Koormavatara

Koormavatara
Directed byGirish Kasaravalli
Written byKum. Veerabhadrappa
Screenplay byGirish Kasaravalli
Produced byBasanthkumar Patil
StarringDr. Shikaripura Krishnamurthy
Jayanthi
Apurva Kasaravalli
CinematographyG.S. Bhaskar
Edited byM. N. Swamy
Music byIsaac Thomas Kottukapally
Production
company
Basanth Productions
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Koormavatara (Kannada: ಕೂರ್ಮಾವತಾರ) is a 2011 Indian Kannada drama film directed by Girish Kasaravalli, based on short story of the same name written by Kum. Veerabhadrappa. It stars Shikaripura Krishnamurthy, Jayanthi and Apoorva Kasaravalli in the lead roles, and Harish Raj, Cheswa, Rashmi Sumukha, Goa Dattu and Sumukha Bharadwaj feature in supporting roles. The story revolves around a government employee cast in a play to portray Mahatma Gandhi, who, on course, realizes that playing Gandhi is easier than imbibing and implementing his principles in real-life.

The film was screened in 17 film festivals and won acclaims Bangkok, New York and Vancouver.[1] At the 59th National Film Awards, it was awarded the Best Feature Film in Kannada.[2]

  1. ^ Suresh, Sunayana (27 October 2012). "'Kurmavatara' in 17 film festivals". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Girish Kasaravalli wins his 12th National Award with Kurmavatara". Rediff.com. 27 March 2012.