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Bannada Vesha |
(The Masked
Role/Kannada/Col/1988/110 min) |
Direction & Script |
: Girish Kasaravalli |
Music |
: B.V.Karanth |
Camera |
: G.S.Bhaskar |
Lead Players |
: Sridhar, Smitha Kasaravalli, A.B.Jayaram,
Narayana Bhat, Shantamma, Lokanath. |
Production |
: Doordarshan, Bangalore. |
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Shambhu, an ambitious Yakshagana player, quits chowdeshwari company and joins a Yakshagana
troupe to try his luck. He agrees to play the Bannada Vesha (The masked role) of Junjutti,
the devil which others are reluctant to do. In his anxiety to excel, he drives himself to
exhaustion and collapses on the stage. Seeing him trembling and heaving the priest
interprets that the spirit has come on Shambhu.
Now Shambhu is a revered player. He has achieved public recognition and adoration. He
begins to enjoy his new-found role. He begins to realise also the inevitable alienation
from normal human relationships. Shambhu continues his search for the role. |
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