indian parallel cinema Girish Kasaravalli Presently, Girish Kasaravalli stands out to be the only filmmaker in the highly commercialised Kannada film industry to take forward the legacy of Pattabhi Rama Reddy and B V Karanth who started a strong parallel cinema movement, which once was a strong contender to Malayalam and Bengali cinema. A gold medallist from the Pune Film Institute, Kasaravalli made his first film Ghata Shradha in 1977, which won him the National award for best film. Filmography: Ghata Shradhdha (The Ritual-1977) Akramana (The Siege-1979) Mooru Dhaarigalu (Three Paths-1981) Tabarana Kathe (The Story of Tabara-1987) Bannadha Vesha (The Mask-1989) Mane (The House-1989) Kraurya (Cruelty-1996) Taayi Saaheba (1998) Dweepa (The Island-2002) Haseena (2005) Nayi Neralu (The Shadow of dog-2006) | Home | Mail | www.chaosmag.in: For detailed filmography of Girish Kasaravalli | History of Indian Cinema | Indian Parallel Cinema | History of Malayalam Cinema | | Malayalam Parallel Cinema | Malayalam Middle-Stream Cinema | | Malayalam Cinema Database |