Premise: Kalavu (Kannada: ಕಳವು) is a 2013 Kannada movie based on Dr KY Narayanaswamy's novel of the same title. The movie is the directorial debut of Ravi M who has worked with the production of the Hollywood film Inferno . Two French films, "Blue Mountains" and "Child in Pondicherry", launched his career in art direction. The film stars Umashree, Kari Subbu, Hulagappa Kattimani and others.
Hypothesis: Kalavu was based on Dr KY Narayanaswamy's novel of the same title in name only.