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Nathicharami (2018)

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Original title
ನಾತಿಚರಾಮಿ
Directed by
Mansore
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
A
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles with grief and desire after her husband's death. She works as a caretaker and considers an affair while grappling with societal expectations.

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What happens

Nathicharami is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language film co-written and directed by Mansore (Manjunatha Somakeshava Reddy). The film stars Sruthi Hariharan and Sanchari Vijay with Sharanya, Poornachandra Mysore, Balaji Manohar and Gopalkrishna Deshpande in key roles. The music of the film is scored by Bindhu Malini. The film had its world premiere in the India Story category and was nominated for the Oxfam Best film on Gender Equality Award at the 20th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Nathicharami won five awards at the 66th National film awards in 2019. Best Female Playback Singer went to Bindhu Malini for the song Mayaavi Manave, Best Lyrics for Manjunath S for the same song and Best Editing went to Nagendra K Ujjani. The movie also won the award for Best Feature Film in Kannada. Shruthi Hariharan got a Special Mention for Best Actress for her performance. The film was remade in Malayalam as Neeraja (2023). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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