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Kannada cinema
Kannada cinema, also known as
[4] [5] Kannada cinema
Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the
segment of Indian cinema [6] dedicated to the
production of motion pictures in the Kannada
language widely spoken in the state of
Karnataka.[7][8][9] The 1934 film Sati Sulochana
directed by Y. V. Rao was the first talkie film in the
Kannada language.[10][11][12] It was also the first
film starring Subbaiah Naidu and Tripuramba,
and was the first motion picture screened in the
erstwhile Mysore Kingdom.[13] The film was
produced by Chamanlal Doongaji, who in 1932
founded South India Movietone in
[14][15]
Bangalore. No. of 925 (as of 2022)[1]
screens including:
Major literary works have been adapted to the
Kannada screen such as B. V. Karanth's Chomana 630 single screens (as of 2021-22),[1][2]
Dudi (1975), (based on Chomana Dudi by 260 multiplex screens (as of 2021)[2]
Shivaram Karanth), Girish Karnad's Kaadu (1973),
• Per 1.3 per 100,000
(based on Kaadu by Srikrishna Alanahalli),
capita
Pattabhirama Reddy's Samskara (1970) (based on
Samskara by U. R. Ananthamurthy), which won Main Mahatma Pictures
the Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film distributors Sri Vajreshwari Combines
Festival,[16] and T. S. Nagabharana's Mysuru Sri Eswari Combines
Mallige (1992), based on the works of poet K. S. KCN Movies
Narasimhaswamy.[17] Rockline Entertainments
Jayanna Combines
Kannada cinema is known for producing
Thoogudeepa Distributors
experimental works such as Girish Kasaravalli's
Ghatashraddha (1977), which won the Ducats Mars Distributors
Award at the Manneham Film Festival PRK Productions
Germany,[18] Dweepa (2002), which won Best Paramvah Studios
Film at Moscow International Film Festival,[19][20] Pushkar Films
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's silent film Pushpaka Hombale Films
Vimana (1987), Ram Gopal Varma's docudrama Produced feature films (2019)[3]
Killing Veerappan (2016), Prashanth Neel's action
franchise K. G. F. film series being the highest- Total 336
grossing Kannada film, and Rishab Shetty's
Kantara (2022).[21]
Kannada cinema is reported to have 8% market share in the gross domestic box office collections for
the period January to August 2022 making it the fourth biggest Indian film industry.[22] The share
rose to 9% by October 2022.[23] The total gross collections of the top five Kannada movies of 2022 in
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first ten months was reported to be ₹1800 crores.[24] The year 2022 witnessed the beginning of new
era for the industry in terms of popularity, quality content and collections.[25]
History
Early history
Mainstream
Matinee idol, Rajkumar entered Kannada cinema after his long stint as a
dramatist with Gubbi Veeranna's Gubbi Drama Company, which he joined
at the age of eight, before he got his first break as a lead in the 1954 film
Bedara Kannappa.[29]
Rajkumar on a 2009
He went on to essay a variety of roles and excelling in portraying stamp in India
mythological and historical characters in films such as Bhakta Kanakadasa
(1960), Ranadheera Kanteerava (1960), Satya Harishchandra (1965),
Immadi Pulikeshi (1967), Sri Krishnadevaraya (1970), Bhakta Kumbara (1974), Mayura (1975),
Babruvahana (1977) and Bhakta Prahlada (1983). His wife Parvathamma Rajkumar founded Film
production and distribution company, Vajreshwari Combines.[29]
Vishnuvardhan entered Kannada cinema with the National Award-winning movie Vamsha Vriksha
(1972) directed by Girish Karnad based on the novel written by S. L. Bhyrappa. His first lead role was
in Naagarahaavu, directed by Puttanna Kanagal and based on a novel by T. R. Subba Rao. It was the
first in Kannada film history to complete 100 days in three main theatres of Bangalore. In his 37-year
career, he has played a variety of roles in more than 200 films.[30]
With his debut in Puttanna Kanagal's National Award-winning Kannada film Naagarahaavu (1972),
Ambareesh's acting career commenced with a brief phase of portraying antagonistic and supporting
characters. After establishing himself as a lead actor portraying rebellious characters on screen in a
number of commercially successful films, he earned the moniker "rebel star".[31] He also earned the
nickname Mandyada Gandu (transl. Man of Mandya)[32]
Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh are collectively known as Kannada cinema's triumvirate.
