''Koli Esru'' () is a 2024 Indian

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 ...

-language drama film based on the story ''Huchheeri Esarina Prasanga'' by K T Chikkanna. Akshatha Pandavpura, Apeksha Nagaraj Chornahalli, Natana Manju, Prakash Shetty and Dakshayani N feature in lead roles. The full is jointly produced by Vanaja Vaman Rao, Sujatha Gopinath, M.G.Satya Prasad, Gouramma, Harish Komme, Mahesh Togata, Prathap R Mendon, Dileep Shetty, Vandana Inamdaar, Venu Hennur, Geetha Surathkal, Dr. Radhakrishna Ural and Prakash P Shetty under the banner Apron Productions. The film was released in theatres across Karnataka on 26 January 2024.

Plot

Based on a short story by K T Chikkanna, the film is set in the 1980s. Koli Esru is the story of a poor Huchheeri who makes tremendous sacrifices and undergoes great difficulties just to give her beloved ten-year-old daughter a taste of chicken curry. Deprived of motherly love at a tender age, Huchheeri is married off by her step-mother to a drunkard, separating her from her loving father and idyllic village. Huchheeri's daughter informs her of chicken curry being prepared at the Chieftain's home. Huchheeri cooks some rice in hopes of getting some chicken curry to fulfill her daughter's craving just once. Since she had lost her mother at a very young age, she would undergo any hardship to make her ten year old happy. But, will she be successful? The narration of events that happens in a span of 24 hours in Hucheeri's life is a larger story of both traditional and modern women's struggles who have had to fight injustice just to survive in spite of patriarchal and societal pressures.

Cast

*Akshatha Pandavpura as Huchheeri *Apeksha Nagaraj Chornahalli as Lachhu *Natana Manju as Gende Kala *Prakash Shetty as Hucheri's Husband *Dakshayani N as Chikkirid

Film festival selections

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*Indo German Film Week * Indian Film Festival of Melbourne *International Film Festival of Irinjalakuda *International Film Festival of Thrissur *Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival *Ottawa Indian Film Festival *

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*Nitte International Film Festival

Awards

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, Best Film (Chitrabharati Award) , , , - , 2023 , Ottawa Indian Film Festival , Best Director, Best Actress , , , - , 2023 , Indian Film Festival of Melbourne , Best Actress , ,

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 31106876 2020s Kannada-language films 2020s Indian films Indian drama films