BIOGRAPHY

Girish Kasaravalli graduated from FTII Pune in 1975, with a specialization in 'film direction'. The world of Kurosawa, Ray, Ozu, Fellini and Antonioni inspired him and his conviction in neo-realist cinema deepened.

His first film as an independent director was Ghatashraddha in 1977, which won him the Golden lotus, and also won a few international awards. He won his second Golden Lotus for Tabarana Kathe in 1987. Considered as one of the best-edited films in India, the film deals with the futile efforts of a retired government servant to earn his pension. In 1997, he came up with, Thaayi Saheba which won him his third Golden Lotus award. Thaayi Saheba is considered to be the most mature work of the director, dealing with the transition in the Indian socitey from the pre independence to the post independence periods. He repeated his success with Dweepa in 2002 starring late actress Soundarya. This film won his fourth Golden Lotus award. Dweepa was different from his earlier films. His last film Naayi Neralu dealt with a very intense and bizarre concept of reincarnation, based on the novel with the same name by S.L. Bhyrappa, Girish Kasaravalli has given a different interpretation of the subject. The International Film Festival of Rotterdam held a retrospective of Girish Kasaravalli's films in 2003.

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