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Method actor Shankar Nag received the inaugural IFFI Best Actor
Award (Male): Silver Peacock Award" at the 7th International Film
Festival of India for his work in the film Ondanondu Kaladalli.[33] He
is the younger brother of actor Anant Nag.[34][35] M. V. Vasudeva
Rao, the first Kannada actor to win National Film Award for Best
Actor, was starred in over 200 films in his career; however, post
Chomana Dudi, he only played minor roles.[36]
B. Saroja Devi is One of the most successful female leads in the Vishnuvardhan on 2013 Indian
history of Indian cinema, she acted in around 200 films in over six stamp
decades.[37] She is known by the epithets "Abinaya Saraswathi"
(Saraswati of acting) in Kannada and "Kannadathu Paingili"
(Kannada's Parrot) in Tamil.[37]
Neo-realistic cinema
Kannada Cinema majorly contributed to the parallel cinema movement of India.[38] Directors like
Girish Kasaravalli,[38] Girish Karnad,[39] G. V. Iyer[39] were the early names to join the movement. T.
S. Nagabharana[40] and B. V. Karanth were also popular names in the movement. Puttanna Kanagal's
films were however considered a bridge between Mainstream and Parallel Cinema.
Modern era
Prakash Raj began his acting career with Doordarshan serials such as Bisilu Kudure (Kannada) and
Guddada Bhootha (Tulu and Kannada).[41] He later took up supporting roles in Kannada films such
as Ramachari, Ranadheera, Nishkarsha and Lockup Death. He was known for his dialogue delivery
and histrionics. His breakthrough role came in Harakeya Kuri, directed by K. S. L. Swamy starring
Vishnuvardhan, with whom he had acted in other films such as Mithileya Seetheyaru, Muthina
Haara and Nishkarsha. Prakash re-entered Kannada films through Nagamandala in 1997, directed
by T. S. Nagabharana.[42] Veteran Kannada actor Shakti Prasad's son Arjun Sarja is known for his
work in South Indian cinema.[43] He starred in movies such as Prasad; the film was screened at the
Berlin Film Festival and Arjun received the Karnataka State Award for his performance in it.[44]
Sanchari Vijay's portrayal of a transgender won him the National Best Actor Award.[45][46][47] With
the award, Vijay became the third actor after M. V. Vasudeva Rao, and Charuhasan to win the
National Award for Best Actor for a performance in a Kannada film.[48]
Shiva Rajkumar is known for his work in Janumada Jodi, Anand, Ratha Sapthami, Nammoora
Mandara Hoove, Om, Simhada Mari and Chigurida Kanasu. He acted in Sugreeva, which was shot
in 18 hours. His Om, directed by Upendra, set a trend of gangster movies in Kannada and other film
industries in India. It continues to be shown even to this day.[49]
Rockline Venkatesh founded Rockline Entertainments which has produced over twenty five films as
of 2012.[50] New age actors - Yash, Darshan, Puneeth Rajkumar, Rakshit Shetty and Sudeepa are
some of the highest paid actors in Sandalwood.[51][52][53] The Rakshit Shetty starrer Kirik Party went
on to become one of the highest-grossing Kannada films by collecting ₹ 50 crores[54] against a
production budget ₹ 4 crores[55] and completed 150 days in the main cities of Karnataka.[56]
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The 2015 release RangiTaranga starring Nirup Bhandari and directed by Anup Bhandari, created
overseas market for Kannada cinema with a mega release, amassing $318,000 in USA alone. It went
on to become the first Kannada film to enter the New York Box office listing, the first Kannada film to
complete 50 days in USA and the first Kannada movie ever to release in several countries across the
world. It ran for 365 days in Bangalore.
