Natash Hegde’s Kannada film ‘Vagchipani’ (Tiger Pond) won the Special Jury Award at the Spirit of Fire Festival

Vagchipani Was premiered at Berlin International Festival in February 2025. The film is produced by popular Hindi filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, Singapore -based producers Jeremy Chua and Ranjan Singh (ear selection) Kennedy,,

Ranjan Singh said, “It seems amazing to be invited to the festival and receive a special jury award.” “We are thrilled that the film is being well accepted and can meet Natash Kusturika and discuss about the film.”

Ranjan talked about the selection of the film for the festival. “He watched the film after the announcement of Berlin. So we were invited when we were for premiere in Berlin. Peter was a shepotinic programming head. He loves the film, ”he said.

A small city located in the Western Ghats, set at Mavinakatta in Sirsi, Vagchipani Faith is said to be a crime drama for the discovery of the nefarious confluence of caste and political power. The film stars Malayalam actor-director Dilish Pothan, veteran Kannada actor Achuth Kumar and Gopal Hegde, Natash’s father.

Regarding the conversation with Serbian filmmaker, Natash said, “I told Kasturika that he is a reason to become a filmmaker.” “He smiled and said that ‘thank you brother’ in his strange voice.”

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“I was asked about my relationship with this land. I said, I belong to the country through the filmmaker and writer. In my case, its Tarkowski (Andrei) and Dostovski (Fiodor). It seems to be a strange feeling for the first time to go to a place and feels that you already know that place. This is not knowledge about the geography of the place. This is beyond that, “Natash explained, who started his feature film Pedro, Which was premiered at Busan International Film Festival.

Talking about the reaction of her film at the festival, Natash said, “A woman in the audience said that my characters felt like the characters of Dostovski novel. I feel how we are also a thousand miles in the form of countries, our suffering is probably the same. ,