Politics plays a huge role in day-to-day life. South First picks some of the top Kannada films that are inspired by real-life social and political scenarios.
MS Sathyu’s classic film Bara (Famine), based on the original story by UR Ananthamurthy, is about politicians who manipulate drought in a region for their political gains.
Chakravyuha, which launched actor Ambareesh, is about an unemployed person who is sponsored by politicians to become a police officer and later join in their corrupt work.
Directed by Shankar Nag, Accident is about a powerful politician’s son who runs over pavement dwellers and his driver is expected to confess to the accident.