Girish Kasaravalli

Directing

December 3, 1950

India

3 movies

Biography

Girish Kasaravalli is an Indian film director, in the Kannada cinema, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema. Known internationally for his works, Kasaravalli has garnered fourteen National Film Awards, including four Best Feature Films; Ghatashraddha (1977), Tabarana Kathe (1986), Thaayi Saheba (1997) and Dweepa (2002). In 2011, he was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award by Government of India.

🎬 Girish Kasaravalli's Filmography

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A documentary on eminent film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan by Girish Kasaravalli.

Images | Reflections

2015

7.0

Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He built the archive can by can in a country where the archiving of cinema was considered unimportant.

Celluloid Man

2012

Life in Metaphors: A Portrait of Girish Kasaravalli is a collection of portraits sketched by colleagues, friends, family, filmmakers, and film critics, providing insights into the intricate layers of Kasaravalli's cinema and exploring the nuances of his films and their metaphors.

Life in Metaphors: A Portrait of Girish Kasaravalli

2015