KONCHAVARAM | Banjara full movie | Karnataka state award for best regional film 2012 | Umesh Naik

BANJARA IS ONE OF THE BACKWARD COMMUNITIES NOTED FOR ITS DISTINGUISHED AND CHARACTERISTIC TRADITIONS AND IMPRESSIVE COSTUMES. THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM POVERTY, ILLITERACY AND SUPERSTITION. THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF SALE OF CHILDREN BY THEIR OWN PARENTS WHO ARE IN THE ABJECT POVERTY. KONCHAVARAM IS A PLACE IN GULBARGA DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA STATE, INDIA, WHICH HAS HIGH INCIDENCE OF CHILD TRAFFICKING.
IN THIS HIS MOVIE, HARINI, A SOCIAL ACTIVIST, VISITS “KONCHAVARAM” VILLAGE, TRIES TO CREATE AWARENESS AMONGST THE PEOPLE AND CALLS FOR BECOMING SELF RELIANT AND STOPPING CHILD TRAFFICKING. KALYA NAIK, A SUPERSTITIOUS VILLAGER, DOES NOT ALLOW HARINI TO GO AGAINST THE PRACTICES AND SUPERSTITIONS PREVALENT IN THANDA.
THE QUESTION WHICH POSES IN THE ULTIMATE ANALYSIS IS: DOES THE DREAM OF KONCHAVARAM THANDA PEOPLE TO BECOME INDUSTRIOUS, SELF RELIANT AND TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE BECOMES A REALITY?
THE MOVIE HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH A STATE AWARD FOR THE BEST REGIONAL LANGUAGE FILM FOR THE YEAR 2012. THE MOVIE HAS ALSO BEEN SCREENED IN BANGLORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MYSORE DASARA FILM FESTIVAL, MANGLORE REGIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, GOA FILM BAZAAR AND HAS BEEN SCREENED IN OVER 100 HAMLET (THANDAS) BY KARNATAKA THANDA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, GOVT of KARNATAKA. Umesh Naik 9686057454