A filmmaker who connects with diverse communities, and make features and non-features on/with them pertaining to contemporary concerns of India.
Kesari Haravoo made a feature length documentary film "Kisan Satyagraha - Tremors of Change?" in 2021 on the ongoing Indian Farmers' resistance at the Delhi borders.
His debut feature BHOOMIGEETHA (Song of the Earth) (India/Kannada/1997-8) won several awards including the National Award for the Best Film Environment, Preservation & Conservation 1998. Participated in Sao Paulo International FF and the Global Earthvision FF, Tokyo.
He has made non-fictions / documentaries on social themes, agrarian crises and conservation of the Western Ghats.
His short documentary WITHER GUNDIA? was shortlisted and screened at the UN Conference on Forests, Istanbul 2013.
"A Good Man" (2016) is his second fiction feature film.
He is presently working on a Sci-Fi/Historical/Thriller fiction feature.
Official Selection
KISAN SATYAGRAHA - Uprisal of the Indian Farmer
Iconic Images Film Festival
2022
Gold Award - Best Indian Documentary
KISAN SATYAGRAHA - Uprisal of the Indian Farmer
White Unicorn International Film Festival
Kolkata
2022
Official Selection
Wither Gundia?
UN Forum on Forests Film Festival
Istanbul
2013
Best Film on Social Issues
BHOOMIGEETHA (Song of the Earth)
Karnataka State Film Awards
Bijapur
1999
Best Director
BHOOMIGEETHA (Song of the Earth)
Videcon Film Awards
Chennai
1998
Best FIlm
BHOOMIGEETHA (Song of the Earth)
Videcon Film Awards
Chennai
1998
Best Film on Environment, Preservation & Conservation
BHOOMIGEETHA (Song of the Earth)
National Film Awards
Delhi
1998
Official Selection
BHOOMIGEETHA (Song of the Earth)
Mostra, Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Sao Paulo
1998
Finalist
KISAN SATYAGRAHA - Uprisal of the Indian Farmer
Anatolia International Film Festival
Istanbul
Nickname
Kesari
Current City
Bengaluru
Hometown
Bengaluru
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Indian
A filmmaker who connects with diverse communities, and make features and non-features on/with them pertaining to contemporary concerns of India.
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