ¼À £ÀAvÀgÀ CªÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÉÛ §gÀÄvÁÛ¼É. vÀ£Àß ¸ÉßûvÀgÉÆA¢UÉ
BAHARUL ISLAM ¸ÀÄvÁÛqÀÄwÛgÀĪÁUÀ, CªÀ¼ÀÄ UÀÄr¸À®£ÀÄß PÀAqÀ¼ÀÄ, C°è §ºÀ¼ÀµÀÄÖ
Music: d£ÀgÀÄ ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀÄvÁÛgÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¥ÀgÀ¸ÀàgÀ ªÀiÁvÀ£ÁqÀÄvÁÛgÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
BAHARUL ISLAM vÀªÀÄäzÉà DzÀ PÀxÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ºÀAaPÉƼÀÄîvÁÛgÉ. PÉÆ£ÉUÉ ªÀÄvÉÛ D
Cast: UÀÄr¸À°UÉ ºÉÆÃV vÀ£Àß PÀxÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÀAaPÉÆAqÀ¼ÀÄ. CªÀ¼ÀÄ
BARKHA BAHAR, vÀ£Àß »A¢¤AzÀ ªÀÄÄPÀÛ¼ÁUÀ®Ä §AiÀĸÀÄvÁÛ¼É. CªÀ¼ÀÄ CªÀ¼À£ÀÄß
KUNAL SHARMA, PÀë«Ä¸À®Ä ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CzÀ£ÀÄß ©qÀ®Ä §AiÀĸÀÄvÁÛ¼É. PÀxÉAiÀÄ PÉÆ£ÉAiÀÄ°è
DINESH KAKATI, CªÀ¼À PÀxÉAiÀÄ ¸ÀªÀÄAiÀÄzÀ°è ºÁdjzÀÝ M§â ªÀåQÛ CªÀ¼À£ÀÄß
BHAGEERATHI, £ÉÆìĹzÀªÀ£ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ¼À£ÀÄß C£ÉÃPÀ «µÀAiÀÄUÀ¼À ªÀÄÆ®PÀ
JILMIL HAZARIKA ºÉÆÃUÀĪÀAvÉ ªÀiÁrzÀªÀ£ÀÄ JAzÀÄ ºÉüÀ®Ä CªÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¤°è¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É.
, JAYANTA DAS, CªÀ¼ÀÄ CªÀ£À£ÀÄß £ÉÆÃqÀÄvÁÛ¼É ªÀÄvÀÄÛ vÀ£ÀUÉ CzÀÄ FUÁUÀ¯ÉÃ
PURNIMA SAIKIA, w½¢vÀÄÛ JAzÀÄ ºÉüÀÄvÁÛ¼É.
RAHUL SHARMA

Baharul Islam

He graduated from NSD, New Del-
hi, in acting in 1990. He directed a
short film RANI GAIDENLEU (1997),
produced by Girish Karnad, and
SWARAJ NAMA for Door Darshan

Kendra, New Delhi. He worked as a coordinator in
the movie DILSE (Director - Mani Rathnam), and
directed Three Feature Films. He directed the film
RODOR SITHI (SCARECROW) in 2014, which re-
ceived many awards, including The Best foreign
film award in Excellence category in the Canada IFF
2015. His short film SPLIT SECOND (2017) was select-
ed for many IIFs. The Assam Goverment awarded
him with Best Actor award in 2017 for the film ALIFA
from the Government of Assam.

76 Indian CInema Competition

13th Biffes

Wheel Chair Wheel Chair Romeo

Romeo «Ã¯ï ZÉÃgï gÉÆëÄAiÉÆÃ

2021 / India / Ullas has been disabled since his birth.
Kannada / 147 min. He wants a female companion and in-
forms the same to his father. The fa-
Director: ther looks for a girl to marry him, but
Nataraj G nobody comes forward. He then enlists
Producer: the help of Jack Mama to find a sex-
AGASTHYA CREA- worker to satisfy his desires. He draws
TIONS on a blind girl Dimple in the same vein.
Editor: The more time they spend together,
KIRAN KUMAR the more Ullas likes her. He proposes
Writer(s): to Dimple for marriage. At first, his fa-
NATARAJ G ther refuses his son’s decision. Dimple,
DOP: meanwhile, leaves the town since his
SANTOSA PANDI father rejects her. However, because of
Sound: Dimple’s good personality, his father
BHARATH B J agrees to the marriage. Meanwhile, Ul-
Music: las looks for Dimple. Will Ullas win her
BHARATH B J love?
Cast:
RAM CHETHAN , ºÀÄnÖ¤AzÀ¯Éà CAUÀ«PÀ®£ÁVgÀĪÀ G¯Áè¸ï, «Ã¯ï ZÉÃgï
MAYURI KYATARI, £À¯Éèà fêÀ£À £ÀqɸÀÄwÛzÁÝ£É. ªÀÄzÀÄªÉ DUÀĪÀ ªÀÄ£À¸ÁìV vÀAzÉUÉ
RANGAYANA RAGHU, «µÀAiÀÄ w½¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. DzÀgÉ G¯Áè¸À£À£ÀÄß ªÀÄzÀĪÉAiÀiÁUÀ®Ä
SUCHENDRA PRAS- AiÀiÁgÀÆ M¥ÀÄàªÀÅ¢®è. G¯Áè¸À£À ¯ÉÊAVPÀ CUÀvÀå ¥ÀÆgÉʸÀ®Ä
AD, TABALA NANI , ªÉñÁåUÀȺÀ¢AzÀ M§âgÀ£ÀÄß PÀgÉvÀgÀĪÀ AiÀÄvÀߪÀ£ÀÄß G¯Áè¸À£À
GIRISH SHIVANNA vÀAzÉ ªÀiÁqÀÄvÁÛgÉ. DUÀ rA¥À¯ï JA§ CAzsÀ ºÀÄqÀÄVAiÀÄ£ÀÄß
PÀgÉvÀgÀÄvÁÛgÉ. rA¥À¯ï GvÀÛªÀÄ £ÀqÀªÀ½PɬÄAzÀ G¯Áè¸À ªÀÄ£À¸ÀÄì
UÉ®ÄèvÁÛ¼É.

Nataraj G

Initially worked as an associate di-
rector with established Kannada

film directors such as P C Shekar,
MATA Guruprasad and Prashant Raj.

As the next level of development in

his career, he started writing movie dialogues. He
has written dialogues for ROMEO, ZOOM, ORANGE,
STYLE KING, CHADDI DOSTH and ARJUNA. His craft
is known for its high dose of comedy and one line
punches. He received good recognition for his writ-
ing skills in ROMEO, ZOOM, ORANGE AND CHADDI
DOSTH movies.

