Kannada Films ‘BJ’ And ‘Hejjegalu’ Launched, Based On Novels
October 15th, 2010 - 7:28 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 14, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce Basanthkumar Patil launched two Kannada films last Sunday. One of the two films is titled Bettada Jeeva and the other is Hejjegalu.
Bettada Jeeva is based on a novel by Jnanapeeth Award winner Dr Shivarama Karanth. It was written 78 years ago and now it will be directed into a Kannada film by director P Seshadri. Hejjegalu is a children film and award winning director P Ramdas Naidu will be directing it.
Speaking on the occasion, Basanthkumar Patil was quoted saying that he is extremely blessed because the event has been attended by Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murthy. He was also happy because the films are launching on 108 birth anniversary of Dr Shivarama Karanth.
Director P Seshadri, who has won awards for continuous six films at the state as well as national level, said that he is taking the challenge of a directing a movie on a 78 year old novel when he is just 48 years old. He is searching for a house in Puttur taluk of Dakshin Kannada district for taking shots for his film, which is based on the backdrop of quit India movement.
Baby Prakruthi plays the central in the children film Hejjegalu.
– Sampurn Wire
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