KARNATAKA CHALANACHITRA ACADEMY
in association with
Department of Information and Public Relations Govt of Karnataka
and
HYDERABAD FILM CLUB
SRI SARTHI STUDIOS
Federation of Film Societies of India (Southern Region)
presents
KANNADA FILM FESTIVAL
at Sri Sarathi Studios Preview Theatre, Ameerpet
SCREENING SCHEDULE
08-09-2017 5.30 pm. : INAUGURATION
Friday Screening a Documentary
A JOURNEY THROUGH KANNADA CINEMA
Director: P. Seshadri
6.30 pm. : ONDU MOTTEYA KATHE (2017/131 mins)
Director: Raj B Shetty
09-09-2017 2.30 pm. : THITHI (2016/124 mins)
Saturday Director: Ramreddy
5.00 pm. : U-TURN (2016/121 mins)
Director: Pawan Kumar
7.00 pm. : HARIKATHA PRASANGA (2015/106 mins)
Director: Annanya Kasaravalli
10-09-2017 2.30 pm. : GODHI BANNA SADHARNA MYKATTU
(Kannada/2016/144 mins.)
Sunday Director: B M Giriraj
5.00 pm. : RAMA RAMA RE (2017/112 mins)
Director: D Satyaprakash
7.00 pm. : KIRIK PARTY (2017/163 mins)
Director: Rishab Shetty
ALL FILMS ARE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES
ALL ARE WELCOME
Seats are available on first-come-first served
THITHI
(Kannada/2016/124 mins.)
Banners : Prspctvs Productions (India), Maxmedia (USA)
Producers : Pratap Reddy, Sunmin Park
Director : Raam Reddy
Writers : Eregowda, Raam Reddy
DOP : Doron Tempert
Editors : John Zimmerman, Raam Reddy
Sound Design : NithinLukose
Cast : Thammegowda S. Channegowda
Abhishek H.N., Pooja S.M
In a remote village of NODE KOPPALU in Mandya district of Karnataka, three generations of sons come face to face after the death of their centenarian grandfather. The film centers on the conflict between the son, grandson, and great grandson, and their reactions to the death. Their overtures intertwine at the celebration of THITHI -an after death ritual.
This is a film that has garnered international reputation after it won the award at the prestigious Locarno International film festival.
ONDU MOTTEYA KATHE
(Kannada/2017/124 mins.)
Producer : Pawan Kumar, Suhan Prasad
Screenplay,
Direction : Raj B. Shetty
Music : Midhun Mukundan
Cast : Shriya Saran, Raj B. Shetty, Prakash Thuminad
Bald men are often made a butt of jokes, sometimes amongst friends and sometimes by random strangers. Is not having hair on the head such a big reason to be judged and made fun off?
Ondu Motteya Kathe (EGGHEAD) is simple tale of a young bald man trying to find his soul mate, who would see the person he is and not the shine up his forehead. And in this journey of finding his true love, he discovers more about himself. Not only does he have a shiny head, he also has a dark spot in his heart. Will he find the girl of his dreams? Will he make his heart shine brighter than his head?
A funny film with everyday characters and their real emotions.A struggle to be truly loved and not laughed at.
HARIKATHA PRASANGA
(Kannada/2015/106 mins.)
Director : Ananya Kasarvalli
Producer : Basant Patil
Screenplay : Ananya Kasarvalli, GirishKasarvalli
GopalakrishnaPai
Cinematography: Udit Khurana
Editing : Mohan Kamakshi
Cast : Shrunga Vasudevan, K G Krishnamurthy
“Harikatha Prasanga” narrates the story of a Yakshagana artist Hari who has gained extreme popularity portraying female roles. Life of Hari unfolds through different perspectives captured in three episodes across four audio-visual interviews conducted by filmmakers Sharmila and Sundar.
Questions about the real self, the impact of having lost family, village and the ability to perform creates a huge dent in the inner world of Harish Chandra, who later, people believe to have committed suicide. The film touches on his strained relationship with his brother, a failed marriage, artistic struggles and his final decision to adopt a woman’s persona completely.
KIRIK PARTY
(Kannada/2017/163 mins.)
Director : Rishab Shetty
Producer : GS Gupta, Rakshith Shetty
Cinematography : Karam Chawla
Music : Ajaneesh Lokanath
Cast : Rakshith Shetty
Rashmika Mandanna, Samyukta Hegde
Kirik Party is the story of a gang of mischievous students, led by the protagonist Karna, who have just joined an engineering college. They belong to different streams of engineering but develop a bond while staying together in the hostel.
The treatment is stylish with light humour throughout while exploring the college life of these youngsters. Karna, the protagonist from a small town has joined this engineering college and he gangs up with his hostel mates Loki, Alexander, Manja and others to fuel a lot of mischief in the college. During the first year he befriends Saanvi (Ra Final year student and certain incidents impact Karna’s life making him question his very basic thought process.
GODHI BANNA SADHARNA MYKATTU
(Kannada/2016/144 mins.)
Director : Hemanth M Rao.
Producer : Pushkar Films
Cinematography : Nandakishore Neelakanta Rao
Editor : Srikanth SH
Music : Charan Raj
Cast : Anant Nag,RakshitShetty, Achyuta Kumar,
Sruth iHariharan and Vasishta N Simha
It is the story of Venkob Rao, an Alzheimer’s patient who goes missing. His son, Shiva is a career-driven man who has a strained relationship with his father.
Reluctantly Shiva pauses his plans for his future and begins searching for his missing father along with Venkob Rao’s doctor, Sahana. This leads him to make many small but important discoveries about the man behind his father. In this process, he ends up learning more about life, love and happiness. Meanwhile, Venkob Rao is stuck with a couple of lowly criminals who are hiding from certain death.
Godhi Banna Sadharna Mykattu is Produced by Pushkar Films along with Lost & Found Films.
RANA RANA RE
(Kannada/2017/112 mins.)
Director : D Sathyaprakash
Producer : Kannada Kolour Cinemas
Screenplay : Dhananjay Ranjan
Cinematography : Lavith
Cast : K Jayaram, Nataraj
Dharmanna Kadur
Bhaskar Dev, BimbashriNinasam
Rama Rama Re is a story of a convict on death row, who escapes from prison and accidentally ends up with a veteran who is called upon by the authorities to teach the process of hanging a convict to the new staff. Their journey together along with a few others forms the rest of the story. The character driven narrative subtly tackles the issues of Life and death.
U TURN
(Kannada/2016/121 mins.)
Director : Pawan Kumar
Producer : Audience Films
Cinematography : Siddhartha
Editor : Suresh Urs
Cast : Dilipraj, Sharada, Sudha
Belawadi, Narayan
The protagonist in this film is a news channel reporter. During her effort to file a story on traffic rules, she finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery. Police investigation proves that the reporter is innocent and the death is a suicide case. But the reporter, who is convinced that the death is a murder, pester the police departments for further investigation. The film revolves round the investigation.
