Girish Kasaravalli stands out to be the only filmmaker in the highly commercialised Kannada film industry to take forward the legacy of Pattabhi Rama Reddy and B V Karanth who started a strong parallel cinema movement, which once was a strong contender to Malayalam and Bengali cinema. Girish Kasaravalli(born 1950) is a legendary movie director of international repute in Kannada. Girish Kasaravalli has to his distinction four Golden Lotus Awards for the eleven films he has directed so far. He is a perfectionist and works on his script and screenplay for months together. A gold medalist from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Girish Kasaravalli started his career in films with Ghatashraddha. This film launched him as a promising and potential director. In his thirty years in the field, Girish Kasaravalli has directed eleven films and a tele serial.
Filmography:
Ghata Shradhdha (The Ritual-1977)
Akramana (The Siege-1979)
Mooru Dhaarigalu (Three Paths-1981)
Tabarana Kathe (The Story of Tabara-1987)
Bannadha Vesha (The Mask-1989)
Mane (The House-1989)
Kraurya (Cruelty-1996)
Taayi Saaheba (1998)
Dweepa (The Island-2002)
Haseena (2005)
Nayi Neralu (The Shadow of dog-2006)
Gulabi Talkies (2008)
Unfortunatly only 8 of his movies are available in DVDs & Video CD. Kannada Store brings you opportunity to get hands on these three rare titles.
Following Items Included in this Product
Dweepa (2002) Combo DVD
Mane (1989) Video CD
Naayi Nerali (2006) Combo DVD
Gulabi Talkies (2008) DVD
Akramana (1980) Video CD
Kubi Mattu Iyala (1990) DVD
Kanasemba Kudureyaneri (2010) DVD
Ghatashraddha (1977) DVD
|| Award Winning Movies ||
Movie : Mane (The House)
Year : 1989
Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval. Mico Chandrum Rohini
Music : L. Vaidyanathan
Direction-Screenplay - Girish Kasaravalli
Producer : NFDC
Subtitles : English
Movie : Dweepa (The Island)
Cast : Soundarya, Avinash, Harish Raj, Vasudev Rao
Year : 2002
Direction : Girish Kasaravalli
Producer : Soundarya
Movie : Naayi Neralu
Year : 2006
Cast : Pavithra Lokesh, Rameshwari varma, Ananya Kasaravalli
Music : Isac Thomas Kottakapalli
Original Story : S L Bhairappa
Direction-Screen Play : Girish Kasaravalli
Producer : Abhishek Patil, Basanth Kumar Patil
Movie : Gulabi Talkies
Year : 2008
Cast : Umashree, K.G. Krishna Murthy, M.D. Pallavi, Poornima Mohan, Ashok Sandip
Direction : Girish Kasaravalli
Story : Vaidehi
Music : Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Cinematography : S. Ramachandra Aithal
Editing : S. Manohar & M.N. Swamy
Producer : Basantkumar Patil
Movie : Aakramana (The Siege)
Cast : Vijayakashi, Vaishali Kasaravally, Chandrakumara Jain, Padmashri, Srinath
Year : 1979
Banner : Sainath Productions
Music : B.V.Karanth
Direction : Girish Kasaravalli
Producer : Sharat Kumar