Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Bannada Vesha

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Jul 29, 2012, 5:54:56 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Bannada Vesha

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+Bannada Vesha
+1988 110’ col Kannada
+d/s Girish Kasaravalli pc Doordarshan
+(Bangalore) c G.S. Bhaskar m B.V. Karanth
+lp Sridhar, Smitha Kasaravalli, A.B. Jayaram,
+Narayana Bhatt, Shantamma, Loknath, Shankar
+
+
+Folk-theatre-derived melodrama set in the
+famed Karnataka tradition of the Yakshagana, a
+variant of the Kathakali style involving
+complicated make-up and rigorous dance
+codes, patronised mainly by temples which
+invite groups to perform for worship and to
+raise revenue. The central character, Shambhu
+(Shankar), a member of such a group, is a
+traumatised and guilt-ridden figure usually
+relegated to minor roles but with the driving
+ambition of playing the male lead by displacing
+the arrogant Sheshappa. When he is allowed to
+play the demonic Jhunjhutti, he pretends to be
+possessed by the demon and uses his newfound
+reputation to start an alternate theatre
+group sponsored by the financially ailing
+Kapileshwara temple. His performative
+limitations, and the secondary problems caused
+by his having to live a fake identity, intensify
+his emotional crises and the film ends on a
+tragic note after he is revealed to be a fraud.
+Kasaravalli’s stylised idiom, the film’s most
+attractive aspect, is restricted to the
+performances while routine realism prevails in
+the rest of the story.
+
+[[Film]]