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ಚಿರತೆ ಬಂತು ಚಿರತೆ | Chirate Bantu Chirate
Live and Let Live
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120 mins | Kannada with English Subtitles | 2022
The content of the film is based on the phenomenon of symbiosis which exists in Nature right from the creation of the Universe. This concept depicts the theory of coexistence and Live and Let Live among living beings.
The story was inspired by an ancient stone sculpture that exists on the bank of river, Tungabhadra, flowing near Sringeri. The sculpture depicts the protection of a pregnant frog by a poisonous cobra. The cobra spreads its hood above the frog, shielding her from the harsh sun. This way, the predator protects its prey.
The Protagonist Parthappa, is an educated person who by circumstantial compulsions is forced to take up agriculture in a remote village in Karnataka. The film opens with the announcement of leopard attack on one of the bullocks belonging to Madappa, a rich farmer and one of the headmen in the village. Madappa insists that Parthappa to shoot and kill the leopard, with the licensed gun he had inherited from his father. Parthappa is reluctant to kill the leopard and tries his best to convince the villagers, by explaining the consequences. As the pressure to shoot the leopard mounts, Parthappa thinks of ways to protect it.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with the Director, CR Krishnamurthy, Producer, Jagadish Malnad and Actor & Activist, Mohan Rao.
Speakers
C R Krishnamurthy
A native of Chamaraja Nagar, C R Krishnamurthy is a theatre veteran of more than five decades. He has dramatized, translated, written and directed several popular plays in English and Kannada. He has conducted many theatre workshops to encourage young artists and technicians. He has worked in the Tamil Film Industry as a Sound Engineer. Chirate Bantu Chirate is his first directorial venture.
Jagadish Malnad
Having worked as an actor, backstage support, production management, etc, he started work in film production as a Production Controller, Manager, Executive Producer, then as Producer in the past 40 years. He has handled production for BBC, National Geographic, Malgudi Days (a TV show) and several feature films. Nighooda Rahasya, a movie with the late Shankar Nag was produced by him. At present, he is acting in Kannada feature films, and has acted in more than 1500 TV show episodes.
Mohan Rao
Mohan Rao Harnahalli started his theatre activity in 1980 as an actor and acted in several many dramas post 1984. He has written plays such as Karimandi, Jaatre and Gagan. He has won national awards as an Actor, Director and a Playwright.
