Kasaravalli, Girish

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising the screening of Girish Kasaravalli's 2004 film Hasina at de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Canada. Hasina is a drama film based on the story Kari Nagaragalu by Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq. Hasina, played by Kannada actress Tara, is a wife and mother of three who is expecting a fourth child. Her husband, Yakub, hopes for a son, and the couple have an ultrasound performed to ascertain the baby's sex, breaking a social taboo in the process. When the child is revealed to be another daughter, Yakub turns abusive and neglectful, leaving Hasina to fend for herself. Girish Kasaravalli is a film director from India. He was born on December 3, 1950 in the village of Kelasur in Karnataka, India. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in 1975 and now works primarily in the Kannada Cinema and Parallel Cinema film movements.