Indian CInema Competition 77



Kanada
Cinema
Competition

13th Biffes

Daari Yavudayya The Way To Paradise
Vaikuntake
¢ ªÉ lÄ ¥ÁågÀqÉʸï
2020 / India /
Kannada / 122 min. A thief cheats on people and lives a hap-
py life. The way he became a thief and the
Director: unexpected developments are responsi-
Siddu Poornachan- ble. One day while the police chase after
dra him, he escapes. When he robs a house,
Producer: he falls into the darkness of a village well.
Sri Basaveshwara The well is next to the cemetery. From
Creations the orphanage, a man named Bikra was
Editor: buried there. He helps lift the thief and
Muthu Raju T tends to his sprained leg. The thief stays
Writer(s): in the cemetery for two days.
Siddu Bikra’s daughter was in love and was im-
Poornachandra pregnated before marriage. She is wait-
DOP: ing for her lover to arriv, but the hero of
Nithin Appi the film has killed him. Aware of this, he
Sound: decides to repent and give the heroine a
Loki life.
Music:
Loki C¤jÃQëvÀ ¨É¼ÀªÀtÂUÉUÀ½AzÁV PÀ¼Àî£ÁUÀ ¨ÉÃPÁV §AzÀ
Cast: ªÀåQÛAiÉƧ⠸ÀÄRfêÀ£À £ÀqɸÀ®Ä d£ÀgÀ£ÀÄß ªÀAa¸ÀĪÀÅzÀ£ÉßÃ
Vardhan Theertha- PÁAiÀÄPÀ ªÀiÁrPÉÆArzÁÝ£É. ªÀÄ£ÉAiÉÆAzÀ£ÀÄß zÉÆÃZÀĪÀ
halli Pooja Prashanth AiÀÄvÀß £ÀqɹzÁÝUÀ ¥ÉưøÀgÀÄ ¨É£ÀßlÄÖvÁÛgÉ. PÀvÀÛ¯ÉAiÀÄ°è ¥ÀgÁ-
Rao Varku Bala jAiÀiÁUÀĪÁUÀ PÀ¼Àî ¸Àä±Á£ÀzÀ ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ°èzÀÝ ¥Á¼ÀÄ ¨Á«AiÀÄ°è
Rajvadi Sheeba ©Ã¼ÀÄvÁÛ£É. ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ¯Éèà EgÀĪÀ C£ÁxÁ±ÀæªÀÄzÀ°èzÀÝ ©PÁæ JA§ ªÀåQÛ
PÀ¼Àî£À£ÀÄß ªÉÄîPÉÌvÀÄÛvÁÛ£É. PÁ°UÉ ©zÀÝ ¥ÉnÖ¤AzÀ PÀ¼Àî C¯Éèà JgÀqÀÄ
¢£À EgÀ¨ÉÃPÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ©PÁæ£À ªÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ M§â£À£ÀÄß ¦æÃw¸ÀÄwÛzÁݼÉ.
ªÀÄzÀĪÉUÉ ªÀÄÄ£ÀߪÉà UÀ©üðt DVzÁݼÉ. DzÀgÉ avÀæzÀ £ÁAiÀÄPÀ PÀ¼Àî
D ¦æAiÀÄPÀgÀ£À£ÀÄß PÉÆ¯É ªÀiÁrgÀÄvÁÛ£É. ¥À±ÁÑvÁ¥À ºÉÆA¢zÀ PÀ¼Àî
CªÀ½UÉ §zÀÄPÀÄ PÉÆqÀ®Ä ¤zsÀðj¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É.

Siddu Poornachandra

Born and raised in a rural atmos-
phere, Siddu naturally developed a
strong attachment towards nature.
He first joined Sri Nagathihalli
Chandrashekar’s Camp where he

worked as an assistant and associate director.
Siddu made several devotional documentaries and
worked as an episode director for many serials. He
has also written 3 novels -- THEERADA RUNA, AAS-
ARE, HEMMARA. Later, he independently directed
TV serials before directing the Feature Film HEM-
MARA, which was selected and screened at the 8th
edition BIFFES. After that, he directed KRISHNA
GARMENT.

80 Kannada Cinema Competition

13th Biffes

Danthapurana Danthapurana

2020 / India / zÀAvÀ ¥ÀÄgÁt
Kannada / 136 min.

Director: This movie shows a beautiful bond be-
Vishal Raj tween a grandson and his grandmother.
Producer: Appu moves to the village to live with his
Naveen Sharma grandmother. When he wants to use the
Editor: toilet, he discovers there is none at his
B S Kemparaju grandmother’s house, so she decides to
Writer(s): build one for him. Appu then educates
Vishal Raj everyone in the village regarding toilets.
DOP: The movie follows Appu’s everyday ad-
Nagaraj Adhoni ventures and highlights the importance
Sound: of respecting your elders.
Ramakrishna
Music: ªÉƪÀÄäUÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£À CfÓAiÀÄ £ÀqÀÄ«£À ¸ÀÄAzÀgÀªÁzÀ
Ramakrishna ¨ÁAzsÀªÀåªÀ£ÀÄß F avÀæ vÉÆÃj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. C¥ÀÅà vÀ£Àß CfÓAiÉÆA¢UÉ
Cast: ªÁ¹¸À®Ä ºÀ½îUÉ vÉgÀ¼ÀÄvÁÛ£É. CªÀ£ÀÄ ±ËZÁ®AiÀĪÀ£ÀÄß §¼À¸À®Ä
Manjulamma Master §AiÀĹzÁUÀ, CªÀ£ÀÄ vÀ£Àß CfÓAiÀÄ ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°è AiÀiÁªÀÅzÀÆ E®è
Ahil Ansari Master JAzÀÄ PÀAqÀÄ»rzÀ£ÀÄ, DzÀÝjAzÀ CªÀ¼ÀÄ CªÀ¤UÁV MAzÀ£ÀÄß
Pravarth Raj Baby ¤«Äð¸À®Ä ¤zsÀðj¸ÀÄvÁÛ¼É. £ÀAvÀgÀ C¥ÀÅà UÁæªÀÄzÀ J®èjUÀÆ
Lakshmi Master ±ËZÁ®AiÀÄzÀ §UÉÎ w¼ÀĪÀ½PÉ ¤ÃqÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ZÀ®£ÀavÀæªÀÅ £ÀAvÀgÀ
Pavan Master Rajesh C¥ÀÅà CªÀgÀ zÉÊ£ÀA¢£À ¸ÁºÀ¸ÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß C£ÀĸÀj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¤ªÀÄä
Naveen Sharma »jAiÀÄgÀ£ÀÄß UËgÀ«¸ÀĪÀ ¥ÁæªÀÄÄRåvÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß JwÛ vÉÆÃj¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
Monika Suchendra
Prasad

Vishal Raj

Vishal Raj is a filmmaker in the Kan-
nada film industry

Kannada Cinema Competition 81

13th Biffes

Gavisiddha Gavisiddha

2020 / India / UÀ«¹zÀÞ
Kannada / 139 min.

Director: Gavisidda is the protagonist of the
Aakash Gubbi movie. The people of Hyderabad Kar-
Producer: nataka and North Karnataka migrated
Devaraj S N from one place to another for many
Editor: years to earn their livelihood. In one
Kumar C such journey, incidents that happen to
Writer(s): some people have a bearing on their
Aakash Gubbi lives. Gavisidda, his wife Neelavva, Son
DOP: Gavi, and his daughter Laxmi work in
Karthik Sharma a coffee plantation. They move to Ben-
Sound: galuru in search of a job; some unfore-
B J Bharath seen incidents happen in Bengaluru
Music: disturb Gavisidda’s mindset, which is
B J Bharath why he decides to return to his native
Cast: village.
Chandra Shekhar,
Bindhu Shree,Shil- UÀ«¹zÀÝ, M§â ªÀåQÛAiÀÄ®è.ºÉÊzÀgÁ¨Ázï PÀ£ÁðlPÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ
pa,Gunasagar,Ravi GvÀÛgÀ PÀ£ÁðlPÀzÀ d£ÀgÀÄ §qÀvÀ£ÀzÀ PÁgÀtPÁÌV vÀªÀÄä
Majabharath, fêÀ£ÉÆÃ¥ÁAiÀÄPÁÌV ºÀ®ªÀÅ ªÀµÀðUÀ½AzÀ MAzÀÄ ¸ÀܼÀ¢AzÀ
Gem Shivu,Pad- ªÀÄvÉÆÛAzÀÄ ¸ÀܼÀPÉÌ ªÀ®¸É ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÁÛgÉ. d£ÀgÀ EAvÀºÀ ¥ÀæAiÀiÁt,
makala,Mantesh ¸ÀtÚ WÀl£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ PÉ®ªÀÅ d£ÀjUÉ ¸ÀA¨sÀ«¹zÀªÀÅ, EzÀÄ CªÀgÀ
Ramadurga,Yogesha, fêÀ£ÀzÀ ªÉÄÃ¯É ¥Àæ¨sÁªÀ ©ÃgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆj£À°è PÉ®ªÀÅ
Yashawanth C¤jÃQëvÀ WÀl£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ ¸ÀA¨sÀ«¸ÀÄvÀÛªÉ, D WÀl£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ UÀ«¹zÀÝ£À
ªÀÄ£À¹ÜwAiÀÄ£ÀÄß PÀzÀqÀÄvÀÛªÉ, CªÀ£ÀÄ vÀ£Àß ¸ÀéAvÀ UÁæªÀÄPÉÌ ªÀÄgÀ¼À®Ä
¤zsÀðj¹zÀ£ÀÄ.

Aakash Gubbi

He is a Kannada Literature Gradu-
ate With A Passion In Film Direction
And An Immense Dedication To the
Film Industry. He Has Worked
As An Assistant Associate Director In
Many Kannada Films In The Past 13 Years. He Has
Written A Screenplay And Dialogues for Kannada
Films Like JAI BAJARANGABALI, KALYANA MASTU,
MAHASHARANA HARALAYYA, and FUN. He Worked
As A Co-Director For Films Like HANG OVER, TARLE
NAN MAKLU, RELAX SATYA, PATI BEKU.COM And
Many More.

