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The Tortoise, an Incarnation

In Girish Kasaravalli's gently philosophical character piece, a humble, low-level civil servant cast as the lead in a popular TV serial chronicling the life of Gandhi finds uncanny echoes between his own life and that of the legendary leader — and sets out to correct their mutual failings. (TIFF)

2h 5m2012

Kannada

Crew and Cast

Girish KasaravalliGirish KasaravalliDirector
Shikaripura KrishnamurthyAnand Rao · Mahatma GandhiJayanthiJayanthiSusheela · Kasturba Gandhi
Apoorva KasaravalliChandan
Rashmi Hariprasad
ChasvaHarish RajuHarish RajuNathuram Godse

Storyline

In Girish Kasaravalli's gently philosophical character piece, a humble, low-level civil servant cast as the lead in a popular TV serial chronicling the life of Gandhi finds uncanny echoes between his own life and that of the legendary leader — and sets out to correct their mutual failings. (TIFF)

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Info

Original title
ಕೂರ್ಮಾವತಾರ
Status
Released
Released
1 April 2012
Runtime
2h 5m

Production

Director
Girish Kasaravalli
Writers
Girish Kasaravalli, Kum. Veerabhadrappa
Countries
India

Languages

Original
Kannada
Spoken
Kannada