Kanasemba Kudhureyaneri
The four times Swarana Kamal award winner at the national level Girish Kasaravalli's latest film `Kanasemba Kudhureyaneri' is second in a row with producer Basanthkumar Patil after `Gulabi Talkies'.
The film is all about a grave digger in the village Iriya. He can foresee events before it happens. When he sees Siddha, his master and messenger of death, in his dream, he believes that the ailing septuagenarian Gowda of the Big House is dead and so prepares a grave for the dead man. He is confused and struck with self-doubt when the caretaker of the Big House denies any death in the house. He can't believe his dream could go wrong.
The film retells the story of the Senior Gowda's death from the viewpoints of the caretaker. The Gowda is, of course, dead, but the caretaker has his own reasons to hide it. The villagers ignorantly believe the caretaker more than the poor grave digger.
Next day, Rudri, the wife of Irya, in her dream sees Siddha visiting the village. The whole village is excited to welcome Siddha as he is believed to bring good luck. Even this dream fails to become true. Irya and his wife are devastated and wonder how all of a sudden their dreams started failing. Without dreams their life become even more unbearable.
The ending of the film offers three different perspectives. What if Irya is killed? Would Irya, with his beliefs, with his way of life, survive? Would a frustrated Irya give up digging graves and take to another profession? Three different narratives explore the different possibilities.
In the cast are Vaijanath Biradar, Umasri, Sadashiva Brahmavar, Akki Channa Basappa, Shivaranjan, Pavitra Lokesh, Soundarya, Purushottam Talavata, Basavalingaiah, Sawanth and others.
The film presented by Abhishek Patil for Basant Productions is produced by Amrutha Patil and Basantkumar Patil. Amaresh Nugadoni is the story writer and Gopalakrishna Pai has assisted in the script. The costume designer is Vaishali Kasaravalli, V Manohar has scored the music and H.M.Ramachandra Halkere is the cameraman.
The 105 minutes Mono sound `Kanasemba Kudhureyaneri' has dialogues, screenplay and direction by Girish Kasaravalli.