This was a game-changing Kannada movie with Shankar Nag (of Malgudi Days fame) in the lead. Transalated it means Once Upon a Time and it was directed by Girish Karnad. The movie was set in the good old days of bows and arrows and thank god to honest film making, didnt let their imagination fly too off the target.
"A haunting movie that reverberated deep in my psyche. I saw this movie as young boy. And still can here the sound of jungle and its lush settings. The songs in the movie were 'minimalist" as are the costumes. These and many other cameos in the film enrich the rural/tropical village/jungle background so clearly. I remember the simple food that the two children bring to Shankar Nag in a leaf, which clearly adds to the subtle aura of the dated period setting in the film."
This role was so well executed that SN repeated a similar role in Rekha starrer 'Utsav'.
There is one fight with the weapon urumi. If that's not world class, nothing is.
This role was so well executed that SN repeated a similar role in Rekha starrer 'Utsav'.
There is one fight with the weapon urumi. If that's not world class, nothing is.
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