In 2018, Yash starrer K.G.F: Chapter 1 became the first Kannada film to gross ₹250 crores at the box
office. Its sequel, K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022) made ₹ 1000 crores at the box office. Its teaser gained
more than 250 million views on YouTube as of April 2022.[57][58][59] In 2022, Yash starrer K.G.F:
Chapter 2 became the highest-grossing Kannada film of all time with a record collection of over
₹1000 crores within India itself.[60] Kananda cinema is reported to have 8% market share in the gross
domestic box office collections for the period January to July 2022 making it the fourth biggest Indian
film industry.[61]
Film scores
Composer Hamsalekha is usually referred to by the title Naadha Brahma (transl. The Brahma of
Music) who is considered to be the major cause for the change in the music composing and lyric
writing style which would appeal much to the younger generation. He integrated folk and introduced
western musical sensibilities into the Kannada cinema.[62][63]
Mano Murthy scored the blockbuster film Mungaru Male starring Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi. Upon
the album's release, it topped the charts with the song "Anisuthide" receiving significant radio and TV
air time.[64] The album emerged as a massive success topping every Kannada music chart. It was
reported that by mid-May 2007, over 200,000 copies were sold in compact discs.[65]
International recognition
The 1964 movie Naandi set a landmark by being the first ever Kannada film to be screened at an
international film festival.[66][67][68][69] It was screened at IFFI 1992 Kannada cinema Retrospect.[70]
The 1969 movie Uyyale was screened twice at the IFFI retrospect - once in 1992 and again in 2019.[71]
The 1970 movie Samskara won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival[16] The
1977 movie Ghatashraddha which had the distinction of being shown at the Museum of Modern Art,
New York,[72] became the only Indian film to be chosen by the National Archive of Paris among 100
others, during the centenary celebrations of cinema.[73][19] It also won the Ducats Award at the
Manneham Film Festival Germany. At the 2009 International Film Festival of India, it was
announced one of the 20 best films in Indian cinema, having received 1.6 million votes.[74][75] The
1978 movie Ondanondu Kaladalli was released at The Guild Theatre, 50 Rockefeller Plaza on 17 May
1982. Vincent Canby, the chief film critic of The New York Times, called the movie "that is both exotic
as well as surprising in view of all the bodies on the ground at the end, sweet natured!".[76] The film
was subtitled into English for its American premiere on 18 October 1995 in Shriver Hall at the Johns
Hopkins University as part of the 1995 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium "Framing Society : A
Century of Cinema".[77]
The 1987 film Pushpaka Vimana featured retrospectively in the Shanghai International Film Festival
and Whistling Woods Film Festival.[78][79]
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The 1999 film Upendra was screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Japan in
2001.[80] The 1999 movie Deveeri was selected for 18 international film festivals[81] including the
44th London International Film Festival and the Cairo International Film Festival.[82]
The 2000 movie Munnudi was screened at Palm Springs International Film Festival (2002).[83] The
2002 movie Atithi was screened at Cairo International Film Festival.[84] The 2002 movie Dweepa was
screened at the Moscow International Film Festival.[85] The 2004 movie Hasina was screened at
Berlin's Asia Pacific Film Festival. The 2004 movie Bimba was selected for the Bangkok International
Film Festival.[81] The 2006 movie Thutturi won the Best Audience Award at the 9th Dhaka
International Film Festival.[86] and won the Earth Vision Award of 2005-06 at the 15th Tokyo Global
Environmental Film Festival.[87] The 2006 movie Naayi Neralu was screened at six international film
festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Bangkok International Film Festival, Palm
Springs International Film Festival , Osian's Film Festival and the Karachi International Film
Festival. The 2006 movie Care of Footpath was selected for the Kids for Kids Film Festival at Cyprus
and the 2006 film Cyanide was selected for the London Film Festival.[88]
The 2010 movie Kanasemba Kudureyaneri won the NETPAC Award at the Asiatica Film Mediale
