Hasina (film)

Hasina is a 2004 Kannada-language film by Girish Kasaravalli.The lead actress, Taara, won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Hasina about the story of a Muslim Indian woman deserted by her husband.[1]

Hasina
Directed byGirish Kasaravalli
Written byBhanu Mustak
StarringTaara
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Synopsis
Tara (left) and Girish Kasaravalli (right), Director of the movie.

The film, based on the story Kari Nagaragalu by Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq, looks at Hasina (Taara) who marries auto driver Yakub (Chandrahas Ullal)[2] against his mother's wishes. The couple have three daughters the visually impaired Munni, Shubby and Habeeb. Pregnant with their fourth child, the couple break social codes and do a pregnancy scan to ascertain the baby's gender. When Yakub realises it is yet another girl, he becomes at turns abusive and neglectful, eventually leaving Hasina to fend for herself.[3]

Cast
Tara in Hasina's look and her performance won her National Film Award for Best Actress.
  • Tara as Hasina
  • Chandrahas Ullal as Yakoob
  • Chitra Shenoy as Jhuleka Begum
  • Purushottam Talavata as Muthuvalli Saab
  • Ruthu as Muthuvalli's Wife
  • Baby Bodhini as Munni

Awards and honours
Award Award Category – Winner
2004 National Film AwardsBest Actress – Thara [4]
Best Costume Design – Ishrath Nissar,M. N. Swamy [4]
Best Film on Family Welfare [4]
Karnataka State Film Awards (2004-05)Karnataka State Film Award for Best Social film – Girish Kasaravalli
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female) – Baby Bodhini Bhargavi[5]

DVD Release

Total Kannada Video released movie's DVD in August 2016,after a gap of 12 years of release.

References
  1. "Upperstall.com". Girish Kasaravalli's films.
  2. "imdb.com". Chandrahas Ullal's films.
  3. "The Hindu". Seeking a voice.
  4. Awards for Hasina. IMDb.
  5. Karnataka State Film Awards 2004-05 announced – Monalisa bagged the first best film award


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