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Giliyu Parrot Not In The Cage
Panjaradolilla
¥ÁågÉmï £Ámï E£ï ¢ PÉÃeï

2020 / India / Armuga, a parrot fortuneteller tries to
make a living in an overcrowded
Kannada / 126 min. marketplace. His wife works as a maid.
Unfortunately, his parrot will be stolen
Director: along with its cage. With no other op-
Dr. P R Ramadasa tion of earning money, he seeks advice
Naidu from his friend Subramani who plans
Producer: to erect a shrine of God Shani and ap-
Dr. P R Ramadasa point Armuga as its priest. Lady luck
Naidu blesses them with wealth and good
Editor: fortune, but with greed, their friend-
Cheluva Murthy ship comes to an end. Will they reunite
Writer(s): and continue with the shrine business
Dr. P R Ramadasa or go separate ways? Is there a differ-
Naidu ence between a caged parrot and peo-
DOP: ple like Armuga who follow unworthy
Ashok Naidu practices and beliefs? Is there any
Sound: liberation from this irony, bondage,
Raju Upendra Kumar greed?
Music:
Raju Upendra Kumar DªÀÄÄðUÀ QQÌjzÀ ªÀiÁgÀÄPÀmÉÖ ¥ÀæzÉñÀzÀ°è V½±Á¸ÀÛç ºÉüÀĪÁvÀ,
Cast: CªÀ£À ºÉAqÀw ªÀÄ£ÉUÉ®¸ÀzÁPÉ. zÀÄgÁzÀȵÀÖªÀ±Ávï MAzÀÄ ¢£À V½
Muralidhar, Mangala, ¥ÀAdgÀ ¸ÀªÉÄÃvÀ PÀ¼ÀĪÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ¸ÀA¥ÁzÀ£ÉUÉ ¨ÉÃgÉ ªÀiÁUÀð«®èzÉ
Javara Nayak, Ma- DªÀÄÄðUÀ, UɼÉAiÀÄ ¸ÀħæªÀÄt ¸ÀºÁAiÀÄ PÉüÀÄvÁÛ£É. ¸ÀħæªÀÄtÂ
hesh Shivanajappa ±À¤zÉêÀgÀ zÉÃUÀÄ® PÀnÖ DªÀÄÄðUÀ£À£ÀÄß ªÀÄÄRå CZÀðPÀ£À£ÁßV
£ÉëĸÀÄvÁÛ£É. ¸ÀA¥ÁzÀ£É eÉÆÃgÁV DUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ºÀt §AzÁUÀ
¸ÉßûvÀgÀ £ÀqÀÄªÉ ºÉÆmÉÖQZÀÄÑ ±ÀÄgÀĪÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Dr. P R Ramadas Naidu

P R Ramdas Naidu Is A Kannada
Film Director, Producer And Story-
writer. Naidu Is Associated With Var-
ious Kannada Films Including
HEJJEGALU, AMARA MADHURA

PREMA, APARICHITA, ONDU OORINA KATHE,
PRAVAAHA, MUSSANJE, MOGGINA JADE, BELI
MATTU HOLA, HOMEWORK, And Many More.

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Idu Entha Idu Entha Lokavayya
Lokavayya
EzÀÄ JAxÀ ¯ÉÆÃPÀªÀAiÀiÁå
2020 / India /
Kannada / 115 min. This movie is about multiple incidents
that take place on a Sunday and a Mon-
Director: day in a small town in Mangalore. These
Sitesh C Govind incidents change the perspectives of
Producer: some characters. While all the families
M Naresh Shenoy are headed towards the city to com-
Editor: plete some important work on a Monday
Sitesh C Govind morning, a black cat crosses their road.
Writer(s): They perceive this as a sign of misfortune.
Sitesh C Govind Hence, the families that witnessed the
DOP: cat, race to put this on the person who
Prakyatha Narayana crosses the line of misfortune. This inci-
Sound: dent changes the lives of many directly
Kadri Manikanth or indirectly involved.
Music:
Kadri Manikanth EzÀÄ JAvÀ ¯ÉÆÃPÀªÀAiÀÄå JA§ avÀæªÀÅ PÀ£ÁðlPÀzÀ ªÀÄAUÀ¼ÀÆj£À
Cast: ¸ÀtÚ ¥ÀlÖtzÀ°è ¨sÁ£ÀĪÁgÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÉÆêÀĪÁgÀzÀAzÀÄ £ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÀ
Chandra Haas Ullal, §ºÀÄ WÀl£ÉUÀ¼À PÀÄjvÁVzÉ, EzÀÄ ¥Áæ¸ÀAVPÀªÁV CªÀgÀ PÉ®ªÀÅ
Gopinath,Mangesh fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è zÀȶÖPÉÆãÀzÀ°è §zÀ¯ÁªÀuÉUÉ PÁgÀtªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ, eÉÆvÉUÉ
Bhat, Arjun Ka- EvÀgÀ ¥ÁvÀæUÀ¼À fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è ¥Àj¹ÜwUÀ¼À°è §zÀ¯ÁªÀuÉAiÀiÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
je,Pushap, Prakash ¸ÉÆêÀĪÁgÀ ¨É½UÉÎ vÀªÀÄä fêÀ£ÀzÀ ¥ÀæªÀÄÄR PÉ®¸ÀªÀ£ÀÄß
¥ÀÇtðUÉƽ¸ÀĪÀ GzÉÝñÀ¢AzÀ PÀÄlÄA§UÀ¼ÀÄ £ÀUÀgÀzÀ PÀqÉUÉ
ºÉÆÃUÀÄwÛªÉ, PÀ¥ÀÅà ¨ÉPÀÄÌ CªÀgÀ gÀ¸ÉÛAiÀÄ£ÀÄß zÁnzÉ. EzÀÄ
zÀÄgÀzÀȵÀÖ CxÀªÁ zÀÄgÀzÀȵÀÖzÀ ¸ÀAPÉÃvÀªÉAzÀÄ £ÀA§¯ÁVzÉ,
DzÀÝjAzÀ ¨ÉPÀÄÌ gÀ¸ÉÛ zÁlÄwÛgÀĪÀÅzÀ£ÀÄß £ÉÆÃrzÀ PÀÄlÄA§UÀ¼ÀÄ
CzÀ£ÀÄß zÀÄgÀzÀȵÀÖzÀ UÉgÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß zÁlĪÀ ªÀåQÛAiÀÄ ªÉÄÃ¯É ºÁPÀĪÀ
¸ÀàzsÉðAiÀÄ°è vÉÆqÀUÀÄvÁÛgÉ ¨ÉPÀÄÌ gÀ¸ÉÛ zÁl®Ä vÉUÉzÀÄPÉÆAqÀ ºÁ¢.
F WÀl£ÉAiÀÄÄ £ÉÃgÀªÁV CxÀªÁ ¥ÀgÉÆÃPÀëªÁV ¨sÁVAiÀiÁVgÀĪÀ
C£ÉÃPÀgÀ fêÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄß §zÀ¯Á¬Ä¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Sitesh C Govind

He is A Filmmaker And An Adver-
tising Professional Who Nurtures
A Passion For Strong Visualization
And Great Idealization Skills. He
Has The Ability To Execute These
Ideas, And To Create Both Design And Film Con-
tent For Communication Solutions Across India
And Abroad. He Has Been Instrumental In Creating
Some Very Fascinating Ad Campaigns, Storyboards,
Typo-Art, Scripts, Tv Commercials, Docu-Films, Cor-
porate Films, And Feature Films.

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Jihaad Jihaad

2020 / India / fºÁzï
Kannada / 104 min.

