Vidaaya

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Vidaaya | image = Vidaaya Film Poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = P. Sheshadri | producer = Basantkumar Patil<br/>Amruta Patil | writer = P. Sheshadri | screenplay = P. Sheshadri | starring = Lakshmi Gopalaswamy<br />Suchendra Prasad<br />H. G. Dattatreya<br />Pratham | music = Somraju | cinematography = Sabha Kumar | editing = B. S. Kemparaju | studio = Basant Productions | released = {{Film date|2015|6|5|df=y}} | runtime = 102 minutes | country = India | language = Kannada }}

'''''Vidaaya''''' ({{langx|kn|ವಿದಾಯ}}; ''Farewell'')<ref>{{cite web|title=P Seshadri Next is 'Vidaaya' | url = http://www.indiaglitz.com/p-seshadri-next-is-vidaaya-kannada-news-116763 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924182318/http://www.indiaglitz.com/p-seshadri-next-is-vidaaya-kannada-news-116763 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 September 2015 | date= 18 October 2014}}</ref> is a 2015 Indian Kannada film written and directed by P. Sheshadri,<ref>{{cite web|title=Seshadri's Next Film About Wanting Death | url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Seshadris-Next-Film-About-Wanting-Death/2014/10/22/article2488563.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141205163215/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Seshadris-Next-Film-About-Wanting-Death/2014/10/22/article2488563.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 December 2014 | date= 22 October 2014}}</ref> starring Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Suchendra Prasad, H. G. Dattatreya and Pratham in lead roles.

==Plot== Vasuki is a father of two children, who is in a permanent vegetative state, after seriously hurt in an accident. Meera his wife, who has been opposing from the beginning the request of "euthanasia" from her husband, having lost any hope to live, at last submits to her husband's persuasion and agrees to apply in the court for passive euthanasia. But, in the media, this matter takes totally a different color and she will be depicted as "a woman set to kill her own husband". Vasu will be denied of his request, by the court as per the existing law. Though Vasu is disappointed by this verdict, Meera feels happier. For further treatment, now by nature therapy as suggested by his mother, Vasu is taken to a place near his hometown. A stay near his hometown by the seashore nurtures a hope in his life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vidaaya Movie - Lakshmi Gopalaswamy -- Dir P Sheshadri | url = http://www.sandalwoodking.com/topic/7191-vidaaya-movie-lakshmi-gopalaswamy-dir-p-sheshadri/ | date= 19 October 2014}}</ref> In the nature clinic Meera is drawn closer to an aged Colonel. Having seen hundreds of deaths in the closest vicinity, now despite seeing another death dancing in a nascent form, being oblivious to whatever has happened to him, showing all the zeal in life, strengthens Meera's will. She begins to feel as if Vasu is getting recouped. At the same time Supreme Court again calls for an open discussion on euthanasia.<ref>{{cite web|title=SC wants countrywide debate on legalizing euthanasia | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-wants-countrywide-debate-on-legalizing-euthanasia/articleshow/38475491.cms | date= 16 July 2014}}</ref> And almost at the same time condition of Vasu suddenly begins to deteriorate. What happens next is the anxious question...<ref>{{cite web|title=P Sheshadri's Next Movie Titled Vidaaya | url = http://www.filmibeat.com/kannada/news/2014/p-sheshadris-next-movie-titled-vidaaya-162068.html | date= 20 October 2014}}</ref>

== Cast == * Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as Meera * Suchendra Prasad * H. G. Dattatreya * Pratham Sheshadri

==Awards== ;2014 Karnataka State Film Awards * Best Actress — Lakshmi Gopalaswamy * Best Screenplay — P. Sheshadri

;2016 Bengaluru International Film Festival * Firs Best Kannada Film — P. Sheshadri<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal farewell as film festival ends on a high|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/royal-farewell-as-bengaluru-film-festival-ends-on-a-high/article8201596.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2017|date=6 February 2016}}</ref>

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Category:2015 Kannada-language films Category:2015 Indian films Category:2015 films Category:Films directed by P. Sheshadri