Bettada Jeeva (2011)
1h 40m
Running Time
June 17, 2011Release Date
Plot.
The story happens in around early forties. A young freedom fighter Shivaramu, lost in jungle while he travels to a place near subramanya, meets two villagers called Deranna and Bhatya. They advice Shivaramu to stay in the house of Gopalayya, a Brahmin living with his wife Shankaramma in Kelabailu. The couple treats Shivaramu well and asks him to stay for couple of more days. They express that their son Shambhu had left them years back. They treat Shivaramu as their own son. During the stay, Gopalayya narrates the story of his past. Recalls his hardworking days of making a beautiful crop field beside mountain. Shivaramu slowly gets clear introduction to the legendary personality of Gopalayya. Shivaramu gets more curious at his attitude of fighting against nature to build his dreams in a place called Katumule.
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Cast & Crew.
Suchendra Prasad
Shivaramu
Rameshwari Varma
Shankaramma
Rajkumar Kasireddy
Gopalaiah
H. G. Dattatreya
Gopalaiah
Lakshmihegde
Lakshmi
Prabhudev
Narayana
P. Sheshadri
Director
Basanta Kumar Patil
Producer
V. Manohar
Music
Anant Urs
Cinematography
Gopalakrishna Pai
Writer
B.S. Kemparaju
Editor
K. Shivaram Karanth
Original Story
Details.
Wiki.
Bettada Jeeva is a National Award-winning (2011) Kannada film directed by P. Sheshadri starring H. G. Dattatreya, Suchendra Prasad, Rameshwari Varma and others. The story is based on Jnanpith awardee K. Shivaram Karanth's novel. It depicts the tradition of people living in remote areas of Western Ghats during pre-Independence days in India.
The movie was awarded the National Award for Best Film On Nature Conservation.
It is to be noted that the collaboration between P. Shashadri and H. G. Dattatreya continued after several films. The pair would continue this stint in future films too.
This is often compared to the famed duo collaboration between Christopher Nolan and Michael Caine, where Nolan has called Caine to be his lucky charm.
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