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| Directed by | Mansore |
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| Written by | Mansore Veerendra Mallanna Dayanand TK |
| Produced by | Devaraj R |
| Starring | Yagna Shetty Shruti Sanchari Vijay |
| Cinematography | Satya Hegde |
| Edited by | Nagendra K. Ujjani |
| Music by | Rahul Shivakumar
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada
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Act 1978 (Template:Lang-kan) is a 2020 Kannada film directed by Manjunatha Somashekara Reddy and produced by Devaraj R [1][2] This was the first Kannada film to be released in theatres after the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4][5]
Plot
Geetha, a pregnant widow, goes to a government office as part of her long and continuous ordeal to get money already sanctioned by the government, but kept on the backburner by officials of the concerned department. Tired of being asked for bribes, Geetha takes the violent route to get her due. The movie playes out like a game of chess. What seems to be a normal day of bureaucracy and corruption goes awry when she lands up with a bomb strapped to her stomach.
Cast
- Yagna Shetty as Geetha
- B. Suresha as Sharanappa
- Pramod Shetty as ACP Ram Gopal
- Achyuth Kumar as Home Minister
- H. G. Dattatreya as Advocate General Venkatachalaiah
- Shruti as Kanika Mehta, Chairperson of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission
- Sudha Belawadi as Chief secretary Sabiha Bhanu
- Avinash as Chief Minister of Karnataka
- Sanchari Vijay as NSG Commando Chef Bheemeshwar Pandey
- Shobaraj as Sub-inspector Karunakar
- Ashwin Hassan as constable
- Bala Rajwadi as Commissioner of Police Shankar Narayan
- RJ Nethra as Rohini, Central Crime Branch (CCB) officer
- Ravi Bhat as IGP Avinash Manphade
- Raghu Shivamogga as Benjamin
- P. D. Sathish Chandra as Nadiger
- Krishna Hebbale
- Deepa Ravishankar
- Sharanya as Suhasini
- Sathya Ummatthal
- Nanda Kumar as Ashok Dalavayi
- Kiran Naik as Govinda, peon
- Naresh Bhat
- Aravind Kuplikar
Awards and nominations
| Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| Act 1978 | Chandanavana Film Critics Academy | Best Director | Template:Won | [6] |
| Best Film | Template:Nom | |||
| Best Dialogue | Template:Nom | |||
| Best Screenplay | Template:Nom | |||
| Best Actor Award (Female) | Template:Nom | |||
| Best Supporting Actor (Male) | Template:Nom |
References
- ↑ Is Mansore directed ACT-1978 Sandalwood's first post Covid theatrical hit?. Times Of India(30 November 2020). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ↑ 'Act 1978' review: A thriller with a social message. New Indian Express(21 November 2020). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ↑ Act 1978 review: A hostage drama that leaves you misty-eyed. deccanherald(22 November 2020). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ↑ Mansore on his upcoming film, 'Act 1978'. deccanherald(7 November 2020). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ↑ Mansore takes bureaucracy on big screen with Act 1978. Indianexpress(4 November 2019). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ↑ Winners: Chandanavana Film Critics Academy 2020: Dia, Popcorn Monkey Tiger, Gentleman Walk Away with Maximum Honours(23 February 2021).