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CULTURING REALISM[ REFLECTIONS ON GIRISH KASARAVALLIS"S FILMS] EDITED BY N. MANU CHAKRAVARTHY.2007.PUBLISHED BY NUDI PRAKASHNA BANGALORE. EMAIL-NUDI PUSTAKA @ YAHOO.COM]
N. MANU CHAKRAVARTHY IS A PRO OF ENGLISH AT NMKRV COLLEGE BANGALORE.HE IS A CRITIC WHO HAS MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM IN KANNADA AND ENGLISH.THIS BOOK EDITED BY MR. MANU CHAKRAVARTHY CONTAINS SERIOUS FILM CRITICISM ARTICLES WRITTEN BY T. G.VAIDYANATHAN,NIRMAL DHAR,MAITHILI RAO, PRADIP BISWAS, H. N. NARAHARI,MADHU ERAVANKARA,AND MANU CKAKRAVARTHY.
GIRISH KASARAVALLI IS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT , CONTEMPORARY FILM DIRECTORS OF INDIA.HE IS BEUTIFUL WITH HIS GARLAND OF SWARNAKAMALA'S.HIS FILMS-
1 GHAASHRADDA[THE RITUAL] 1977 BEST FILM- PRSIDENTS GOLD LOTUS[ SWARNAKAMALA. BEST MUSIC - B. V. KARANTH.]
2 AKRAMANA[THE SIEGE-1979 MOITRA AWARD ATASIN FILM FESTIVAL.
3 MOORU DARIGALU-[THREE PATHWAYS-1980.BEST CINEMATOGRAFY S.R. BHAT.
4 TABARANA KATHE[ STORY OF TABARA-1987]BEST FILM - PRESIDENTS GOLDEN LOTUS. BEST DIALOGUE- POORNACHANDRA TEJASWI
5 MANE[ THE HOUSE -1988] PRESIDENTS SILVER LOTUS AWARD]
6 .BANNADA VESHA[ THE MASK 1990] BEST KANNADA FILM - SILVER LOTUS.

7 KRURYA[ THE TALE OF A STORY TELLER-1995]BEST KANNADA FILM- PRESIDENTS SILVER LOTUS.
8 THAYI SAHEBA[ LADY OF THE MANOR-1997]PRESIDENTS GOLDEN LOTUS.
9 DWEEPA[ISLAND-2002 BEST FILM - PRESIDENTS GOLDEN LOTUS.
10 HASINA-2005 BEST FILM ON FAMILY WELFARE- SILVER LOTUS
11 NAAYI NERALU[ IN THE SHADOW OF THE DOG . BASED ON THE NOVEL BY S .L. BHAIRAPPA.
2006] . NATIONAL AWARD- V SHANTARAM AWARD. 12 GULABI TALKIES[ STORY- VADHEHI]
13 KANASEMBA KUDUREYANERI-2009 BEST KANNADA FILM . NATIONAL AWARD.1
14 GRAHA BHANGA [ T. V. SERIAL- NOVEL BY S L BHAIRAPPA]
15 KAGODU SATYAGRAHA[ SERIAL ABOUT PEASANTS PROTEST IN KARNATAKA]
" TO ME HASINA IS AS IMPORTANT AS YAMUNAKKA. I SEE THE INJUSTCE HAPPENING TO YAMUNAKKA AND THE HAPPENING TO HASINA IN TE SAME LIGHT." SAYS GIRISH KASARAVALLY. IN "DWEEPA" RAIN IS AN IMPORTANT CHARECTER OF THE FILM
" EVEN IF I BECOME A GREAT DIRECTOR AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL I WOULD STILL LIKE TO CALL MYSELF A KANNADA DIRECTOR. THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH KANNADA THAT MY IDENTITY EXISTS." SAYS KASARAVALLY.

DR U . R ANANTHAMURTHY SAYS" GIRISH KASARAVALLY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMAGINATIVE FILM MAKERS OF INDIA.HE HAS THE IMAGINATION OF A POET.HE BILDS HIS NARRATIVES WITH SIGNIFICANT DETAILS. ALL HIS FILMS ARE NOT JUST GOOD CINEMA. THEY ARE PROFOND COMMENTS ON WHAT WE ARE TODAY POLITICALLY AND CULTURALLY."
AS MANU CHAKRAVARTHY, EDITOR OF THIS BOOK RIGHTLY SAYS" THIS BOOK IS THE FIRST ON GIRISH, WHICH ITSELF IS A COMMENT ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS OF INDIAN FILM CRITICISM". THIS BOOK IS WORTH DISCUSSING. IT INVITES FILM CRITICS TO CARRY FORWARD THE LIGHT OF CRITICISM.- MURALEEDHARA UPADHYA