Act 1978
Indian Kannada film
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Act 1978 is a 2020 Kannada-language social thriller film directed by Manjunatha Somakeshava Reddy (Mansore) and starring Yagna Shetty.[1][2] This was the first Kannada film to be released in theatres after the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4][5]
Dayanand T. K.
| Act 1978 | |
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Poster | |
| Directed by | Manjunatha Somakeshava Reddy (Mansore) |
| Screenplay by | Veerendra Mallanna Dayanand T. K. |
| Story by | Mansore |
| Produced by | Devaraj R. |
| Starring | Yagna Shetty |
| Cinematography | Satya Hegde |
| Edited by | Nagendra K. Ujjani |
| Music by | Ronada Bakkesh Rahul Shivakumar |
Production company | D Creations |
| Distributed by | KRG Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Plot
Geetha, a pregnant widow, goes to a government office as part of her long and continuous ordeal to get money already sanctioned by the government, but kept on the backburner by officials of the concerned department. Tired of being asked for bribes, Geetha takes the violent route to get her due. The movie plays out like a game of chess. What seems to be a normal day of bureaucracy and corruption goes awry when she lands up with a bomb strapped to her stomach.
Cast
- Yagna Shetty as Geetha
- B. Suresha as Sharanappa
- Pramod Shetty as ACP Ram Gopal
- Achyuth Kumar as Doreswamy, Home Minister
- H. G. Dattatreya as Advocate General Venkatachalaiah
- Shruti as Kanika Mehta, Chairperson of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission
- Sudha Belawadi as Chief secretary Sabiha Bhanu
- Avinash as Chief Minister of Karnataka
- Sanchari Vijay as NSG Commando Chief Bheemeshwar Pandey
- Krishna Hebbale as Guruswamy, Branch Manager
- Shobaraj as Sub-inspector Karunakar
- Ashwin Hassan as constable
- Bala Rajwadi as Commissioner of Police Shankar Narayan
- RJ Nethra as Rohini, Central Crime Branch (CCB) officer
- Ravi Bhat as IGP Avinash Manphade
- Raghu Shivamogga as Benjamin
- P. D. Sathish Chandra as Aravinda Nadiger
- Deepa Ravishankar
- Sharanya as Suhasini
- Sathya Ummatthal
- Nanda Kumar as Ashok Dalavayi, Chief Accountant
- Kiran Naik as Govinda, peon
- Naresh Bhat as Lokesh, clerk
- Aravind Kuplikar
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Film | Devaraj R | Nominated | [6] |
| Best Director | Mansore | Won | |||
| Best Actress | Yagna Shetty | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Mansore TK Dayanand |
Nominated | |||
| Best Dialogue | TK Dayanand Veeru Malanna |
Nominated | |||
| Best Lyrics | Jayanth Kaikini ("Teladu Mugile") | Nominated | |||
| Best Editor | Nagendra K Ujjani | Nominated | |||
| Best Art Director | Santhosh Panchal | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | 9th South Indian International Movie Awards. | Best Film | D Creations | Nominated | [citation needed] |
| Best Director | Mansore | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematographer | Satya Hegde | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Yagna Shetty | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | B. Suresha | Won | |||
| 2022 | 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Film | Devaraj R | Won | [7] |
| Best Director | Mansore | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Yagna Shetty | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | B. Suresha | Won | |||
| Best Lyricist | Jayanth Kaikini for "Teladu Mugile") | Won | |||
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Kadabarege Muniraju for "Teladu Mugilu" | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | 2020 Karnataka State Film Awards | Best Editor | Nagendra K Ujjaini | Won | [8] |
