Katha Sangama (2019 film)

Katha Sangama (transl. Confluence of tales) is an Indian Kannada-language anthology film composed of seven short films directed by seven directors[1] includes Kiranraj K,[2] Chandrajith Belliappa,[3] Shashi Kumar P, Rahul PK, Jamadagni Manoj, Karan Ananth, Jayashankar A.[4] The team has seven cinematographers, musicians, and editors. This movie features Hariprriya, Rishab Shetty, Kishore, Raj B. Shetty,[5] Yagna Shetty,[6] Prakash Belawadi, Avinash, Balaji Manohar, Pramod Shetty, Hari Samasthi and others. This movie was conceptualised by Rishab Shetty as an ode to late Sri Puttanna Kanagal, director of the 1976 movie of the same name. This movie is jointly produced by H.K.Prakash, Pradeep N.R and Rishab Shetty[7] films.[8][9]

Katha Sangama
Poster
Directed byKiranraj K
Chandrajith Belliappa
Shashi Kumar P
Rahul PK
Jamadagni Manoj
Karan Ananth
Jayshankar A
Produced byH.K.Prakash
Pradeep N.R
Rishab Shetty
Written byKiranraj K
Chandrajith Belliappa
Jayanth Seege S
Rahul PK
Jamadagni Manoj
Karan Ananth
Jayshankar A
StarringHariprriya
Rishab Shetty
Kishore
Yagna Shetty
Raj B. Shetty
Balaji Manohar
Pramod Shetty
Avinash
Hari Samasthi
Music byNobin Paul
Vasuki Vaibhav
Gagan Baderiya
Dossmode
Agnata
Girish Hothur
Vasu Dixit
CinematographyVenkatesh Anguraj
Arvind S Kashyap
Gomtesh Upadhye
Sandeep PS
Ranganath CM
Deepak Yeragara
Saurav Prateek Sanyal
Edited byBharath M. C
Rithwik Rao
Arya
Vinayak G
Chandan CM
Abhishek
Production
company
Shree Devi Entertainers
Rishab Shetty Films
Release date
  • 6 December 2019 (2019-12-06)
Running time
156 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

The story Paduvaarahalli (starring Avinash) was based on Hernando Téllez's short story Just lather, that's all.[10] The third story Girgitle, directed by Shashi Kumar P starring Raj B. Shetty was inspired by Hollywood film Groundhog Day (1993).

Plot

Katha Sangama is a family drama anthology that revolves around a father's attempt to build a fantasy land. Kishore, who lives in Bengaluru with his wife Yagna Shetty uses Hindi as a code language to discuss sensitive topics in front of their daughter. The film is a tribute to film director Puttanna Kanagal.[11]

Cast
Ranibowland by Chandrajith Belliappa (20 minutes) Sathya Katha Prasanga by Karan Ananth (21 minutes) Girgitle by Shashi Kumar P (23 minutes)
  • Kishore as a father
  • Mridinika as Ria
Sagara Sangama by Kiranraj K (16 minutes) Utthara by Rahul PK (26 minutes) Padavarahalli by Jamadagni Manoj (14 minutes)
Lacchavva by Jaishankar (25 minutes)
  • Paravva as Lachhavva
  • Beera as Beera
  • Yagna Shetty
  • Avinash
  • Hari Samasthi
  • Manasi Sudhir
  • Suhan Shetty
  • Heroor Dayanand Shetty
  • Pratham Hosakoti
  • Vasu Dixit
  • Beeresh
  • Raghavendra
  • Nidhi Hegde

Soundtrack

The movie consists of 7 music composers for 7 stories. This includes Nobin Paul, Vasuki Vaibhav, Gagan Baderiya, Dossmode, Agnata, Girish Hothur, Vasu Dixit.[1]

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Manasina Olage"Mayasandra Krishna PrasadAgnataAditi Sagar 
2."Arivu Beku" (Translation by Ranjana Bhatt)Kabir DasVasu DixitVasu Dixit 
3."Life Untu"Raj B. ShettyDossmodeRaj B. Shetty, Dossmode 
4."Mamavathu Sri Saraswathi"Mysore VasudevacharyaNobin PaulSruthy Sasidharan, Midhun Dev 
5."Naa Ninnaya"Chandrajith BelliappaGagan BaderiyaMadhuri Seshadri 
6."Oorendar Enu"Jayalakshmi PatilVasuki VaibhavSangeetha Katti 
7."Irula Chandiranu"Chandrajith BelliappaGagan BaderiyaSiddartha Belmannu 

References
  1. "Katha Sangama is a story by seven directors". www.Timesofindia.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. "Rishab Shettys gritty makeover for his next film". www.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. "chandrajith Belliappas debut in rishab shettys Katha Sangama". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. "Katha Sangamas last episode to star non actors in the lead". www.cinemaexpress.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  5. "Raj B Shetty tackles supernatural time travel in his next". www.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. "biopic proportions for yajna shetty". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. "Rishab Shetty on 7 stories unique step in career". www.indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  8. "Here is the first director of katha sangama KiranRaj K". www.Creativeguyz.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  9. "Lakshmi puttanna kanagal to unveil katha sangama trailer on november 4". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  10. http://leabenglish9.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/68778390/Lather%20and%20Nothing%20Else.pdf
  11. "Katha Sangama movie review: A satisfying watch". The Indian Express. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.


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