Still from the film. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Kannada film, Looks at KadiThe beginning of the direction of Rathan Gangadhar. It is an anthology that discovers stories about children through a pencil metaphor. The film has already made a mark on the festival circuit.
It was screened at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (2023) selected for the 10th Noida International Film Festival (2023), where it won the best direction, and also painted at the India International Film Festival (2023), where it received the Best Children’s Award.
Despite praise, the chariot is worried. The 39 -year -old director says, “I only hope that the film appeals to the audience.” Stating the title, Looks at KadiHe says, “It translates into English into ‘pencil’.” The film is a play designed for young audiences, designed as a bridge between the mainstream and children-centric stories. ,
Structured as a hyperlinked anthology, its statements do not follow a chronological order. “Instead,” the chariot explains, “they reflect the experience of using a pencil – you write, erase, speed up the lead, and continue. Stories come up in a similar rhythm.”
Born in Bangalore and raised, Rathan Mess College, Malleshwaram is an alumnus, where he first discovered his passion for theater and writing. Idea for Looks at KadiHe reveals, sparked by a single paragraph that he read in a short story collection by Paulo Coalo.
“I read the book in 2016, and kept something about that paragraph. It touched me deeply, and I started manufacturing stories around those words and concepts.” Soon a spark started in a collaborative attempt.
“My friend and I came together to shape the story and develop the screenplay,” Rathan says, the entire team behind the film includes close friends. “They are my sounding board, my colleague, and now, my artists and crews. Looks at Kadi The film made by friends is, for a audience, we hope with friends that they will also become friends. ,
Rathan shared Looks at Kadi Rural is a rich tapestry of dialects from all over Karnataka including Tumkuru, Bengaluru, Hivekak and North Karnataka. “I believe Tumkuru dialect is not actually seen in cinema,” he says. “Since my father is originally from the tumru, I have a special hobby for it.”
Director Rathan Gangadhar | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar’s
Rathan started his journey in the film industry as an assistant writer in 2012. “Unfortunately, the films I worked on never saw The Light of Day, but I learned a lot through this process,” they indicate. He later made advertising infections to improve his film production skills, with several high-profile campaigns, which featured a late Pune Rajkumar.
Despite its background in the advertisement, the charioteer admits that the marketing of a film presents a new set of challenges. “Cinema is a completely different ball game,” he says. Looks at Kadi A production house is built under the customer, which he co-established in 2017 with friends Sampat Shivshankar and Krithi Nannayah. The characteristics of an artist of theater and child actors, the film released on 6 June.
Published – 07 June, 2025 12:43 pm IST