Director: In a happy Muslim fishermen family in
Shivananda B Udupi, the husband is unfortunately
Producer: arrested in Pakistan and tortured, as-
Kuilady Suresh Nayak suming he’s an Indian Spy. When he
Editor: returns to his family, his son is about
Sanjeev Reddy to join the Indian Army. But due to the
Writer(s): brainwashing by a Muslim professor,
Shivananda B his son tries to join the ISIS. When the
DOP: father opposes this, he will be killed
P V R Swaamy while the mother is unaware. The
Sound: mother is a nationalist who pictures
S Balkrishna Rao her son as an Indian soldier avenging
Music: against Pakistani soldiers. In the cli-
S Balkrishna Rao max, the twists and turns lead to the
Cast: mother killing her son and the profes-
Poornima Suresh sor as she voluntarily surrenders to the
Sandeep Ashok Rao police.
Kishor Shetty Disha

GqÀĦAiÀÄ «ÄãÀÄUÁgÀgÀ PÀÄlÄA§zÀ ªÀÄ£É MqÉAiÀÄ, ¸ÀªÀÄÄzÀæPÉÌ
«ÄãÀÄ »rAiÀÄ®Ä ºÉÆÃzÁUÀ ¨sÁgÀwÃAiÀÄ UÀÆqsÁZÁj JAzÀÄ
±ÀAQ¹, ¥ÁQ¸ÁÛ£ÀzÀ ¸ÉÃ£É CªÀ£À£ÀÄß ¸ÉgÉ »rzÀÄ »A¹¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ,
CªÀ£ÀÄ ©qÀÄUÀqÉAiÀiÁV ªÁ¥À¸ÀÄ §gÀĪÀ ªÉüÉUÉ CªÀ£À ªÀÄUÀ
¨sÁgÀwÃAiÀÄ ¸ÉÃ£É ¸ÉÃgÀĪÀ GvÁìºÀzÀ°èzÁÝ£É. DzÀgÉ ªÀÄĹèA
¥ÉÆæ¥sɸÀgï M§â£À ªÀiÁwUÉ ªÀÄgÀļÁzÀ ªÀÄUÀ GUÀæ ¸ÀAWÀl£É
¸ÉÃgÀĪÀ vÀªÀPÀzÀ°èzÁÝ£É. ¥Àæ²ß¹zÀ vÀAzÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß PÉÆ®ÄèvÁÛ£É.
gÁµÀÖç¨sÀQÛ EzÀÝ vÁ¬ÄUÉ F «µÀAiÀÄ w½¢®è. DzÀgÉ ¥ÁQ¸ÁÛ£ÀzÀ
ªÉÄÃ¯É ¸ÉÃqÀÄ wÃj¹PÉƼÀÄîªÀ ¸À®ÄªÁV ªÀÄUÀ ¸ÉÊ£Àå ¸ÉÃgÀ¨ÉÃPÉAzÀÄ
§AiÀĸÀÄvÁÛ¼É. PÉÆ£ÉUÉ ªÀÄUÀ ºÁUÀÆ ¥ÉÆæ¥sɸÀgï E§âgÀ£ÀÆß
PÉÆAzÀÄ ¥ÉưøÀjUÉ ±ÀgÀuÁUÀÄvÁÛ¼É.

Shivananda B

He is a Well-Known Writer And Di-
rector In the Kannada Film Industry.
He Has Been Directing Both Com-

mercial And Experimental Films
And Has Written More Than Seven

Novels On Various Subjects. Some Of Them Have
Been Adopted Into Films By Other Directors. His
Present Venture Is The Kannada Film JIHAAD.

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Kaadu Male Kaadu Male

2020 / India / PÁqÀÄ ªÀļÉ
Kannada / 109 min.

Director: Kaadu Male is a book about a super-
Samartha natural forest, its eerie characteristics,
Producer: and its time-mind-reality bending
Cosmos Movies phenomena; just like the valley of flow-
Editor: ers, Bermuda Triangle, and crop cir-
Deepesh N Acharya cles that have no explanation. Meera,
Writer(s): a heartbroken girl, tries to jump off a
Samartha bridge and into a river. She wakes up in
DOP: a forest only to find herself all alone but
Raju N M is she? She crosses paths with Richard
Sound: who saves her from a supernatural
Jaiju Popas dog that killed him multiple times. He
Music: portrays himself as her savior as they
Jaiju Popas both travel to escape from the para-
Cast: normal phenomenon of this forest. On
Harshan Sangeetha the 7th day, they face the true horrors
Vijayalakshmi of the forest -- AT THE END OF EVERY
ROAD, YOU MEET YOURSELF.

zÀlÖªÁzÀ CzÀÄãvÀ «£Áå¸ÀzÀ CgÀtåzÀ £ÀqÀÄªÉ ««zsÀ ªÀåQÛUÀ¼ÀÄ,
ªÀåQÛvÀéUÀ¼ÀÄ ºÉÃUÉ C£ÁªÀgÀtUÉƼÀÄîvÀÛªÉ JA§ÄzÀÄ PÁqÀĪÀļÉAiÀÄ°è
awævÀªÁVzÉ. fêÀ£ÀzÀ°è fUÀÄ¥Éì ºÉÆA¢ DvÀäºÀvÉåUÉ AiÀÄw߸ÀĪÀ
«ÄÃgÁ £À¢UÉ ºÁgÀÄvÁÛ¼É. JZÀÑgÀªÁzÁUÀ zÀlÖªÁzÀ PÁr£À°èzÁݼÉ.
C°è CªÀ¼À gÀPÀëPÀ£ÁV jZÀqïð PÁt¹PÉƼÀÄîvÁÛ£É. CªÀgÀÄ
zÀlÖªÁzÀ D PÁr¤AzÀ ºÉÃUÉ vÀ¦à¹PÉÆAqÀgÀÄ?

Samartha

Samartha Is A Writer And Film Di-
rector Who has worked In Kannada
Cinema since 2013. KAADU MALE is
his debut movie

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Mane The House

2020 / India / ¢ ºË¸ï
Kannada / 122 min.

Director: The story’s protagonist, Siddhaiah, is
Rashmi S, Poor- honest and simple. He wishes to build
nashri R a house on a small site he finds. He
Producer: then collects the materials needed to
T S Kumar build the house. His wife and children
Editor: help him with this. Shortly after, Sid-
Muthu Raju T dhaiah’s health deteriorates. Will he be
Writer(s): cured of his sickness? Or is he dying?
Muthu Raju T
DOP: ¹zÀÞAiÀÄå ¥ÁæªÀiÁtÂPÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀgÀ¼À fë. aPÀÌ ªÀÄ£É PÀlÄÖªÀ D¸É
Vinayak Revadi CªÀgÀzÀÄ. §qÀvÀ£ÀzÀ°è ¹PÀÌ aPÀÌ ¸ÉÊn£À°è ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ¯Éèà ªÀÄ£É PÀlÖ®Ä
Bagalkote ¨ÉÃPÁzÀ ¸ÁªÀÄVæUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¸ÀAUÀ滸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. EzÀPÉÌ CªÀgÀ ¥Àwß
Sound: ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀÄPÀ̼ÀÄ ¸ÀºÁAiÀÄ ªÀiÁqÀÄvÁÛgÉ. EzÁzÀ PÉ®ªÉà ¢£ÀUÀ¼À°è
V Manohar ¹zÀÝgÁAiÀÄgÀ DgÉÆÃUÀå ºÀzÀUÉnÖvÀÄ. ¹zÀÝAiÀÄå£À ªÀAiÀĸÀÄì PÉ®ªÉÃ
Music: ¢£ÀUÀ¼ÀÄ JAzÀÄ ªÉÊzÀågÀÄ ºÉüÀÄvÁÛgÉ. CzÀ£ÀÄß w½zÀ ªÀÄUÀ
V Manohar ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÉÆ¸É ¹zÀÝAiÀÄå £À£Àß ªÀģɬÄAzÀ ºÉÆgÀUÉ ªÀÄ®VzÁÝgÉ.
Cast: ¹zÀÞAiÀÄå C£ÁgÉÆÃUÀå¢AzÀ UÀÄtªÀÄÄR£Á? CxÀªÁ CªÀ£ÀÄ
Renukumar Samst- ¸ÁAiÀÄÄwÛzÁÝ£Á?
han, Math Pramila,
Subramanyam Man-
junath, Patil Sagar K
H, Akshatha Vilas

Rashmi S,
Poornashri R

Rashmi S And Poornashri R’s Film
Career Started In the Year 2007
As Assistant Directors In Kannada
Films. From There, they Worked For
Many Kannada Films And In 2019,

Directed The Kannada Film SHRI KABBALAMMANA
MAHIME.

