''Nathicharami'' is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language film written by Sandhya Rani, directed by Manjunatha Somashekara Reddy (Mansore) and produced by M. Ramesh, under the banner Tejaswini Enterprises. Jaganmohan Reddy and Shivkumar Reddy are the other producers. The music of the film is scored by

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. The film stars

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and Sanchari Vijay with Sharanya, Poornachandra Mysore, Balaji Manohar and Gopal Deshpande in key roles. The sound design is done by Mahavir Sabbanavar and cinematography by Guruprasad Narnad. Manasa Mustafa has designed the costumes for the film. The film had its world premiere in the India Story category and was nominated for the

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Best film on Gender Equality Award at the 20th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Nathicharami won five awards at the

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in 2019. National Award For Best Female Playback Singer went to

for the song ''Mayaavi manave'', Best Lyricist National Award for Manjunath S for the same song and Best editing national award went to Nagendra K Ujjani. The movie also won best Kannada film for the year.

Shruthi Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Kannada language films. She debuted in a 2012 Malayalam film, ''Cinema Company'', and her first film in the Kannada cinema industry was '' Lucia' ...

got special mention jury award for her performance.

Synopsis

Nathicharami is about Gowri whose life is perplexed between her physical desires and emotional beliefs. The film narrates the struggles of the protagonist in a society that believes physical desires can only be followed by a nuptial. She is stuck in her ordinary life with people from her daily life pattern who talk about their notions that are in contrary to the other. Finally, when she feels that she has overcome her ambiguity, the situation takes a leap. The film also brings the audience's attention towards the nuances women from different walks of life face.

Cast

as Gowri * Sanchari Vijay as Suresh * Sharanya as Suma * Poornachandra Mysore as Mahesh * Balaji Manohar as Carvalho (Psychiatrist) * Gopal Deshpande as Ravi * Shantala as Jayamma * Vallabha as Abhimanyu * Greeshma Shridhar * Harshil Koushik * Dr. Seetha Kote * Kalagangotri Manju * Pradeep Shivamogga * K J Pavan

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtracks are composed by Bindhu Malini.

Accolades

References

External links

* * * {{National Film Award Best Feature Film Kannada Films whose editor won the Best Film Editing National Award Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners 2010s Kannada-language films