Bimba (film)
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| Directed by | Kavitha Lankesh |
| Written by | Kavitha Lankesh |
| Produced by | Kavitha Lankesh |
| Starring | Raksha Holla Daisy Bopanna Prakash Raj Sampath Kumar |
| Cinematography | H. M. Ramachandra |
| Edited by | M. N. Swamy |
| Music by | Isaac Thomas Kottukapally |
Production company | Chinni Creations |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Bimba (The Image) is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language children's drama film directed and produced by Kavitha Lankesh under Chinni Creations. It stars Raksha Holla, Daisy Bopanna, Prakash Raj and Sampath Kumar.
The film follows a rising child artiste Indu, who gets exploited into the glamorous world of cinema.[1][2][3] The film won two Karnataka State Film Awards: Best Female Child Actor for Raksha and Best Screenplay for Lankesh.[4][5] It was selected for the Bangkok International Film Festival.[6]
Cast
- Raksha Holla (credited as Baby Raksha) as Indu
- Daisy Bopanna as Saroja
- Prakash Raj as Raj
- Sampath Kumar as Arvind
- Rekha as Bindu
- Damini as a mother[7]
- Master Shreyas as Arjun
- Joe Simon as Film Director
- Rajendrakumar Arya as Director
- Sudha Rani as Dolly
Production
The film began production in 2002 with Raksha playing the lead role of a child actor.[8] It marked the debut of Daisy Bopanna and Sampath Kumar, who play Raksha's parents.[9] Jayasri Devi was to produce the film before Lankesh herself decided to produce it.[8][2] Prakash Raj, Ramesh Aravind and Prema were to play guest roles in the film although Ramesh and Prema did not feature.[9][7] Hamsalekha was originally supposed to compose the music but he was replaced by Isaac Thomas Kottukapally.[8]