Harivu

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Harivu | image = Movie_Poster_of_Harivu.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Mansore | producer = Avinash U. Shetty | writer = Mansore | screenplay = H. A. Anilkumar | starring = Sanchari Vijay Shveta Desai Aravind Kuplikar Madhushree Master Shoib M.C. Anand Chethan Sheshan M.P. Prasanna Shetty | music = Charan Raj | cinematography = Anand Sundaresha | editing = Avinash U. Shetty | studio = Om Studios | released = {{Film date|2014}} | runtime = 113 minutes | country = India | language = Kannada | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Harivu''''' ({{translation|The Flow}}) is a 2014 Indian Kannada language movie written and directed by debutant Manjunatha Somakeshava Reddy (S Manjunath / Mansore).<ref name="Harivu – Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/meaningful-frames/article6572184.ece | title=Meaningful frames | work=The Hindu | accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref> A real life incident documented in a popular Kannada news paper written by Dr. Asha Benakappa<ref name="Asha Benakappa Column in Kannada">{{cite web | url=http://www.prajavani.net/article/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%86-%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%81-%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF-%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%81-%E0%B2%87%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%82-%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF | title=ಬಡವರಿಗೆ ಬದುಕು ತುಟ್ಟಿ; ಸಾವು ಇನ್ನೂ ತುಟ್ಟಿ! – ಡಾ. ಆಶಾ ಬೆನಕಪ್ಪ | publisher=Prajavani | date=15 May 2011 | accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Asha Benakappa Column">{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/157714/for-poor-death-miserable-living.html | title=For the poor, death is as miserable as living, by Dr. Asha Benakappa | work=Deccan Herald| date=30 April 2011 | accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> gave thoughts for making this movie.<ref name="The Passage Through Human Mortality" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/i-am-not-that-bad-dr-asha-benakappa-kannada-news-118046 | title=I am not that Bad – Dr Asha Benakappa | accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref>

Inspired by a true incident that took place in a Government hospital in Bengaluru in the recent years, Harivu speaks volumes about the relation between urbanization and alienation.

''Harivu'' has won 62nd National Award for "Best Kannada Film" from Directorate of Film Festivals.<ref name="Harivu">{{cite web | url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf | title=62nd National Film Awards (PDF) | accessdate=24 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="'ಹರಿವು’">{{cite web | url=http://www.prajavani.net/article/%E2%80%98%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%81%E2%80%99-%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%AE-%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0 | title='ಹರಿವು' ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಚಿತ್ರ | publisher=Prajavani | accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> The movie has won the best movie Karnataka state award for the year 2014 under "Best Production & Direction" category.<ref name="Deccan Herald" /><ref name="New Indian Express" />

==Plot== The story is based on a real-life incident. A farmer from north Karnataka brings his ailing son to Bangalore for treatment but the son dies. The farmer then faces a dilemma on how to take the body to his hometown.

==Awards== *The movie has won the best Kannada Film at 62nd National Film Awards for 2014 announced on 24 March 2015<ref name="New Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Sanchari-Vijay-Bags-State-Best-Actor-Award/2016/02/13/article3274708.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214085035/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Sanchari-Vijay-Bags-State-Best-Actor-Award/2016/02/13/article3274708.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 February 2016 | title=Sanchari Vijay Bags State Best Actor Award & Harivu was picked as the first Best Film. | publisher=The New Indian Express | accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * The movie has won the best movie Karnataka state award for the year 2014 under "Best Production & Direction" category.<ref name="Deccan Herald">{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/528628/after-national-honour-harivu-bags.html | title=After national honour, 'Harivu' bags top State film award | work=Deccan Herald| accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref>

==Screening== * The movie has been screened in 7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014.<ref name="The Passage Through Human Mortality">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2014/11/27/The-Passage-Through-Human-Mortality/article2542186.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223185437/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2014/11/27/The-Passage-Through-Human-Mortality/article2542186.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 December 2014 | title=The Passage Through Human Mortality | accessdate=9 December 2014}}</ref> It was also selected in the Kannada Competition category. * Screened in Delhi International Film Festival 2014.<ref name="Times – BIFFES ">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/International-filmmakers-to-judge-Kannada-movies/articleshow/45252352.cms | title=International filmmakers to judge Kannada movies | work=The Times of India | accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://harivu.com http://harivu.com]

Category:2014 films Category:2014 Kannada-language films Category:2014 Indian films Category:Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners