FILM LANGUAGE AND KAADU (A Critical Analysis of Girish Karnad’s Kaadu, (The Forest))

Abstract

This article spreads light on how successfully the masterly writing of Shrikrishna Alanahalli in short story Kaadu has emerged in the form of Cinema under the direction of Girish Karnad and what are the cinematic elements we can find in the story. The writer has placidly told how at the same time as seeing their land lords turning monstrous for their egotistical means, the innocent village people become a part of it without unknowingly. Most importantly, a unique narrative technique of narrating these sequences with the view point of a small boy has been used. Adaption of this unique technique in the medium of cinema is a challenging task. Nevertheless, by means of the effective dialogues and the meaningful background music, photography and so on and the best acting given by the artists, the director has emerged successful in depicting the monstrous face of human beings. The article is an endeavour to understand the cinematic language, possibility and artistic nature of cinema. KEY WORDS: Art cinema, Film language, Point of view, Caste discrimination, Class Conflict, Male domination,