Chigurida Kanasu
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| Directed by | T. S. Nagabharana |
| Produced by | Parvathamma Rajkumar |
| Written by | Shivaram Karanth |
| Screenplay by | T. S. Nagabharana Jayant Kaikini |
| Starring |
Shiva Rajkumar Avinash Vidhya Venkatesh Rekha Unnikrishnan |
| Music by | V. Manohar |
| Cinematography | B. C. Gowrishankar |
| Edited by | S. Manohar |
| Distributed by | Sri Vajreshwari Films |
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154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
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| Soundtrack album by V. Manohar | |
| Released |
2003
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Chigurida Kanasu (Kannada: ಚಿಗುರಿದ ಕನಸು) is a 2003 Indian Kannada film directed by T. S. Nagabharana, starring Shiva Rajkumar, Rekha Unnikrishnan and Avinash in pivotal roles. It is based on a novel of the same name by Shivaram Karanth, a Jnanpith Award winner. This was remade in Hindi as 'Swades' with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role, produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.
B. Shankar (Shivaraj Kumar) is born and raised in Delhi. He will be studying Engineering at the Banaras Hindu University. He has a doting father B. Sundara Rao(Anant Nag) and a loud, annoying and a threatening mother. Shankar has a younger brother, a pilot. Shankar is content with his life, but something in his heart tells him this is not where he belongs. Shankar’s girlfriend (who lives in Delhi) Varalakshmi (Vidhya Venkatesh) is a Kannadati. His college friend Seetharam(Raju Ananthaswamy) from Karnataka, teaches him Kannada to talk with Varalakshmi. When Shankar returns to Delhi, his mother plans to marry him off and he reluctantly agrees to meet his bride-to-be. In the party, During the conversation he realizes the letter "B" in his name is for "Bangaadi". But he doesn't know whether Bangaadi is a person or a town, and is curious about its significance. When Shankar is speaking in Kannada with his brother over the phone for fun, his father hears it. And his father says, "Speak in Kannada, my son. It has been so long since I have heard that language". Then, Shankar discovers he is a Kannadiga and is happy that he's at least found his Origin. His father confesses that his father (Shankar's Grandfather) abandoned his native but he didn't try to go back even once. Shankar wants to discover his native.
So, Shankar visits Seethram's Home. There he realizes that Bangaadi is a small village near Seethram's home. Then, he plans to visit Bangaadi. There, Shankar meets his grand-aunt, an old, frail woman who is delighted to see her brother (Shankar's Grandfather) reincarnated before her eyes. She tells the story of her life, and what led Shankar’s grandfather to flee. She shows him their family's land and asks him to help rebuild their house, which has fallen into disrepair. Shankar's grand-aunt's master, Shaanbog, Avinash) resents his arrival after all these years. He had a young, cheerful daughter Srimathi(Rekha Unnikrishnan), who teaches Kannada to the small kids around. Shankar seriously thinks about his grand-aunt's words.
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