Meena Kuttappa

I hail from the same place as UR Ananthamurthy — Thirthahalli. Of his novels, I was impressed with the narration of Ghatashraddha (A Ritual).

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`Ghatashraddha,' (Death rites), the Kannada movie based on U R Ananthamurthy's short story and directed by Girish Kasaravalli, has been voted as one of the 20 best films made in 100 years of Indian film history.

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The restoration of "Ghatashraddha" -- titled "The Ritual" in English -- is a collaboration between Hollywood master director Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur of FHF, with funding from "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and Mellody Hobson's Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. The FHF, based out of Mumbai, said the film was received well at the gala. Kasaravalli and Dungarpur attended the screening.