Hasina film

Hasina film
	File:Hasina 2004.jpg
Directed by	Girish Kasaravalli
Written by	Bhanu Mustak ;
Starring	Taara ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Country	India
Language	Kannada ; ;

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]

Synopsis

File:The Director Girish Kasaravalli and the National Award Winner Actress of film ‘Hasina’, Tara at a Press Conference during the ongoing 36th International Film Festival of India – 2005 in Panaji, Goa on December 3, 2005.jpg

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

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 Awards	Best 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]