| Chigurida Kanasu | |
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| Directed by | T. S. Nagabharana |
| Written by | Dr. Shivaram Karanth |
| Screenplay by | T. S. Nagabharana Jayant Kaikini |
| Produced by | Parvathamma Rajkumar |
| Starring | Shiva Rajkumar Anant Nag Avinash Vidhya Venkatesh Rekha Unnikrishnan |
| Cinematography | B. C. Gowrishankar |
| Edited by | S. Manohar |
| Music by | V. Manohar |
| Distributed by | Sri Vajreshwari Films |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Chigurida Kanasu (transl. Sprouted Dream) is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language film directed by T. S. Nagabharana and starring Shiva Rajkumar, Anant Nag, Vidhya Venkatesh, Rekha Unnikrishnan and Avinash. It is based on the 1951 novel of the same name by legendary Kannada litterateur and Jnanpith Award winner K. Shivaram Karanth.
The film was considered one of finest movies in the history of Kannada cinema. It is a milestone movie in the career of Shiva Rajkumar. Jayant Kaikini debuted as a lyricist, with his first song Bandhuve sung by the legendary Dr. Rajkumar. Kaikini would go on to become a very successful and popular lyricist in the Kannada film industry.
The story and characterisation of the lead role - an urban youth in search of his roots giving up his city life and deciding to stay back in a remote village and setting up a micro hydroelectric project to generate electricity for the benefit of the villagers - went on to be used in the 2004 Hindi movie Swades.[1][2][3][4][5]
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