Tabarana Kathe is a Kannada language

Kannada language

Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

 film released in 1987 directed by Girish Kasaravalli

Girish Kasaravalli

Girish Kasaravalli is a noted film director, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema in Kannada cinema, who has won the National Film Award for Best Film four times, Ghatashraddha , Tabarana Kathe , Thaayi Saheba and Dweepa...

. It was based on a short story of the same name by Poornachandra Tejaswi

Poornachandra Tejaswi

Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi was a prominent Kannada writer and novelist who has made a great impession in "Navya" period of Kannada literature and inaugurated the bandaya or "protest literature" with his short-story collection Abachoorina Post Offisu.At early stages of his writing...

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Plot summary

Tabarana Kathe is the story of Tabara Shetty, a government servant in the ranks of a watchman. Tabara Shetty serves the Government till his retirement period. He is a dedicated worker and respects the system that sustained him for so long. But problems emerge after his retirement. Tabara never gets his pension money. In his failing old age, Tabara approaches the officials he had served during his tenure. Except for a few sympathisers, nobody helps Tabara get his pension. Matters worsen when his wife and only companion in the world falls sick with diabetes. She has a sore foot which turns to gangrene. Tabara tries all means to get his pension to treat his wife. After a few months, his wife dies. The pension money arrives after that. Tabara curses his higher officials and the system which ruined his life.

Highlights

• Film historian Theodore Bhaskaran picked Tabarana Kathe in Rediff.com's ten best Indian films of all time.
• When Tabara fails to manage his wife's operation, in a moment of desperation, he goes to a local butcher and asks if he would ampute his wife's leg. This intense scene was shot brilliantly.
• The climax was yet another highlight of the film as in all Girish Kasaravalli
  Girish Kasaravalli
  Girish Kasaravalli is a noted film director, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema in Kannada cinema, who has won the National Film Award for Best Film four times, Ghatashraddha , Tabarana Kathe , Thaayi Saheba and Dweepa...
  
  's films. Tabara finally receives his pension. But everything is over. His sole companion has left this world. Standing in front of his past office, Tabara shouts at the office staff and holds them responsible for his wife's death.
• The film was shot in Mudigere
  Mudigere
  Mudigere is a panchayat town in Chikmagalur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is 35 km from the district headquarters. Several pilgrimage sites such as Dharmasthala , Horanadu, Kalasa, Sringeri are near to the town...
  
   in Chickmagalur district of Karnataka
  Karnataka
  Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
  
  

Awards and Screenings

• 1986 - National Film Award for Best Film
  National Film Award for Best Film
  The National Award for Best Feature film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1954. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards given among National Film Awards...
  
  
• 1986 - National Film Award for Best Actor
  National Film Award for Best Actor
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   - Charuhasan
• The film also won the Karnataka
  Karnataka
  Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
  
   State Film Awards for
  • Best Film
  • Best Direction for Girish Kasaravalli
    Girish Kasaravalli
    Girish Kasaravalli is a noted film director, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema in Kannada cinema, who has won the National Film Award for Best Film four times, Ghatashraddha , Tabarana Kathe , Thaayi Saheba and Dweepa...
    
    
  • Best Script for Girish Kasaravalli
    Girish Kasaravalli
    Girish Kasaravalli is a noted film director, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema in Kannada cinema, who has won the National Film Award for Best Film four times, Ghatashraddha , Tabarana Kathe , Thaayi Saheba and Dweepa...
    
    
  • Best Story for K.P.Poorna Chandra Thejaswi
    Poornachandra Tejaswi
    Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi was a prominent Kannada writer and novelist who has made a great impession in "Navya" period of Kannada literature and inaugurated the bandaya or "protest literature" with his short-story collection Abachoorina Post Offisu.At early stages of his writing...
    
    
  • Best Dialogue for K.P.Poorna Chandra Thejaswi
    Poornachandra Tejaswi
    Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi was a prominent Kannada writer and novelist who has made a great impession in "Navya" period of Kannada literature and inaugurated the bandaya or "protest literature" with his short-story collection Abachoorina Post Offisu.At early stages of his writing...
    
    
  • Best Actor for Charuhasan
  • Best Child Artise for Master Santosh Nandavanam
  • Best Editor for M.N.Swamy
• Tabarana Kathe was screened at Various Film Festivals including Tashkent, Nantes, Tokyo and the Film Festival of Russia.

External links

• Rediff.com's Ten Best Indian Films of all time http://newslinks.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/06list