''Niruttara'' (Skt. निरुत्तर; having no superior or unanswerable) is a 2016 Indian

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 ...

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

film written & directed by

Apoorva Kasaravalli Apurva Kasaravalli or Apoorva Kasaravalli is an Indian businessman, actor and filmmaker known for his work in Kannada cinema. Personal life Apurva is the son of Girish Kasaravalli and Vaishali Kasaravalli, and brother of Ananya Kasaravalli. He ...

, making his debut, and produced by actress

Bhavana ''Bhāvanā'' (Pali;Rhys Davids & Stede (1921–25), p. 503, entry for "Bhāvanā," retrieved 9 December 2008 from "U. Chicago" a Sanskrit: भावना, also ''bhāvanā''Monier-Williams (1899), p. 755, see "Bhāvana" and "Bhāvanā", retri ...

and Aravind Ramanna. The film revolves around four main characters played by

Rahul Bose Rahul Bose (born 27 July 1967) is an Indian actor and athlete who works in Hindi films. Bose is the president of Rugby India. He has appeared in Bengali films such as '' Mr. and Mrs. Iyer'', '' Kalpurush'', '' Anuranan'', '' Antaheen'', ''L ...

, in his debut Kannada film,

Kiran Srinivas Kiran Srinivas (born March 25, 1985) is an Indian television and film actor known for his work in Hindi television and Kannada films. He received critical acclaim for the role of a drug addict, "Roy D'Souza" in Channel V India's '' Paanch 5 Wro ...

and

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. The film's soundtrack and score is composed by

Niladri Kumar Pandit Niladri Kumar is an Indian sitar player and music composer. Early life He was born to sitar player Kartick Kumar, a disciple of Ravi Shankar. He started learning sitar under his father at the age of four. Kumar gave his first public per ...

, a classical musician making his film debut. Whilst the cinematography is by H. M. Ramachandra, the sound design is by the

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winner

Resul Pookutty Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp, for ''Slumdog Millionaire''. Pookutty has worked in Hind ...

, making his debut in Kannada films. The plot revolves around the four characters about their relationships and journeys presented as an episodic catalogue.

Cast

as Pradeep *

as Hamsa *

as Achinth *

as Shravya

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Pandit Niladri Kumar who is best known as a

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau K ...

player in Indian classical and fusion music. The album is distributed by

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References

External links

* * Niruttara Official promo in Youtube
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