BETTADA JEEVA
Showing at Trishul Cinema, Davangere
Show Timings: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
on 13th and 14th of August, 2011 (Saturday and Sunday)
Ticket Price: Balcony:Rs.150 and First Class:Rs.125
(The money collected goes to Karuna Jeeva Kalyana Trust to support the education of economically challenged girl-children and to support 'Arivu' campaign)
Critics' Rating:
(http://popcorn.oneindia.in)
A movie full of life
The movie, based on Jnanpith awardee K Shivaram Karanth's novel, is a treat for the eyes and music to the ears. No surprise, `Bettada Jeeva' bagged the best environmental film award at the national level and director Sheshadri won laurels for excellently weaving the greenery of Western Ghats into the story with brilliant narration.
The story is centered around a revolutionary youth Shivaramu (Suchendra Prasad) who visits the house of aged couple Gopalaiah (Dattanna) and Shankari (Rameshwari Verma) in Kelabailu. Shivaramu is moved by their hospitality and wins their heart and trust. The couple, though, have a worry. Their son Kelebailu Shambhu Bhatta left home for Bombay and hasn't returned. They seek the youth's help to locate him. They also tell him the circumstances that led to their son leaving home.
The second part of the story captures the traditions of the area where people live amid elephants and tigers. We have kola, a ritual dance, and karpu, a tiger trap, beautifully entwined into the story.
The movie also tells about the inhabitants' ignorance on the freedom movement and Mahatma Gandhi. It deals with people who are content with a life engaged in farming and making enough money to put food on their plates.
The second part of the story captures the traditions of the area where people live amid elephants and tigers. We have kola, a ritual dance, and karpu, a tiger trap, beautifully entwined into the story.
The movie also tells about the inhabitants' ignorance on the freedom movement and Mahatma Gandhi. It deals with people who are content with a life engaged in farming and making enough money to put food on their plates.
PUTTAKKANA HIGHWAY
Showing at Trinetra Cinema, Davangere
Show Timings: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
on 13th and 14th of August, 2011 (Saturday and Sunday)
Ticket Price: Balcony:Rs.150 and First Class:Rs.125
(The money collected goes to Karuna Jeeva Kalyana Trust to support the education of economically challenged girl-children and to support 'Arivu' campaign)
Critics' Rating:
(Times of India)
A highway to gold
The movie, directed by B Suresha, has won the National Award for Best Regional Film. The director has touched upon a contemporary subject of land acquisition for development of a highway. Armed with a lively script, Suresha has narrated the story in such a way the viewer can identify with the characters.
The story has all the elements necessary to strike the right chord with the audience. There is fun, sentiment, ridicule, anxiety and disappointment for the audience, who are given an insight into the darker side of land acquisition and the guile of politicians who fool people in the name of development.
The story takes place in Bislahalli, a remote village where people make a living through farming. They are content, till the government announces its decision to acquire land for the proposed State Highway 108. While people like Madu (Achuth Kumar) take it positively -- he opens a hotel called `Yiganeshwara Highway Hotel' -- others take to the streets.
Puttakka has four acres of agricultural land, where she had buried her husband and is adamant that she won't give up the land for the highway. She goes to Bangalore to meet the chief minister, where she has a bitter experience. Disappointed, Puttakka returns to the village only to see that a bridge has been built on her land. A shocked Puttakka gets to know the realities of development when she sees her daughter getting into prostitution. The rest is how people become helpless when it comes to development.
The story has all the elements necessary to strike the right chord with the audience. There is fun, sentiment, ridicule, anxiety and disappointment for the audience, who are given an insight into the darker side of land acquisition and the guile of politicians who fool people in the name of development.
The story takes place in Bislahalli, a remote village where people make a living through farming. They are content, till the government announces its decision to acquire land for the proposed State Highway 108. While people like Madu (Achuth Kumar) take it positively -- he opens a hotel called `Yiganeshwara Highway Hotel' -- others take to the streets.
Puttakka has four acres of agricultural land, where she had buried her husband and is adamant that she won't give up the land for the highway. She goes to Bangalore to meet the chief minister, where she has a bitter experience. Disappointed, Puttakka returns to the village only to see that a bridge has been built on her land. A shocked Puttakka gets to know the realities of development when she sees her daughter getting into prostitution. The rest is how people become helpless when it comes to development.
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