B.V. Karanth

Kaanooru Heggadithi (1999)

Subbamma (Tara), third wife of Chandre Gowda (Girish Karnad), is a rebellious mistress of the household and encourages sporadic acts of defiance against men from among her women friends. ...

Bhagavad Gita (1993)

An adaptation of the Hindu religious book Bhagavat Gita, an epic centering around two families and their fight for the throne. ...

World Within, World Without (1991)

When the elderly mother of a Kolkata middle-class family commits suicide, no one has the courage to read the old woman's diary. When the eldest son returns from Germany, his anxious questioning brings to light the disorientation experienced by the family a ...

Giddh: The Vulture (1984)

In a remote village at Karnataka-Maharashtra border in India, the poor residents follow Devdasi tradition according to which young girls are given up in the service of Goddess Yellamma. ...

Phaniyamma (1983)

Based on a true story, the film depicts the life story of a child widow who grows up facing the unkind treatment that society metes out to such women. Yet, she shows exceptional kindness to others. ...

Adi Shankaracharya (1983)

The movie follows the life and times of Sankara - the founder of the non-duality (Advaita) school of Indian philosophy. ...

The Case Is Closed (1982)

​A pre-teenager servant boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night in the kitchen. The happy household is suddenly thrown into a psychological trauma. Torn between a sense of guilt and fear of a police case and consequently scandal, the ...

Akramana (1979)

And Quiet Rolls the Dawn (1979)

The bread-winning daughter in a middle-class family fails to return from work one evening. The saga begins with worries at home, followed by midnight searches and finally a deepening crisis arising out of economic and moral constraints prevalent in the soc ...

Arivu (1979)

A shy, pretty new teacher arrives at a rural boys' elementary school. ...

The Man with the Axe (1979)

After being accused wrongly of theft, a slightly addled servant runs away to the city, carrying as his only real possession an axe, which he claims to have killed a tiger with. He takes up life among India's throngs of city-dwelling homeless, and for a lit ...

The Ritual (1977)

A young brahmin boy studying in a village away from home and a young widow isolated by her condition form a bond. ...

Kanneshwara Rama (1977)

Set in 1920s India, the story follows Kanneshwara Rama, a defiant peasant who becomes a legendary outlaw after confronting local injustice. After a prison stint where he encounters Gandhi's followers, he joins and eventually leads a group of bandits, becom ...

Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane (1977)

The movie explores the cultural problems experienced by an American woman, newly married to an Indian, adjusting to Indian norms and customs. It depicts a modern man who studies agriculture in the United States, returns to India with an American wife with ...

Hamsageethe (1975)

Venkatasubbaiyya's master asks him to compose a musical masterpiece before his death. However, Venkatasubbaiyya's failure to handle fame lands him in trouble. ...

Chomana Dudi (1975)

Choma is an untouchable bonded-labourer in a village who is working along with his family for a landlord, as he belongs to a backward class. Due to his social status, he is not allowed to till his own land, something that he desires most. Though he managed ...

Kaadu (1973)

A rural drama about the rivalry between two villages as seen through the eyes of a young boy, Kitti. ...

Vamsha Vriksha (1971)

Through the story of a young widow who is devoted to her father-in-law but also desires to remarry the film portrays evolving Indian attitudes towards women's roles in society. ...

Avasthe (1987)

1987 Kannada political drama film directed and co-produced by Krishna Masadi and is based on the novel written by the acclaimed writer U. R. Ananthamurthy. The film starred Anant Nag in the lead role along with a host of real-time politicians like J. H. Pa ...

Bhumika (1977)

In a world that both glamorizes and patronizes her, a successful film star begins to unravel under the weight of the roles imposed upon her, drifting between studios and her personal life as she spirals into an identity crisis. ...

Kanneshwara Rama (1977)

Set in 1920s India, the story follows Kanneshwara Rama, a defiant peasant who becomes a legendary outlaw after confronting local injustice. After a prison stint where he encounters Gandhi's followers, he joins and eventually leads a group of bandits, becom ...

Hamsageethe (1975)

Venkatasubbaiyya's master asks him to compose a musical masterpiece before his death. However, Venkatasubbaiyya's failure to handle fame lands him in trouble. ...

Vamsha Vriksha (1971)

Through the story of a young widow who is devoted to her father-in-law but also desires to remarry the film portrays evolving Indian attitudes towards women's roles in society. ...