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Masanada Flower Of A Graveyard
Hoovu
ªÀĸÀtzÀ ºÀƪÀÅ

2020 / India / Masana -- a graveyard, to most people
is a place for the dead. However, it is
Kannada / 108 min. home to the less fortunate. Hoovu is a
flower. A young and innocent kid is like
Director: a blooming flower. A kid and his mother
Amar live near a graveyard. When the mother
Producer: is bedridden due to severe health issues,
Avinash U Shetty the kid faces a challenge beyond his un-
Editor: derstanding. Having seen his mother sell
Nagesh flowers, he finds it to be a source of in-
Writer(s): come. However, he hides from her that
Amar he picks garlands and flowers offered to
DOP: the dead at the graveyard. Hunger always
Sharan wins. The mother, upon learning this, is
Sound: heartbroken. MASANADA HOOVU cap-
Manasa Holla tures the journey of a graveyard flower
Music: along with the kids’ hardships. Through a
Manasa Holla bitter-sweet ending, life comes a full cir-
Cast: cle at the very graveyard in a surprising
Tarun, Bhairavi, way.
Puneeth, Shanka-
naadha Arvind, Avani ¥ÀÄlÖ ¨Á®PÀ ºÁUÀÄ CªÀ£À vÁ¬Ä ¸Àä±Á£ÀzÀ §½ ªÁ¹¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝgÉ.
Vamshajaa, Raghu DgÉÆÃUÀå ¸ÀªÀĸÉå¬ÄAzÀ vÁ¬Ä ªÀÄ®VzÁݼÉ. ªÀAiÀĹìUÉ «ÄÃjzÀ
Balle dªÁ¨ÁÝj vÉUÉzÀÄPÉƼÀÄîªÀ ¨Á®PÀ, ¸Àä±Á£ÀzÀ°è §¼À¹ ©Ã¸ÁrzÀ
ºÀÆUÀ¼À£ÀÄß vÀAzÀÄ ªÀiÁj §zÀÄPÀÄ ¸ÁV¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. ºÀ¹ªÀÅ K£É¯Áè
PÉ®¸ÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ªÀiÁr¸À§®èzÀÄ.

Amar Gowda

Amar Is a Director And a Screenwrit-
er Who Works In Kannada Cinema.
He Directed and wrote the Film AT-
TEMPT TO MURDER (2018) Which
was Critically Acclaimed In The
Kannada Film Industry. He Has Also Directed Many
Web Series And Films In Kannada.

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Munnudi Munnudi

2020 / India / ªÀÄÄ£ÀÄßr
Kannada / 112 min.

Director: In 1990, Shivu Watches Water Drizzle And
Suresh Shetty Thinks It Resembles A Pair of Lens. This
Producer: Marks His Interest In Science. Shivu And
Suresh Shetty His Friends Work Under A Gowda Run-
Editor: ning Alemane and Manufacture Jaggery.
Suresh Shetty When The Gowda Gets Into Financial
Writer(s): Trouble, He Thinks It’s Better To Educate
Suresh Shetty The Boys. On The Same Day, A New Sci-
DOP: ence Teacher Is Appointed. One Day, The
Vedharth Jaykumar Teacher Beats Shivu For The Same Mat-
Sound: ter As The Lens Of A Microscope. Upon
Harsha Kogod Discovering The Truth, He feels guilty
Music: And Supports Shivu. Shivu’s Talent Even
Harsha Kogod Helps Him Win An Award.
Cast:
Rithin, Chinmay, D¯ÉªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°è PÉ®¸À ªÀiÁqÀĪÀ ²ªÀÅ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ£À ¸ÉßûvÀjUÉ
Gangadhar, Madan, ±Á¯ÉUÉ ºÉÆÃUÀ®Ä D¸ÀQÛ. «eÁÕ£À CªÀgÀ D¸ÀQÛAiÀÄ «µÀAiÀÄ. C¸ÁzsÀå
Ravi, Chandru, eÁÕ£À ºÉÆA¢gÀĪÀ ²ªÀÅ J®è PÀµÀÖ ¸ÀAPÉÆïÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß «ÄÃj, ¥Àæ±À¹Û
Purushotham, ¥ÀqÉAiÀÄĪÀ ¸ÁzsÀ£É ªÀiÁqÀÄvÁÛ£É.
Bhuvan , Hamsaveni,
Sudhakar Y C , Shiva
Nikil, Prakash

Suresh Shetty

Suresh Shetty Is A Debut Director In
The Kannada Film Industry.

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Nainaa Nainaa

2020 / India / £ÉÊ£Á
Kannada / 102 min.

Director: Nainaa, the protagonist, hails from a
Sridhar Siya middle-class family. The movie depicts
Producer: two different angles of the same prob-
Sridhar Siya lem while viewing from a male and fe-
Editor: male perspective. This movie is about
Sumanth Rai, Chid- a relationship at its wreckage and how
ambaram society contributes to it. There is also a
Writer(s): bird’s eye view on work-life pressures,
Sridhar Siya family and social commitments of an
DOP: individual. It breaks the stereotypes
Pradeep V Bangar- of women and portrays her as a hu-
apete man being with all her goodness and
Sound: flaws. The movie also introduces differ-
Kalki Abhishek ent regional languages of Karnataka
Music: throughout.
Kalki Abhishek
Cast: £ÉÊ£Á, EzÀÄ ªÀÄzsÀåªÀÄ ªÀUÀðzÀ PÀÄlÄA§ ¥Àj¸ÀgÀ¢AzÀ §AzÀ
Gowri Nair, Neha ªÀÄ»¼Á £ÁAiÀÄQAiÀÄ ¸ÀÄvÀÛ ¸ÀÄvÀÄÛªÀ ªÀÄ»¼Á DzsÁjvÀ avÀæªÁVzÉ.
Aithal, Nagesh A, ¥ÀÅgÀĵÀ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀÄ»¼ÉAiÀÄ zÀȶÖPÉÆãÀ¢AzÀ £ÉÆÃqÀĪÁUÀ MAzÉÃ
Palti Govindu, Sai ¸ÀªÀĸÉåAiÀÄ JgÀqÀÄ «©ü£Àß PÉÆãÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ZÀ®£ÀavÀæªÀÅ awæ¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.
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Chidambaram, Su- ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀªÀiÁdªÀÅ CzÀPÉÌ ºÉÃUÉ PÉÆqÀÄUÉ ¤ÃqÀÄvÀÛzÉ JA§ÄzÀgÀ
manth Rai, Chethana, PÀÄjvÀÄ. PÉ®¸ÀzÀ fêÀ£ÀzÀ MvÀÛqÀUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀåQÛAiÀÄ PÀÄlÄA§
Shobha Nair ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÁªÀiÁfPÀ §zÀÞvÉUÀ¼À ªÉÄÃ¯É ¥ÀQë£ÉÆÃlªÀÇ EzÉ. EzÀÄ
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CªÀ¼À J¯Áè M¼ÉîAiÀÄvÀ£À ªÀÄvÀÄÛ £ÀÆå£ÀvÉUÀ¼ÉÆA¢UÉ CªÀ¼À£ÀÄß
ªÀÄ£ÀĵÀå£ÀAvÉ awæ¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ. GzÀÝPÀÆÌ PÀ£ÀßqÀzÀ ««zsÀ ¥ÁæzÉòPÀ
¨sÁµÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¥ÀjZÀ¬Ä¸ÀÄvÀÛzÉ.

Sridhar Siya

Born And Bought Up In Bangalore
And With An Engineering Degree,
He Started His Career As A Site
Engineer And Became A Project
Manager. When He Learned That

His Die Hard Passion Of Film Making Requires His
Complete Attention And Observation, He Quit His
Job And Followed His Interest In Film Making. He Is
A Voracious Reader And An Ardent Writer Too. He
Started Writing Scripts For Short Movies And Went
On To Direct A Short Movie. He Has Also Been Asso-
ciated With Feature Films That Enriched His Experi-
ence. This Is His Debut Feature Film.

