<p>Addressing media persons at the screening organised by Journalist Study Centre, he said that most of the commercial films are ‘Formula films’ as they use a common formula to gain success. <br /><br />However, art films have their own richness and flavour, he said.<br />Speaking about his new film Bettada Jeeva based on the novel written by Shivram Karanth, he said that the movie was challenging as the novel had no story as such and it was just about different sequences unfolding before the reader. “We had to put in a lot of effort to create visuals for the script,” he said and also added that as the movie was timed in the pre independence era and a lot of travelling had to be done on paths less travelled, to get the perfect visuals untouched with today’s technology and modernisation.<br /><br />He also said that though the movie is revolved around the characters Karanth has written in the novel, he has portrayed the movie as he has understood it. “As a film maker, it is not necessary to translate the novel into the movie, the director has his freedom to incorporate his views,” he said.<br /><br />The film that has won the best environmental film award at the national awards is a visual treat with the camera eye capturing the scenic beauty of Dakshina Kannada. The shooting for the movie started around last September and was completed by December.<br />The film has been sent to the ‘Palm Film Festival,’ USA, and other film festivals at Canada, Vancouver and also Indian film festivals.<br /><br />Protagonist of the movie, veteran actor Dattatreya who has portrayed the character of Gopalaiah says that it was not challenging to do the role as all the challenges were sorted at the scripting level by the hard working Director. However, it was physically challenging as I had to do a lot of running around in the forest, he smiles. He also appreciates the director for capturing the insight of the novel in the movie.<br /><br />The movie has run successfully in Bangalore and is now before the Mangalore audience at Big Cinemas.<br /></p>
<p>Addressing media persons at the screening organised by Journalist Study Centre, he said that most of the commercial films are ‘Formula films’ as they use a common formula to gain success. <br /><br />However, art films have their own richness and flavour, he said.<br />Speaking about his new film Bettada Jeeva based on the novel written by Shivram Karanth, he said that the movie was challenging as the novel had no story as such and it was just about different sequences unfolding before the reader. “We had to put in a lot of effort to create visuals for the script,” he said and also added that as the movie was timed in the pre independence era and a lot of travelling had to be done on paths less travelled, to get the perfect visuals untouched with today’s technology and modernisation.<br /><br />He also said that though the movie is revolved around the characters Karanth has written in the novel, he has portrayed the movie as he has understood it. “As a film maker, it is not necessary to translate the novel into the movie, the director has his freedom to incorporate his views,” he said.<br /><br />The film that has won the best environmental film award at the national awards is a visual treat with the camera eye capturing the scenic beauty of Dakshina Kannada. The shooting for the movie started around last September and was completed by December.<br />The film has been sent to the ‘Palm Film Festival,’ USA, and other film festivals at Canada, Vancouver and also Indian film festivals.<br /><br />Protagonist of the movie, veteran actor Dattatreya who has portrayed the character of Gopalaiah says that it was not challenging to do the role as all the challenges were sorted at the scripting level by the hard working Director. However, it was physically challenging as I had to do a lot of running around in the forest, he smiles. He also appreciates the director for capturing the insight of the novel in the movie.<br /><br />The movie has run successfully in Bangalore and is now before the Mangalore audience at Big Cinemas.<br /></p>
