Award-winning Kannada filmmakers Natesh Hegde and Ganesh Hegde collaborate for ‘Kurka’-OxBig News Network

Poster of the Kannada film ‘Kurka’.
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Ganesh Hegde, the State-award winning Kannada filmmaker, has announced his next. The Kannada film, titled Kurka, stars actor-filmmaker Natesh Hegde, Avinash, Vijay Raghavendra and Anupama Gowda in prominent roles.

Kurka, billed as a crime drama, is produced by Aghor Motion Pictures and Fox & Friends, founded by Natesh and Ganesh. The duo aims to create meaningful and relevant stories from the banner.

Jahangir MS, GB Bharath, Sindhu Herur, Nagaraj Hegde and Shwetha Desai are the other actors in the movie. Charan Raj is the music composer while Ganesh has handled the cinematography as well. Shreyank Nanjappa is the sound designer while Natesh has done the editing.

“Kurka revolves around Munna , a young rebel and son of ex soldier-turned-quarry worker. He gets trapped in local power game and struggles to overcome a personal. In his attempt to handle the challenging situation, Munna goes through the test of truth, leading to his surreal transformation,” said Ganesh about his movie. Currently in the post-production stage, Kurka was completely shot in Honnavar.

Ganesh’s feature debut, Neeli Hakki, won the State Award for the Best Directorial Debut in 2020. The film was co-produced by Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi and screened at NYIFF, IFFSA and IFFI Goa among other reputed film festivals.

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Meanwhile, Natesh, who made his critically acclaimed debut Pedro, followed it up with Vagachipani (Tiger Pond), starring Achyuth Kumar, Gopal Hegde and Dileesh Pothan. The movie premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year.