90 Kannada Cinema Competition

13th Biffes

O Naana O Naana Chethana
Chethana
N £À£Àß ZÉÃvÀ£À
2020 / India /
Kannada / 101 min. The film is child-oriented. The protag-
onist, Chetan, attends school in his vil-
Director: lage. Chetan is obsessed with phones.
Apurva (Ashadevi) The tower is planted in his hometown
Producer: and network is available everywhere.
Santhosh Kumar H Chetan somehow manages to get a
Editor: phone home. The plot of the film is
K M Prakash whether Chetan uses or abuses the
Writer(s): mobile phone.
Hari Santhosh
DOP: F avÀæªÀÅ ªÀÄPÀ̼À ¥ÀæzsÁ£À avÀæªÁVzÀÄÝ, £ÁAiÀÄPÀ ZÉÃvÀ£ï vÀ£Àß
Guru Prashanth Rai ºÀ½îAiÀÄ°è ±Á¯ÉAiÀÄ°è NzÀÄwÛzÁÝ£É. ZÉÃvÀ£ï UÉ ªÉƨÉÊ¯ï ºÀÄZÀÄÑ.
Sound: CªÀgÀ Hj£À°è ¸ÀjAiÀiÁzÀ ¸ÀªÀÄAiÀÄPÉÌ lªÀgï £ÉnÖgÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ
S Pradeep Varma J¯ÉèqÉ £Émï ªÀPïð ¹UÀÄvÀÛzÉ. £ÁAiÀÄPÀ ZÉÃvÀ£ï ºÉÃUÉÆà MAzÀÄ
Music: ªÉƨÉÊ¯ï ªÀÄ£ÉUÉ §gÀĪÀAvÉ ªÀiÁqÀÄvÁÛ£É. £ÁAiÀÄPÀ£À£ÀÄß ¸À»¸ÀzÀ
S Pradeep Varma vÀAzÉ CªÀ¤UÉ ªÉƨÉÊ¯ï ¥sÉÇÃ£ï ¤ÃqÀÄvÁÛ£É.
Cast:
Prathik, Preetham,
Harsha, Dimpana,
Dhaneshwari, Man-
junatha

Apurva (Ashadevi)

Apurva (Ashadevi) Is A Filmmaker In
The Kannada Film Industry.

Kannada Cinema Competition 91

13th Biffes

Saara Vajra Saara Vajra

2020 / India / ¸ÁgÀ ªÀdæ
Kannada / 125 min.

Director: Haaji and Haleema live in a village
Aarna Saadya called Sampigehalli. They have four
Producer: daughters and one son. The First
M Devendra three daughters are married. Haaji
Editor: SfoarhNebafefiensdas. Baabboruy dndaimn eudseBdatborutrdadvienl
Akshay P Rao to Mumbai and is mesmerised by the
Writer(s): City Life. He feels Nafeesa isn’t pret-
Narendra Babu ty enough to take her with him to
DOP: Mumbai. She is disheartened by this
Paramesh C M treatment. Before leaving to Mumbai,
Sound: Babruddin succumbs to his physical
V Manohar urge and abuses Nafeesa. Nafeesa
Music: delivers a baby boy. She is heart-bro-
V Manohar ken when Babruddin doesn’t visit her.
Cast: Nafeesa’s world is shattered when she
Anu Prabhakar gets TALAQ from Babruddin. She ded-
Ramesh Bhat Sudha icates her life to her son, Munna and
Belawadi Rehman rceofmuseess htoommeaarrnyd. Bluarbersuadwdiany’sMfautnhnear
Hassan Suhana Syed from his mother. What will happen to
Shankanada Aravind Nafeesa’s future?
Vibhas Punith ¸ÀA¦UɺÀ½î JA§ UÁæªÀÄzÀ°è ºÁf ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ºÀ°ÃªÀiÁ ªÁ¹¸ÀÄwÛzÁÝgÉ.
Pradeep Poojary Nt CªÀjUÉ £Á®ÄÌ ºÉtÄÚ ªÀÄPÀ̼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ M§â ªÀÄUÀ. ªÉÆzÀ® ªÀÄÆgÀÄ
Ramaswamy Rajesh ºÉtÄÚ ªÀÄPÀ̽UÉ ªÀÄzÀĪÉAiÀiÁVzÉ. ºÁf ¸ÁºÉçgÀÄ £À¦üøÁUÉ
Rao Sai Thoshith §§Äæ¢Ýãï JA§ ºÀÄqÀÄUÀ£À£ÀÄß ºÀÄqÀÄPÀÄvÁÛgÉ. §§Äæ¢ÝÃ£ï ªÀÄÄA¨ÉÊUÉ
Ankitha Ayush J ¥ÀæAiÀiÁt¸ÀÄwÛzÀÝgÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¹n ¯ÉÊ¥sï¤AzÀ ªÉÄʪÀÄgÉwzÁÝgÉ. CªÀ¼ÀÄ
Shetty Tammanna ¸ÀÄAzÀgÀªÁV®è JAzÀÄ CªÀ£ÀÄ ¨sÁ«¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CªÀ¼À£ÀÄß
Shetty ªÀÄÄA¨ÉÊUÉ PÀgÉzÀÄPÉÆAqÀÄ ºÉÆÃUÀĪÀÅ¢®è £À¦üøÁ vÀ£Àß UÀAqÀ£À
aQvÉì¬ÄAzÀ ªÀÄ£À£ÉÆA¢zÁݼÉ. ªÀÄÄA¨ÉÊUÉ ºÉÆgÀqÀĪÀ ªÉÆzÀ®Ä,
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£À¦üøÁ¼À£ÀÄß ¤A¢¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. £À¦üøÁ UÀAqÀÄ ªÀÄUÀÄ«UÉ d£Àä
¤ÃrzÁÝgÉ. §§Äæ¢Ýãï vÀ£ÀߣÀÄß ¨sÉÃn ªÀiÁqÀzÉà EzÁÝUÀ £À¦üøÁ¼À
ºÀÈzÀAiÀÄ MqÉ¢zÉ. §§Äæ¢Ýãï¤AzÀ vÀ¯ÁPï ¥ÀqÉzÁUÀ £À¦üøÁ¼À
¥Àæ¥ÀAZÀªÉà czÀæªÁ¬ÄvÀÄ. £À¦üøÁ vÀ£Àß ªÀÄUÀ ªÀÄÄ£ÁߤUÁV vÀ£Àß
fêÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄß ªÀÄÄr¥ÁVlÖ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ªÀÄzÀĪÉAiÀiÁUÀ®Ä ¤gÁPÀ-
j¸ÀÄvÁÛ¼É. §§Äæ¢Ýãï£À vÀAzÉ ªÀÄ£ÉUÉ §AzÀÄ ªÀÄÄ£ÁߣÀ£ÀÄß CªÀ£À
vÁ¬Ä¬ÄAzÀ zÀÆgÀ«qÀÄvÁÛ£É. £À¦üøÁ¼À ¨sÀ«µÀå K£ÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ?

Aarna Saadya

She is One Of The Most Talented
Directors In the Kannada Film In-
dustry. She Directed Some Versatile
Feature Films Like 1098, MOODARA-
HATTI, SAARA VAJRA And Also Some

Short Movies AMBA (Telecast On Doordarshan) B+,
AVALU, SADAA KANNADIGA, FOSTERCARE.
Some Of Her Dubbing Projects Are KIRIK LOVE
STORY, PREETHI IRABARADE, AAA, JERSEY, ALA
VAIKUNTAPPURAMULOO, AGNYAATHAVAASI. She
Also Worked As A News Reader, An Anchor, And

Has Theatre Experience. Aarna Participated In And
Taught A Few Plays With The Theme of Mime.

