‘Harikatha Prasanga’ from India, Joins the Race for Best Debut Feature of a Director at IFFI 2016

NEW DELHI:
‘Harikatha Prasanga’(Chronicles of Hari), a film by Ananya Kasaravalli about the life of a famous Yakshagana artist Hairschandra, will compete for the coveted Centenary Award for Best Debut Feature of a Director at the 47 th IFFI. Under this section, 7 films including ‘Chronicles of Hari’ will compete to receive the prestigious Silver Peacock, along with a certificate and cash prize of Rs.10, 00 iffi ,000.
Harikatha Prasanga is a film, set in a coastal town of southern India and narrates the story of a Yakshagana artist Hari who has gained extreme popularity portraying female roles. The story of Hari’s life unfolds through different perspectives captured in three episodes across four audio-visual interviews conducted by filmmakers Sharmila and Sundar, primarily interested in investigating and documenting on his whereabouts.
‘Centenary Award for Best Debut Feature of a Director’ is a new initiative by the Directorate of Film Festivals to recognize and encourage the young talents across the world. Under this section, the other 6 competing films are ‘One Week and a Day’, ‘Rara’, ‘Tramontane’, ‘Two Birds, One Stone’, ‘Wolf and Sheep’ and ‘Wrath’ and ‘Chronicles of Hari’.

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‘Harikatha Prasanga’ from India, Joins the Race for Best Debut Feature of a Director at IFFI 2016

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