Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
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written, directed and produced by Arvind Kamath, under the banner Kanasu Talkies. The film is a tale of lust, anger, love, greed, power, jealousy, mistaken identity and individual deficiencies. It’s a fatalistic noir tale of one man’s vain struggle to escape his own limitations, unfortunately, an impossibility in the world of noir. The film stars Avinash, Samyukta Hornad, Nanda Gopal, Mahesh Bung, Anju Alva Naik, Gopalkrishna Deshpande, Aravind Kuplikar, Sudha Belawadi, M.G Sathya, and Sripathi Manjanabayalu in prominent roles. The film had its
world premiere
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at
London Indian Film Festival
London Indian Film Festival is a film festival established in 2010 to showcase Indian independent film.Avinash as Manjunath Bhat, a film producer
* Samyukta Hornad as Saakshi Rao, an aspiring actress
* Nanda Gopal as Ashok Kalburgi, Police Inspector
* Mahesh Bung as Anish Urs, an aspiring actor
* Anju Alva Naik as Kruthi Bhat, a film editor
* Aravind Kuplikar as Karthik, an aspiring film director
* Gopalkrishna Deshpande as Bheemsen Joshi, an auto-rickshaw driver
* Sripathi Manjanabailu as Raajanna, Head Constable
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Udit Haritas ("Agnata") and this is his first feature film.
Songs
Reception
The film opened up to positive reviews at the London Indian Film Festival. Josh Hurtado a popular critic who writes about Indian films stated "Arishadvarga is a Labyrinthine Thriller Full of Surprises".
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'' wrote, "With Nathicharami and now this, Kannada cinema seems to have leapfrogged over other industries in terms of bridging the gap between (relatively) older women and lust."