Ramnath Shanbhag’s Kannada picture, Dear Bhargava, won the Very Ideal LGBTQ Short at the Zero-degree Film Contest at May 2021 and has been screened in the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Award. The film also won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Tagore International Filmfestival.
“There aren’t many Kannada films dealing with gay rights,” says 30-year-old Ramnath Shanbhag, ” Dear Bhargava marks his directorial debut. The movie deals with a young boy’s fight to turn out. Ramnath has contributed dialogues to its 16-minute short-film by Flickering Studios, that has been recently published on YouTube.
Poster of ‘Dear Bhargava’, that won the Very Ideal LGBTQ Short at the Zero-degree Film Contest
After completing his B.Com in Seshadripuarm College at 2012,” Ramnath chased his passion for composing dialogues and lyrics for Kannada films. “I write poetry, radio shows and jingles,” says Ramnath, that works as a senior partner with Amazon at Bengaluru.
The minimalist picture is put at a residence and contains three personalities — both the parents along with their kid, Bhargava. Ten months after his dad’s passing, Bhargava informs his online mentalhealth care that he does not feel some emotion. Distressed, stressed and uncomfortable, ” he informs his boy friend on the device he will get when he feels . His mental wellness adviser informs himjourneys in life need to begin with a very first measure, he wants to take.
Ramnath Shanbhag, left his own directorial début with ‘Dear Bhargava’
Bhargava’s mum is saturated with memories of her spouse and all those shared with friends. She’s astonished Bhargava doesn’t need some memories of his own daddy to share with you. After sorting by his dad’s possessions, he Bhargava discovers a letter addressed to him by his daddy. His dad exhortations,” “Helko Bhargava, helko” (say it Bhargava) leaves Bhargava realise his daddy knew his difficulty and has been attempting to make matters easier for him personally.
The picture finishes with a crying Bhargava coming his mommy stating, “I should have told this to dad, but now, amma, I need to share something with you.”
Discussing of their projecting, Ramnath States, “Mahesh Bung, who acted as Bhargava has acted in many films, the latest being Arvind Kamat’s thriller, Arishadvarga. I was happy to get seasoned actors, Sunder Veena and Aruna Balaraj to play Bhargava’s parents.”