Mouni (film) explained

Mouni
Director:	B. S. Lingadevaru
Producer:	N. Sivanandam
Screenplay:	Uday Marakini H. Girish Rao
Starring:	H. G. Dattatreya Anant Nag
Music:	Baali
Cinematography:	H. M. Ramachandra
Editing:	Anil Naidu
Studio:	Technomark Television Network Pvt. Ltd.
Runtime:	127 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	Kannada

Mouni (ಮೌನಿ) is a 2003 Indian Kannada language film directed by B. S. Lingadevaru, and is based on a novella of U. R. Ananthamurthy.^[1] It stars H. G. Dattatreya and Anant Nag in the lead roles.

Plot summary

Kuppanna Bhatta and Appanna Bhatta are areca cultivators and custodians of the math's property. The story revolves around the tensions and circumstances that shape and influence their relationship.^[2]

Cast

• H. G. Dattatreya
• Anant Nag
• Venkata Rao
• Nagendra Shah
• Rajeshwari Parthasarthy
• Achyuth Kumar
• Harish Raj
• Kari Subbu
• Lakshmi Chandrashekhar
• Vasudha Bharighat

Awards

• 2003 National Film Award - Special Mention – H. G. Dattatreya
• 2003 Karnataka State Film Award for Best Story – U. R. Ananthamurthy

Notes and References

1. News: Celluloid faithfully celebrated his novels . 23 August 2014. The Hindu. 2016-01-15.
2. http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july27/ent3.asp