Harikatha Prasanga to compete for Centenary Award for Best Debut Feature of a Director at 47th IFFI

Harikatha Prasanga to compete for Centenary Award for Best Debut Feature of a Director at 47th IFFI

Harikatha Prasanga(Chronicles of Hari), is a film by Ananya Kasaravalli about the life of a famous Yakshagana artist Hairschandra.The film will compete for the coveted Centenary Award for Best Debut Feature of a Director at the 47thIFFI. 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, 00,000.The film is being screened tomorrow.

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 Haris 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.