Inside ‘Mother Promise’: The risk, humour and honesty behind the Kannada film
In the Kannada film industry, prominent banners rarely back off-beat subjects. Mother Promise might be one of the riskiest projects of Daali Pictures, one that actor-producer Dhananjaya can be proud of bankrolling.The movie opens with a thank-you note to Guy Ritchie. “I was confident this film could be made with people who believed in Poorna’s conviction.
- ▪In the Kannada film industry, prominent banners rarely back off-beat subjects.
- ▪Mother Promise might be one of the riskiest projects of Daali Pictures, one that actor-producer Dhananjaya can be proud of bankrolling.The movie opens with a thank-you note to Guy Ritchie.
- ▪“I was confident this film could be made with people who believed in Poorna’s conviction.
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In the Kannada film industry, prominent banners rarely back off-beat subjects. Mother Promise might be one of the riskiest projects of Daali Pictures, one that actor-producer Dhananjaya can be proud of bankrolling.The movie opens with a thank-you note to Guy Ritchie. Mother Promise, the directorial debut of actor Poornachandra Mysore, has the characteristics of Ritchie’s classic Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as the plot unfolds against a backdrop of crime, bizarre characters, quirky humour and overlapping stories. ‘Mother Promise’ movie review: A wacky homage to cinema and Bengaluru“When I read the story, Poorna had not yet written the climax,” Dhananjaya tells The Hindu. “I was confident this film could be made with people who believed in Poorna’s conviction.
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