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2008 Indian film
Gaggara
Poster
Directed byShivadhwaj Shetty
Produced byM. Durganand
StarringSuchendra Prasad
Jayasheela
Production
company		D M Cine Creations
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
CountryIndia
LanguageTulu
Budget₹11 lakhs

Gaggara is a 2008 Indian Tulu-language drama film directed by Shivadhwaj Shetty and starring Suchendra Prasad and Jayasheela. The film is based on Bhoothakola, and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tulu. The film was notably the first Tulu film to be screened at the International Film Festival of India in 2009 and the Bengaluru International Film Festival in 2011.

Plot

Shankara is the son of a Kola performer, which has become a dying tradition. He is a government school teacher and is hesitant to perform the ritual since the modern day society shuns the Kola community (who are considered untouchables). He is from a poor family and his father is a drunkard who wastes money.

Eventually, Shankara performs Kola for the first time in order to keep the dying tradition alive.

Cast

Source

Production

The film was shot in seven days in Palli, a village near Karkala in Udupi district.

Release

Upon release, the film was a box office failure due to being a socially oriented film. The film was not released on CDs.

References

  1. ^ B. M., Darshan (2020). "Ethnography in Tulu Films: An analysis of the film 'Gaggara'". Global Journal for Research Analysis: 612–613 – via ResearchGate.
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  3. "Mangaluru: Special screening of 'Koramma' Tulu film to be held on Feb 25". Daijiworld Media. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. "Sheshadri does it again". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. "Who leaked IFFI list?". Bangalore Mirror. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Tulu film makes entry into BIFFES". The New Indian Express. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  7. ^ Anisha Sheth (20 May 2011). "Comedy flick may set a trend". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

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