Natesh Hegde’s Kannada movie ‘Vagachipani’ (Tiger Pond) wins Particular Jury Prize at Spirit of Hearth Pageant

Vagachipani premiered on the Berlin Worldwide Pageant in February 2025. The movie is produced by in style Hindi filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, Singapore-based producer Jeremy Chua and Ranjan Singh (Cannes choice Kennedy).

“It feels wonderful to be invited to the competition and get the Particular Jury Prize,” mentioned Ranjan Singh. “We’re thrilled that the movie is being acknowledged nicely and Natesh might meet Kusturica and focus on concerning the movie.”

Ranjan spoke concerning the movie’s choice to the competition. “They watched the movie after the Berlin announcement occurred. So we received the invite once we the place in Berlin for the premiere. Peter Shepotinnik was the programming Head. He’s in love with the movie,” he mentioned.

Set in Mavinakatta in Sirsi, a small city situated within the Western Ghats, Vagachipani is touted to be against the law drama exploring the nefarious confluence of religion, caste, and political energy. The film stars Malayalam actor-director Dileesh Pothan, seasoned Kannada actor Achyuth Kumar and Gopal Hegde, father of Natesh.

“I advised Kasturica he is likely one of the motive for me to develop into a filmmaker,” mentioned Natesh about his interplay with the Serbian filmmaker. “He smiled and mentioned ‘thanks brother’ in his peculiar voice.”

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“I used to be requested about my relation with this land. I mentioned, I relate to the nation via the filmmaker and author from the land. In my case, its Tarkovsky (Andrei) and Dostoevsky (Fyodor). It’s a wierd feeling to go to a spot for the primary time and really feel like you recognize the place already. Its not the information concerning the geography of the place. It’s past that,” defined Natesh, who made his function movie debut with Pedro, which premiered on the Busan Worldwide Movie Pageant.

Speaking concerning the response to his movie on the competition, Natesh mentioned, “A woman within the viewers mentioned my characters felt like characters from Dostoevsky novel. I’m leaving the place realising how even when we’re thousand miles aside as nations, our struggling are maybe the identical.”