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]

Tabarana Kathe
Directed byGirish Kasaravalli
Written byPoornachandra Tejaswi
Screenplay byGirish Kasaravalli
Produced byGirish Kasaravalli
StarringCharuhasan
Nalini Murthy
R. Nagesh
CinematographyMadhu Ambat
Edited byM. N. Swamy
Music byL. Vaidyanathan
Distributed byApoorva Chithra
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Plot

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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.

Cast

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  • Charuhasan as Tabara Shetty
  • Nalina Murty
  • Santosh Nandavanam
  • Hasakru

Production

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The film was shot in Mudigere in Chickmagalur district of Karnataka.

Awards and screenings

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Tabarana Kathe was screened at film festivals including Tashkent, Nantes, Tokyo and the Film Festival of Russia.

34th National Film Awards[3][4]

Karnataka State Film Awards 1986-87

References

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  1. ^ "An Independence Day Story". Bangalore Mirror. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ "India's Best Films: Theodore Bhaskaran".
  3. ^ "34th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Charu Hasan gets best actor award". The Indian Express. 2 May 1987. p. 6.
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