Bengaluru: More than 4800 Kannada Movies have been released in Kannada so far. Listing 100 memorable movies in such a huge sea is indeed a challenging task. Journalist Sharanu Hullur has done that work.
Working as a film journalist for many years, he wrote the book ‘100 Memorable Kannada Movies: ‘Nodalu Mareyadiri Marethu Nirasharagadiri’. This book was released in Bangalore recently. Sandalwood’s famous actor, director, presenter Ramesh Aravind and senior journalist, author Jogi released this work and wished him well.
As the title of the book says, ‘100 Memorable Movies of Kannada: ‘Nodalu Mareyadiri Marethu Nirasharagadiri’ (Don’t forget to look and don’t despair), the book contains information about 100 movies. There is an analysis of them. There is an answer to the question why you should watch these films. There is information about the artists and technicians who worked in those movies. Information about many rare facts is available in this book.
Sharanu Hullur has written this book for cinema lovers by selecting one hundred movies from the era of silent movies till 2022. Very rare photos are also in this book. Ramesh Aravind has spoken about this. He said, “I have known Sharanu Hullur for many years. The way he perceives movies is unique. It is because of his interest in the analysis of movies that he is able to write this kind of book. Ramesh praised this book by saying, “‘Nodalu Mareyadiri Marethu Nirasharagadiri’.
This book is published by Sawanna Prakashan. Earlier, Sharanu Hullur’s books ‘Ambareesh’ and ‘Neene Rajkumara’ have also been published by the same publishing house. Jogi wrote the foreword to the book ‘100 Memorable Kannada Movies: ‘Nodalu Mareyadiri Marethu Nirasharagadiri’. “Sharanu Hullur is a friend of impossible vitality, searching for new things, and keeping the urge of writing. This book is the proof of his love for cinema. I have returned to my youth in the memories evoked by this work,” he wrote in the afterword.
Earlier days, The announcement of all dramas and movies was very good. There was this line of ‘Nodalu Mareyadiri Marethu Nirasharagadiri’. That line feels very special to be in this book of 100 movies right now. In this book one will find the speciality of 100 similar Kannada movies.