Kanada director Jayatheertha got the story of his upcoming film Kaiva on the post-mortem table in the mortuary while he was looking for maggots (larvae of a fly).
“It’s quite strange as to how we come across stories. I went to the mortuary to collect maggots, which I wanted to use for a scene in my film Bell Bottom (2019),” he recalled.
He added, “I was curious, and it led to a love story of a kind from 1983. I didn’t use the real name of the person. However, the characters and the incidents in the flick are all real.”
The story of Kaiva is set in 1983. According to the makers, the world-famous “Karaga” festival in Bengaluru and the tragic incident that rocked the city at that time are connected.
The entire film was shot in a single schedule. The majority of portions were shot in Mysuru, and a few in parts of Thigalarapete and other locations in Bengaluru.
Apart from Dhanveerrah and Megha Shetty, Kaiva also features five Kannada film directors, including Dinakar Thoogudeepa, BM Giriraj, Raghu Shivamogga, and Ramesh Indira.