(Italy) (2010).[89] The 2011 film Koormavatara was screened in 17 film festivals and won acclaims at
the film festivals of Bangkok, New York and Vancouver.[90] The 2013 movie Lucia premiered at the
London Indian Film Festival on 20 July 2013.[91][92] It won the Best Film Audience Choice award at
the festival.[93] It was also screened at the Zurich Film Festival.[94] The 2015 movie Thithi won
accolades at multiple international film festivals including the 68th Locarno International Film
Festival[95] and the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival.[96] The 2016 movie Railway Children
won the Ecumenical Jury Award (special mention) at Zlín Film Festival.[97][98] The 2016 film
Bombeyaata won three awards at seven International Film Festivals.[99] The 2018 movie
Nathicharami and Balekempa were screened at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.[100] Balekempa
also won the FIPRESCI Award at the 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam.[101] The 2019 movie
Arishadvarga also premiered at the London Indian Film Festival[102][103] followed by the Asian
Premiere at the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival[104] and the North American
Premiere at the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival.[105] The 2019 movie Manaroopa
won 10 awards at various international film festivals including the Best Thriller Film at Out of the Can
International Film Festival at England,[106] Best Experimental Film at the Cafe Irani Chaii
International Film Festival [107] and was officially selected for the Miami Independent Film Festival in
the United States and the Istanbul Film Awards in Turkey.[108]
In the post - pandemic era, Kannada cinema started making waves across the world in several
international film festivals. Pinki Elli? was screened at around 50 International Film Festivals
including the Prague International Film Festival and the Hainan International Film Festival.[109] It
opened the Busan International Film Festival and was screened at Hong Kong International Film
Festival. It won three awards at the New York Indian Film Festival.[110] It also won the Best Film
award at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona 2021.[111] Amruthamathi was screened at ten international
film festivals including Boston Film Festival , Atlanta Film Festival , Austria Film Festival and won
multiple awards.[112][113] Abhilash Shetty's Koli Taal premiered at the 21st New York Indian Film
Festival.[114][115] It was then screened at various film festivals including the 18th Indian Film Festival
of Stuttgart [116] and the 12th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Neeli Hakki was selected for
multiple international Film festivals including the New York Indian Film Festival. Pinni (2020) was
selected in the competition category at the New York Indian Film Festival.[117] Daari Yaavudayya
Vaikunthakke ? won a total of 94 awards [118] including multiple awards at Rajasthan Film Festival
[119] and other international film festivals like Sundance Film Festival,[120] Barcelona, Nawada [121]
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and Golden Sparrow International Film Festivals.[122] Illiralaare Allige Hogalaare won the Director's
Vision Award at the 18th Indian Film Festival of Stuggart.[123] It was earlier screened at the Dhaka
International Film Festival[124] and had won an award at the Rome Film Festival.[125] It also won
award at the Spain International Film Festival in Madrid.[126] Baraguru Ramachandrappa's Mooka
Nayaka won the Best Picture of the Decade Award by competing with movies from different
languages around the globe.[127] Jeevnane Nataka Samy (2021) was screened at Miami International
Film Festival.[128] Avalakki Pavalakki won five awards in various categories at Uravatti International
Film Festival, Indo Global International Film Festival, American Golden Pictures International Film
Festival, Oniros Film Festival and the Sweden Film Festival.[129] Rudri won multiple awards at Oniros
Film Festival,[130] Tagore International Film Festival[131] and the Vindhya International Film
Festival.[132] Naanu Ladies had its world premier at the 16th Tasveer South Asian Film Festival in
Seattle.[133] It went on to win the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Kashish Mumbai
International Queer Film Festival.[134]
Pedro had its world premiere in the New Currents Section at the 26th edition of the Busan
International Film Festival.[135] and was shortlisted for the Directors Fortnight Cannes 2020.[136] It