92 Kannada Cinema Competition

13th Biffes

Sri Sri Jagannath Dasaru
Jagannatha
Dasaru ²æà dUÀ£ÁßxÀ zÁ¸ÀgÀÄ

2021 / India / Based on the true story of a renowned
Sanskrit scholar Srinivasacharya
Kannada / 138 min. whose ego is humbled by the inter-
actions and interventions of Sri Vijaya
Director: Dasa and Sri Gopala Dasa, two of the
Dr Madhusudan prominent Haridasas.
Havaldar
Producer: ºÀ¢£ÉüÀ£Éà ±ÀvÀªÀiÁ£ÀzÀ GvÀÛgÁzsÀðzÀ°è gÁAiÀÄZÀÆgÀÄ f¯ÉèAiÀÄ°è
Dr Madhusudhar d¤¹, ªÀÄAvÁæ®AiÀÄzÀ°è «zÁå¨sÁå¸À ¥ÀqÉzÀÄ ²æäªÁ¸ÁZÁAiÀÄðgÀÄ
Havaldhar ªÉÃzÁAvÀ±Á¸ÀÛçUÀ¼À°è, ¸ÀA¸ÀÌøvÀzÀ°è ªÀĺÁ¥ÀArvÀgɤ¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ.
Editor: ªÀiÁ£À«AiÀÄ°è UÀÄgÀÄPÀÄ® ¸Áܦ¹ £ÀÆgÁgÀÄ ²µÀåjUÉ ±Á¸ÀÛç¥ÁoÀ
Dorairaj ºÉüÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ¥Àæ¹¢ÞAiÀÄ eÉÆvÉUÉ ¥ÁArvÀåzÀ UÀªÀðªÀÅ CªÀgÀ°è
Writer(s): ¸ÉÃgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. EzÀgÀ ¥ÀjuÁªÀĪÁV vÀªÀÄä HjUÉ §A¢zÀÝ, ºÀ-
J M Prahaladh jzÁ¸ÀgÁV C£ÉÃPÀ ªÀÄ»ªÉÄUÀ¼À£ÀÄß vÉÆÃjzÀÝ ²æà «dAiÀÄzÁ¸ÀgÀ
DOP: DwxÀåªÀ£ÀÄß ºÉÆmÉÖ£ÉÆêÀÅ §gÀÄvÀÛzÉ JA§ ¸ÀļÀî£ÀÄß ºÉý ¤gÁPÀ-
Vijay j¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ. DzÀgÉ «dAiÀÄzÁ¸ÀgÀ ²µÀågÁVzÀÝ UÉÆÃ¥Á®zÁ¸ÀgÀ
Sound: ¸ÁwéPÀ ¹mÉÖ ±Á¥ÀzÀAvÉ ²æäªÁ¸ÁZÁAiÀÄðgÀ£ÀÄß PÁr CªÀjUÉ
Vijayakrishna D ¤dªÁV ºÉÆmÉÖ£ÉÆêÀÅ §gÀĪÀAvÉ DUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ²æäªÁ¸ÁZÁAiÀÄðgÀÄ
Music: vÀªÀÄä £ÉÆêÀ£ÀÄß ¤ªÁj¹PÉƼÀî®Ä zÉêÀgÀÄ, UÀÄgÀÄUÀ¼À ªÉÆgÉ
Vijayakrishna D ºÉÆÃUÀÄvÁÛgÉ. UÉÆÃ¥Á®zÁ¸ÀgÀ C£ÀÄUÀæºÀ¢AzÀ ªÀÄÈvÀÄåªÀ£ÀÄß
Cast: ¥ÀjºÀj¹PÉÆAqÀÄ zÁ¸À ¢ÃPÉë ¥ÀqÉAiÀÄ®Ä CªÀgÀ ¸ÀÆZÀ£ÉAiÀÄAvÉ
Sharath Joshi, ¥ÀAqÀgÁ¥ÀÄgÀPÉÌ ºÉÆÃzÁUÀ CªÀjUÉ “dUÀ£ÁßxÀ «oÀ®” CAQvÀ
Prabhanjan Desh- zÉʪÁ£ÀÄUÀæºÀ¢AzÀ¯Éà zÉÆgÉvÀÄ ²æäªÁ¸ÁZÁAiÀÄðgÀÄ dUÀ£Áßx-
pande, Trivikram ÀzÁ¸Àgɤ¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ.
Joshi, Nischitha
Rao,Suresh Kanekal,
K Padmakala, Pu-
rushothama Reddy,
Vishnuteertha Joshi

Dr Madhusudan Havaldar

In 2021, he Directed SRIJAGANNATH
DASARU, A Movie Based On Re-
nowed Scholar Of Madhwa Com-
munity

Kannada Cinema Competition 93

13th Biffes

Cake Cake

2021 / India / PÉÃPï
Kannada / 95 min.

Director: This is the story of a poor boy who
Kishor Moodbidri
Producer: wants his next birthday to be celebrat-
Ishwar Creations
Editor: ed with a cake. Whether it is fulfilled
Mevin Joyal Phinto
Writer(s): or not is the crux of the story. The film
Kishor Moodbidri
DOP: also advocates true friendship, hones-
Prasad
Sound: ty, and the innate talent of children to
Gagan Baderiya
Music: be nurtured during childhood .
Gagan Baderiya
Cast: §ÄzÀÞ JA§ ºÀÄqÀÄUÀ M§â PÉ®¸ÀzÀªÀ¼À ªÀÄUÀ. vÀ£Àß vÁ¬Ä PÉ®¸À
Athish Shetty Aman ªÀiÁqÀĪÀ AiÀÄdªÀiÁ£ÀgÀ ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°è DPÉAiÀÄ ªÉƪÀÄäUÀ¼ÀÄ avÁæ°AiÀÄ
S Karkera Adhya Ash- §vÀðqÉÃAiÀÄ°è PÉÃPï £ÉÆÃqÀÄvÁÛ£É. vÀÄA§ EµÀÖªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. vÁ£ÀÆ
win Laxman Mallur PÀÆqÀ CAxÀzÉÝà PÉÃPï£ÀÄß vÀ£Àß §vÀðqÉUÉ PÀvÀÛj¸À¨ÉÃPÉAzÀÄ ¤zsÀð-
Sujatha Shakthina- j¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. PÉÃPï CAUÀrUÉ ºÉÆÃV PÉýzÁUÀ D PÉÃPïUÉ 5¸Á«gÀ
gara Ankitha Patla gÀÆ¥Á¬Ä JAzÀÄ ºÉüÀÄvÁÛgÉ.
Prahaladh Acharya DvÀ£À ¸ÉßûvÀ D£ÀAzÀ£À eÉÆvÀUÀÆr, ºÀt ºÉÆA¢¸À®Ä
DgÀA©ü¸ÀÄvÁÛ£É. ¸Àé®à ºÀt ¸ÀAUÀæºÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. DzÀgÉ vÁ¬ÄAiÀÄ
C£ÁgÉÆÃUÀåPÉÌ ºÀt SÁ°AiÀiÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. avÁæ° vÀ£Àß vÁvÀ¤AzÀ
5¸Á«gÀ ºÀt PÉÆr¸ÀÄvÁÛ¼É. PÉÃPï vÀgÀĪÁUÀ ¸ÀÆÌlgïUÉ qÁåµï
ºÉÆqÉzÀÄ PÉÃPï ZÀ®ÄèvÀÛzÉ. vÀÄA§ ¨ÉøÀgÀªÁUÀÄvÀÛzÉ. §ÄzÀÝ
PÉÃPï D¸É ©qÀÄvÁÛ£É. DzÀgÉ DvÀ¤UÉ ±ÁqÉÆà ¥ÉèÃAiÀÄ°è D¸ÀQÛ
EgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. CPÀ¸Áävï ±ÁqÉÆà ¥Éèà ªÀiÁ¸ÀÖgï ¥ÀæºÁèzï DZÁAiÀÄðgÀ
¥ÀjZÀAiÀĪÁV ±ÁqÉÆà ¥Éèà PÀ°vÀÄ, MAzÀÄ PÁA¦mÉõÀ£ï£À°è
¨sÁUÀªÀ»¹, UÉ®ÄèvÁÛ£É. ¥ÀæºÁèzï DZÁAiÀÄð §ÄzÀÝ §AiÀĹzÀÝ PÉÃPï
GqÀÄUÉÆgÉAiÀiÁV ¤ÃqÀÄvÁÛgÉ. §ÄzÀÞ PÉÃPï PÀvÀÛj¹ J®èjUÀÆ
PÉÆqÀÄvÁÛ£É.

Kishor Moodbidri

A Graduate In Computer Applica-
tions, Kishor Mudbidri’s Interest Is In
Visual Media. He was Trained With
Several Film And Tv Serial Makers.
His Debut Film Was In Tulu Lan-
guage, Titled APPE TEACHER (MOTHER IS TEACH-
ER) Which Was A Box Office Hit. His Next Directorial
Venture Was MALGUDI DAYS In Kannada. He now
directs Content Like Short Stories, Mini Serials For
OTT Platforms.

94 Kannada Cinema Competition

13th Biffes

Dandi Dandi

2021 / India / zÀAr
Kannada / 128 min.

