''Ujwaadu'' (Light) is a 2011
Konkani film directed by Kasargod Chinna and produced by KJ Dhananjaya and Anuradha Padiyar as the third film ever produced in the GSB
Konkani language
Konkani, (Devanagari: , Konkani in the Roman script, Romi: , Kannada script, Kannada: , Koleluttu: , Nastaliq: ; IAST: , ) formerly Concani or Concanese, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily i ...
and attempts to showcase
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Konkani may refer to:
Language
* Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India.
* Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language
**Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to ...
Saraswatha tradition and culture.
Released on 14 October 2011, and with music by V Manohar, the film stars Shivadhwaj,
Neethu, Sadashiv Brahmavar, Sandhya Pai, Prameela Nesargi, Dr. Ananth Prabhu and
Umashree.
Plot
''Ujwaadu'' depicts the story of simple happy-go-lucky
Gowda Saraswat Brahmins way of life with turmoil and struggle within.
Cast
*
Umashree
* Shivadhwaj
*
Neethu
*
Sadashiva Brahmavar
* Sandhya Pai
* Prameela Nesargi
* Dr. Ananth Prabhu
* Srinivas Sheshgiri Prabhu ( as Gajju)
* Vyas Shenoy (As katte Friend)
Production
''Ujwaadu'' took off with its
Muhurat in Bangalore on 22 April 2011 at
Kumaraswamy Lay Out. Celebrities from
Kannada
Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
Film world including
Girish Kasaravalli
Girish Kasaravalli (born 3 December 1950) 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 f ...
,
T. S. Nagabharana,
Jayamala,
Umashree and Dr. K. Ramesh Kamath who produced and directed Konkani film in the early Eighties namely ‘Jana Mana’.
The film was shot around
Karkala and
Mangalore
Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...
, and is the Third film of
GSB Konkani language. Prior to its release, the only two GSB Konkani films produced were ''Tapaswini'' and ''Jana Mana''.
References
* ''Konknni Cholchitram'', Isidore Dantas, 2010
* ''50 Years of Konkani Cinema'', Andrew Greno Viegas, 2000
Indian independent films
2011 films
Films scored by V. Manohar
Films shot in Mangalore
2010s Konkani-language films
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