Directed by Girish Kasaravalli, the film is set in the late 1990s among the fishing communities around Kundapura, Karnataka. The impulsive midwife Gulabi (Umashree) is the protagonist, whose only passion is cinema. The arrival of the first colour TV in her small island village heralds great changes in the sleepy hamlet. The Kargil War of 1999 and the rise of communalism in Karnataka provide the backdrop. The film that premiered at the Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in New Delhi in 2008 had won the Best Film and Best Actress awards in the Indian Competition section. The film will be shown in Bangalore on 10 and 11 July as part of Chitravarsha—a weekend screening of award winning Kannada films.
Gulabi Takies, 10 and 11 July, Suchitra Cinema and Cultural academy, Bangalore. For more information, call 080 2699 6259/97435 31223 or email chitrasamooha@gmail.com
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