Gaggara

Gaggara is a 2008 Indian Tulu-language drama film directed by Shivadhwaj Shetty and starring Suchendra Prasad and Jayasheela.^[2] The film is based on Bhoothakola,^[3] and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tulu.^[4] The film was notably the first Tulu film to be screened at the International Film Festival of India in 2009 and the Bengaluru International Film Festival in 2011.^[5][6]

Gaggara
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Directed by	Shivadhwaj Shetty
Produced by	M. Durganand
Starring	Suchendra Prasad Jayasheela
Production company	D M Cine Creations
Release date	2008 (2008)
Country	India
Language	Tulu
Budget	₹11 lakhs[1]

Plot

Shankara is the son of a Kola performer, which has become a dying tradition. He is a government school teacher and is hesitant to perform the ritual since the modern day society shuns the Kola community (who are considered untouchables). He is from a poor family and his father is a drunkard who wastes money.

Eventually, Shankara performs Kola for the first time in order to keep the dying tradition alive.^[6]

Cast

Source^[1]

• Suchendra Prasad as Shankara
• Jayasheela
• M. K. Mutt
• Naveen D. Padil
• Sundara Rai Mandara
• Vinnie Fernades
• Bhaskar Manipal
• Sandeep Udupi

Production

The film was shot in seven days in Palli, a village near Karkala in Udupi district.^[1]

Release

Upon release, the film was a box office failure due to being a socially oriented film.^[7] The film was not released on CDs.^[7]