A still from 'Daredevil Mustafa' film. (Representative image)
Credit: Special Arrangement
The team of the much acclaimed Kannada film Daredevil Mustafa will launch a book. It will comprise the complete screenplay of the film and selected reviews. It is titled Daredevil Mustafa Chitrakathe Mattu Vimarshegalu and will be released at Suchitra Film Society on Sunday. The making of the film will be screened at the event.
The film, which opened to rave reviews last year, is based on a short story of the same name by Kannada writer Poornachandra Tejaswi. The film was crowd-funded by the fans of the writer.
It is a coming-of-age comedy set in a village in Karnataka. It explores the shenanigans and misadventures of a bunch of students who want to get rid of a new entrant, a Muslim boy (the only Muslim boy in their school). The film’s underlying message is to promote communal harmony.
Directed by debutante director Shashank Soghal, the film stars Shishir Baikady and Aditya Ashree in titular roles. The film’s screenplay was written by Anantha Shandreya, Shashank Soghal and Ragavendra Mayakonda.
Speaking to Metrolife, Shashank said, “We had extended Tejaswi’s story for the film and many people had told us they would like to read it as a novel. So we came up with the idea to publish the screenplay of the story. I personally love reading film books, so I wanted to document my film as well.” The first part of the book will have the screenplay along with dialogues and the second part will feature reviews of the film by leading newspapers, magazines and selected reviews from social media.
On May 19, 4 pm at Suchitra Film Society, Banashankari. Entry free.