Connection
Kaadu is a film of genre Drama directed by Girish Karnad with Amrish Puri
Kaadu (1973)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listKaadu (Kannada: ಕಾಡು, English: Forest) is a 1973 Kannada language black-and-white film directed by Girish Karnad, based on a novel of the same name by Srikrishna Alanahalli, and starring Master G. S. Nataraj, Amrish Puri and Nandini Bhaktavatsala in the lead roles. The film three awards at the 21st National Film Awards.
Actors
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Kaadu
There are 234 films with the same actors, 7 films with the same director, 61134 with the same cinematographic genres, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Kaadu, you will probably like those similar films :
Godhuli (1977)
Directed by Girish Karnad
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, T. S. Nagabharana
Rating74%
Après avoir étudié aux États-Unis Nandan revient dans son village du Karnataka à l’occasion du décès de son père. Il reprend l’élevage de vaches de ce dernier, et se retrouve ainsi à la tête de la principale activité économique du village. Rapidement, il entre en désaccord avec le prêtre du village, pourtant son ami d’enfance, au sujet des vaches. Nandan, en partie sous l’influence de son épouse américaine, considère surtout son troupeau comme une source de profit et souhaite moderniser son exploitation, tandis que le prêtre est indigné par le peu de respect dont Nandan fait preuve envers un animal sacré dans la religion hindoue. Les deux hommes vont user l’un de son influence morale et religieuse, l’autre de son pouvoir économique, pour rallier les villageois à leur cause.
The Family Tree (1971)
, 2h46Directed by Girish Karnad
Actors Girish Karnad, Ganapathi Venkatrama Iyer, Uma Shivakumar, Vishnuvardhan
Rating79%
The story starts in 1924 with Kathyayani, widow of Nanjunda Shrothri, who lives with her in-laws Shrinivasa Shrothri and Bhagirathamma and their servant, Lakshmi, in Nanjangud. After the loss of her husband, Kathyayani did not take to a widow’s garb as her mother-in-law wished because her father-in-law thought it would be too much for the young woman to bear. Shrothri, a scholar in Indian philosophy and the shastras, is occasionally visited by priests and professors for his opinion on an intricate problem in the scriptures. In one such event, Sadashiva Rao, a college lecturer in Mysore, visits Shrothri to discuss some matters of Indian philosophy. Listening to the two men talk, Kathyayani’s thoughts turn to college. Despite a little protest from Bhagirathamma, Shrothri encourages his daughter-in-law to pursue her BA degree, which Nanjunda had been studying for before he had drowned in the nearby Kapila river. At the university, she meets the brother of Sadashiva Rao, Raja Rao, professor of Shakespearean drama and organiser of the Dramatics Club, with whom she falls in love.
, 1h10Directed by Girish Karnad
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Ram Gopal Bajaj
The story is set in rural Karnataka background and shows a bunch of children playing enacting adult life through a game, innocently depicting social dogmas of the prevailing era, such as child marriage, dowry and superstitions.
Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane (1977)
, 2h23Directed by Girish Karnad
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Om Puri, T. S. Nagabharana
Rating74%
The movie explores the cultural problems experienced by an American woman, newly married to an Indian, adjusting to Indian norms and customs. It depicts a modern man who studies agriculture in the United States, returns to India with an American wife with their different views. The theme is one alienation from the fellow human beings.
Kanooru Heggadithi (1999)
, 2h6Directed by Girish Karnad
Actors Girish Karnad, Tara
Subbamma (Tara), third wife of Chandre Gowda (Girish Karnad), is a rebellious mistress of the household and encourages sporadic acts of defiance against men from among her women friends. When her husband dies, she uses her position of authority to avenge all the wrongs ever done by man to woman. Her actions end up destroying her, and her place is taken by liberal intellectual Hooviah.
Utsav (1984)
, 2h25Directed by Girish Karnad
Genres Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Rekha, Amjad Khan, Shashi Kapoor, Shekhar Suman, Shankar Naag, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Rating68%
The story is about a courtesan, Vasantasena (Rekha), and her chance meeting with a poor Brahmin man, Charudatta (Shekhar Suman), in Ujjain.
Ondanondu Kaladalli (1979)
, 2h17Directed by Girish Karnad
Actors Shankar Naag
Rating82%
Gandugali (Shankar Nag) is a mercenary who comes across a band of soldiers on the trail of a couple of wounded enemy soldiers. He ends up rescuing them and is taken to their chieftain who hires him to train his soldiers to fight his brother — his enemy. While there, Gandugali befriends the son of the chieftain's eldest brother, Jayakeshi, who is consigned to tending to cattle by his uncle. Jayakeshi asks Gandugali to help him reclaim his land and reinstate him as the chief. Gandugali refuses saying he is only a mercenary and that the youngster has no money to offer.
Night's End (1975)
, 2h20Directed by Shyam Benegal
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Smita Patil, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri
Rating75%
Vishwam (Naseeruddin Shah) is the youngest brother of the powerful and influential village Zamindar (Amrish Puri). The Zamindar will not hesitate to do anything for the welfare and protection of his family, which also includes bending the law to his own advantage. The shy and quiet Vishwam is married to Rukmani (Smita Patil) and, unlike his brothers, does not indulge in alcohol or women, nor does he have any bad habits. Then the village gets a new schoolmaster (Girish Karnad), who has a wife, Sushila (Shabana Azmi). When Vishwam sees her for the first time, he is unable to take his eyes off her, and unable to get her out of his mind. Sushila does not reciprocate his attentions. Then one night, while the schoolmaster is enjoying a quiet dinner with his family, the bell rings and the two older brothers of Vishwam grab Sushila and take her forcibly when she goes to answer the door. Several people are present, but no one dares to raise a hand nor even a voice to stop this abduction. The distraught schoolteacher, who is denied justice by everyone from the local police officer to the district collector, is helped by the old priest (Satyadev Dubey) and finally they succeed in mobilizing the villagers and they slaughter their oppressors. In the end the frenzied villagers also kill the innocent Rukmani as well as Sushila whom her husband tried to rescue with the help of the rebellious villagers.
Kaalapani (1996)
, 2h58Directed by Priyadarshan
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Prison films
Actors Mohanlal, Prabhu, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Nedumudi Venu, Cochin Haneefa
Rating84%
The film is set in British India in the year 1915. The story is about a young doctor, Govardhan Menon (Mohanlal), who is wrongly accused of bombing a train carrying 55 people including British officials. He is put in a cellular jail at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Kaalapani shows the sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners in the cellular jail, including leading participants of the freedom movement. The extremely inhumane conditions faced by the prisoners in the jail are accurately depicted.
Sardari Begum (1996)
, 2h15Directed by Shyam Benegal
Genres Drama
Actors Kiron Kher, Surekha Sikri, Amrish Puri, Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Uttara Baokar
Rating70%
The police are called to investigate the death of a woman during a riot in the walled city of Delhi. She was killed by a stone thrown by an agitated mob. The woman killed is known in the community as "Sardari Begum" (Kiron Kher), a popular singer and courtesan. The religious nature of the incident and the impending elections combine to attract the media's attention. When a young reporter covering the funeral, Tehzeeb Abbasi (Rajina Raj Bisaria), discovers her father among the mourners, her curiosity prompts her to investigate further. Then comes the revelation that the singer was in fact her aunt, who was disowned by her family for rebelliously learning music from a concubine.