Shanti (film)
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Bhavana, playing the role of Shanti in the film
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| Directed by | Baraguru Ramachandrappa |
| Produced by | Ramesh Yadav |
| Screenplay by | Baraguru Ramachandrappa |
| Story by | Baraguru Ramachandrappa |
| Starring | Bhavana |
| Music by | Hamsalekha |
| Cinematography | Nagaraj Adavani |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Distributed by | Ramesh Yadav Movies |
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120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Shanti (Kannada: ಶಾಂತಿ, English: Peace) is a film in the Kannada language directed by renowned Kannada writer and director Baraguru Ramachandrappa. The film features only a single actor and hence has found an entry in the Guinness World Records in the category Fewest actors in a narrative film.Bhavana (Not to be confused with the Malayalam actress of the same name) is the only actress in this film and there are no other actors.
Baraguru Ramachandrappa decided to direct this film to portray different faces of peace by juxtaposing symbolism and monologues. The main theme of the film is to explore the various ways to fight terrorism without any compromise with the human values promoted by the United Nations. The UN was used as a vital aspect in the film since Baragur feels that it is a world body that has created two contradicting influences of war and peace. Baragur indicates that though this was sort of an experiment, experimentation was not the main motivation for producing this film. Rather than the concept, more focus has been given on the creative aspects of the theme. A female character was chosen as the sole actress in the film since peace is generally considered feminine whereas war is more masculine. The film does not end with a moral, something uncommon among Indian movies. This is because Baraguru wanted the audience to start off a discussion to weigh the pros and cons of war against peace.
Bhavana is the sole actor. The other characters in the film were only represented by symbols and voices. A dove in the film is used as a symbol for peace and guns are used to portray war and terror. A voice over the telephone represents a character called as Samara (a term that means war in Kannada). In the film, Bhavana had to wear dresses to portray Mahatma Gandhi and the Buddha, the ambassadors of peace. The other crew members include Ramesh Yadav - the producer, Hamsalekha - the music director, Suresh Urs - the editor and Nagaraja Adavani - the cameraman. Apart from direction, Baraguru has also written the screenplay for the film which he indicates was a tough task as he could not compromise on logic and reasoning while accommodating ideological issues. Baraguru who was a professor of Kannada in the Bangalore University is a well known personality in the Kannada literary field since he has held high positions like the chairman of Kannada Development Authority. The film was entirely shot in the vicinity of the Nalknad Palace in the Kodagu district of Karnataka.
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