Kannada movie Thithi wins Best Film Award at 19th Shanghai International Film Festival

Kannada Movie Thithi has won two awards viz. Best Film and Best Script Writers at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival. It has won the awards under the Asia New Talent Awards Category
Thithi is a dramatic comedy film co-written and directed by Raam Reddy. It is about how three generations of sons react to the death of the oldest man in their clan, named Century Gowda who is a locally renowned, highly cantankerous 101-year-old man.
The film has won numerous other awards at national and international film festivals. Some of the won awards are

• Golden Leopard honour in the Filmmakers of the Present category and the Swatch First Feature award at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival.
• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada in the 63rd National Film Awards.
• First Best Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Dialogue awards in the 2016 Karnataka State Film Awards.

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2016