Director: The title is ‘Dandi’ and so is the hero’s
Vishal Raj name in the novel. He is highly influ-
Producer: enced by the most important events
Usha Rani S C of Indian independence, the move-
Editor: ments held between 1904 and 1942,
Venkatesh R its surrounding socio-political, nation-
Writer(s): al, and state-level leaders and events.
Vishal Raj The hero of the novel ‘Dandi’ wants to
DOP: become like other contemporary lead-
Venkatesh R ers. He aimed to support the nation-
Sound: al cause but somehow went astray,
Ramesh Krish missed the aim of the national cause,
Music: and became a murderer. He look-
Ramesh Krish sagain for his original path of truth and
Cast: non-violence.
Rukmini Anuradha
Suchendra Prasad zÀAr, PÁzÀA§jAiÀÄ £ÁAiÀÄPÀ£À ºÉ¸ÀgÀÆ. 1904 jAzÀ 1942
Yuvan Dev Shalini gÀ £ÀqÀÄªÉ £ÀqÉzÀ ¨sÁgÀwÃAiÀÄ ¸ÁévÀAvÀæå ZÀ¼ÀĪÀ½AiÀÄ ¥ÀæªÀÄÄR
Bhat Usharani S C WÀl£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ CzÀgÀ ¸ÀÄvÀÛªÀÄÄvÀÛ°£À ¸ÁªÀiÁfPÀ-gÁdQÃAiÀÄ
G V Bhat Honnavara gÁ¶ÖæÃAiÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ gÁdå ªÀÄlÖzÀ WÀl£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ £ÁAiÀÄPÀjAzÀ
Shankar Narayan CªÀgÀÄ ºÉZÀÄÑ ¥Àæ¨sÁ«vÀgÁVzÁÝgÉ. ªÁ¸ÀÛªÀªÁV ‘zÀAr’ PÁzÀA§-
Ashok Shripathi jAiÀÄ £ÁAiÀÄPÀ vÀ£Àß EvÀgÀ ¸ÀªÀÄPÁ°Ã£À £ÁAiÀÄPÀgÀAvÉ DUÀ®Ä
Manjan Bailu Tanuja §AiÀĹzÀ£ÀÄ. gÁ¶ÖæÃAiÀÄ «ZÁgÀªÀ£ÀÄß ¨ÉA§°¸ÀĪÀÅzÀÄ CªÀgÀ UÀÄ-
Amrutha jAiÀiÁVvÀÄÛ, DzÀgÉ CªÀgÀÄ ºÉÃUÁzÀgÀÆ zÁj vÀ¦àzÀgÀÄ, gÁ¶ÖæÃAiÀÄ
GzÉÝñÀzÀ ºÁ¢AiÀÄ£ÀÄß vÀ¦à¹zÀgÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PÉƯÉUÁgÀgÁzÀgÀÄ. FUÀ
ªÀÄvÉÛ ¸ÀvÀå ªÀÄvÀÄÛ C»A¸ÉAiÀÄ ªÀÄÆ® ªÀiÁUÀðzÀ ºÀÄqÀÄPÁlzÀ°èzÁÝgÉ.

Vishal Raj

Vishal Raj, is a filmmaker in the Kan-
nada film industry.

Kannada Cinema Competition 95

13th Biffes

Devada The Forest Of God
Kaad
¢ ¥sÁgɸïÖ D¥sï UÁqï
2021 / India /
Kannada / 108 min. This is the story of an elderly couple
of more than 80 years of age living
Director: abandoned in a remote part of Koda-
Amar L gu. They live in a place called Devara
Producer: Kaadu, more than 5,000 meters high
Manjula R in a mountain forest. They face the
Editor: misery and the inclement passage of
Amar time, praying to their Gods so they can
Writer(s): finally survive.
Amar L
DOP: EzÀÄ PÉÆqÀV£À zÀÆgÀzÀ zÉêÀgÀ PÁqÀÄ JA§ ¥ÀæzÉñÀzÀ°è
Amar L LzÀÄ ¸Á«gÀ «ÄÃlgï JvÀÛgÀzÀ ¥ÀªÀðvÀ PÁr£À°è ¥ÀjvÀåPÀÛªÁV
Sound: ªÁ¹¸ÀĪÀ JA§vÀÄÛ ªÀµÀðPÀÆÌ ºÉZÀÄÑ ªÀAiÀĹì£À ªÀÈzÀÞ zÀA¥ÀwUÀ¼À
Vasudevan PÀxÉ. CªÀgÀÄ zÀÄBR ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¸ÀªÀÄAiÀÄzÀ ¥ÀæwPÀÆ® CAVÃPÁgÀªÀ£ÀÄß
Music: JzÀÄj¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ.
Vasudevan
Cast:
Allaranda Vittala,
Prabha Nanaiah,
Sidharth

Amar Gowda

Amar Is a Director And a Screen-
writer Who Works In Kannada Cin-
ema. He Directed and wrote the
Film ATTEMPT TO MURDER(2018)
Which was Critically Acclaimed In
The Kannada Film Industry. His film MASANADA
HOOVU, Is Now Successfully Running In The Festi-
val Cycle With Critically Acclaimed Reviews. It Has
Won Many International Awards And has been Offi-
cially Screened In Major Film Festivals In India And
Abroad. He Has Also Directed Many Web Series And
Films In Kannada.

96 Kannada Cinema Competition

13th Biffes

Doddahatti Doddahatti Boregowda
Boregowda
zÉÆqÀغÀnÖ ¨ÉÆÃgÉÃUËqÀ

2021 / India / Some People Do Not Value Money And
Property Much, But Value Good Man-
Kannada / 123 min. ners And Respect. In Our Story, Kebbe
Koppalu Is A Village Where Boran-
Director: na Resides With His Wife Ratnamma
Raghu K M And 26-year-old Son Khantha. They Do
Producer: Coolie Work And Live In A Dilapidated
Lokesh K M House Likely To Fall During The Rainy
Editor: Season. Therefore, Boranna Attempts
K M Prakash To Get An Ashraya House Provided By
Writer(s): the Grama Panchayath For Poor Peo-
Raghu K M ple. A Grama Panchayath Member,
DOP: However, Proves To Be Corrupt.
Nagaraj Murthi
Sound: PÉ®ªÀgÀÄ ºÀt ªÀÄvÀÄÛ D¹ÛUÉ ºÉaÑ£À ªÀiË®åªÀ£ÀÄß ¤ÃqÀĪÀÅ¢®è,
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Music: ºÉZÀÄÑ UËgÀ«¸ÀÄvÁÛgÉ PɨÉâ PÉÆ¥Àà®Ä UÁæªÀÄ ¨ÉÆÃgÀtÚ CªÀgÀ ¥Àwß
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Dayananda Katte
Shivlinganna Prakash
Shenoy Yashodha
Yogesh

Raghu K M

Raghu’s Debut Direction Was THAR-
LE VILLAGE -- A Super BlockBuster.
His Second Direction Was PARAS-
ANGA and DODAHATTI BOREGOW-

DA is his Third.

Kannada Cinema Competition 97

13th Biffes

Gajanana Gajanana And Gang
And Gang
UÀeÁ£À£À & UÁåAUï

2021 / India / College Life Is Considered The Golden
Years. Gajanana And Gang Is One Such
Kannada / 108 min. Film Talking About Three Years In The
Lives Of Five Characters. The Movie
Director: Provides A Slice Of Life Experience,
Abhishek Shetty True Friendship, And The Real Val-
Producer: ue Of Love. Gaja Is A Youngster Calm
Brindavan Enter- By Nature, But When Things Go Out
prises Of Hand, He won’t Sit In A Corner. He
Editor: Fights For What’s Right Irrespective Of
Vijeth Chandra What Situations May Rise.
Writer(s):
Abhishek Shetty PÁ¯ÉÃdÄ JAzÁPÀët PÉêÀ® §jà ªÉÆÃdÄ ªÀÄ¹Û CµÉÖà C®è
DOP: UɼÉvÀ£À ¦æÃw eÉÆvÉ §zÀÄQ£À PÀ°PÉ! ¥ÀæwAiÉƧ⠫zÁåyðAiÀÄÄ
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Sound: ¨sÉÃnAiÀiÁUÀĪÀ ¥ÀæAiÀÄvÀß ªÀiÁqÀĪÀÅ¢®è ...fêÀ£ÀzÀ ªÀiË®å ºÁUÀÆ
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Music: UÀeÁ£À£À&UÁåAUï.
Praddyottan
Cast:
Shri, Adithi Prab-
hudeva, Abhishek
Shetty, Natya Ranga,
Chethan Durga, Kar-
htik Sharma, Nagen-
dra Urs, Nagendra
Shaa, Aruna Balraj,
Mahantesh Hiremath,
Raghu Ramanakop-
pa, Vijay Chendur,
Suchendra Prasad,
Ashwini, Harshitha,
Bhargavi, Vardhan
Therthahalli

Abhishek Shetty

Abhishek Shetty Is An Indian Film
Actor And Director Who Has Worked
Predominantly In The Kannada Film

Industry. Abhishek’s Previous Film
Was NAM GANI BCOM PASS IN 2019.

His Next Movie To Hit The Theaters Is GAJANANA
AND GANG. His Directorial Next, AARAM ARAVIND-
SWAMY, Is Yet To Be Shot.

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