Tabarana Kathe

Tabarana Kathe
Tabarana Kathe
Directed by	Girish Kasaravalli
Written by	Poornachandra Tejaswi
Screenplay by	Girish Kasaravalli
Produced by	Girish Kasaravalli
Starring	Charuhasan; Nalini Murthy; R. Nagesh
Cinematography	Madhu Ambat
Edited by	M. N. Swamy
Music by	L. Vaidyanathan
Distributed by	Apoorva Chithra
Running time	110 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Tabarana Kathe (Tabara's Tale) is a 1987 Indian Kannada-language film released directed by Girish Kasaravalli. It was based on a short story of the same name by Poornachandra Tejaswi.^[1] Film historian S. Theodore Baskaran picked Tabarana Kathe in Rediff.com's ten best Indian films of all time.^[2]

Plot

Tabarana Kathe is the story of Tabara Shetty, a government servant in the ranks of a watchman. He serves the government till his retirement. 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. Except for a few sympathisers, nobody helps Tabara get his pension. Matters worsen when his wife and only companion 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.