went on to win the Best Director Award in the Crouching Tigers competition section at the Pingyao
International Film Festival in Shanxi, China.[137] It was also the joint winner of the Montgolfiere
D'Argent Award at the Festival Des 3 Continents, France.[138] It was also screened at the Indian Film
Festival of Los Angeles(IFFLA)[139] and at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.[140]Dollu was
screened at the Dhaka International Film Festival.[141] It was shortlisted for screening at 72nd
Berlinale's European Film Market and the Dallas ft worth South Asian Film Festival (virtual).[142] It
was also screened at the Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival Boston where it won the Best Indian Film
award.[143] It also won the Best Kannada Movie award at Innovative International Film Festival.[144]
Namma Magu received recognition from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).[145]
Taledanda (2022) was selected for London International Film Festival.[146] Koli Esru was selected for
screening at New York Indian Film Festival (2022).[147] Shivamma was selected for Marche du Film
(2022) - the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival.[148][149] It was also screened at the
27th Busan International Film Festival[150] where it won the New Currents Award given to first or
second feature film of a new Asian director.[151][152] It also won the Young Jury Award at the 44th
edition of the Three Continents Festival.[153] It was also selected for screening at the US and
Australian film festivals in 2023.[154] Man Of The Match (2022), produced by Puneeth Rajkumar, was
selected for screening at the 14th New York City Independent Film Festival in the foreign film
category.[155] In 2022, Shuddhi (2017) and Bell Bottom (2019) premiered at the Indian Film Week in
Japan.[156] Vagachi Pani was selected for the co-production market at the film festival in Busan.[157]
Thayi Kastur Gandhi was screened at LA Film Festival[158] and it won the Best Editor award at the
Dallas International Film Festival.[159]1888 was screened at several International film festivals across
the world.[160]
National recognition
The song Baare Baare from the 1972 movie Naagarahaavu was the first slow-motion song of
Indian cinema.[161]
The 1986 movie Anuraga Aralithu was the first Indian movie to be remade in seven other
languages.[162]
The 1986 movie Africadalli Sheela was the first Indian movie to be shot in African forests.[163][164]
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The 1987 movie Ondu Muttina Kathe was the first Indian film to have an underwater action
sequence shot in an ocean outside India without the help of oxygen mask.[165]
The 1989 movie Idu Saadhya created a record by becoming the first Indian movie to be shot
within a span of 36 hours.[166]
The 1995 movie Om is the only Indian movie to have been re-released 550 times.[167][168][169]
The 2005 movie Shanti was the second Indian film to enter the Guinness Book of World Records
in the Fewest actors in a narrative film category. It had only one actor with the other characters
represented through voice and no physical appearance.[170]
The 2006 Kannada movie Mungaru Male was the first Indian movie to run for a year in a
multiplex.[171]
The 2022 film K.G.F: Chapter 2 became the first movie to gross more than ₹400 crores within
India in its opening weekend.[172] It also became the first South Indian movie to gross more than
₹550 crores in its opening weekend.[173]
The 2022 film Kantara collected ₹25.5 crore in its sixth weekend which was reported to be the
highest sixth weekend collection as well as the highest sixth week collection for an Indian
movie.[174]
Awards
State Recognition
Karnataka State Film Awards
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Film schools
The first government institute in India to start technical courses related to films was established in
1941 named as occupational institute then called the Sri Jayachamarajendra (S J) Polytechnic in
Bangalore. In September 1996, two specialised courses, Cinematography and Sound & Television
were separated and the Government Film and Television Institute was started at Hesaraghatta, under
the World Bank Assisted Project for Technician Development in India.[176]
See also
List of Kannada-language films
Media in Karnataka
Cinema of India
Media of India
List of Kannada film actresses
List of highest-grossing Kannada films
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