# Act 1978

Act 1978 is a 2020 Kannada-language social thriller film directed by Manjunatha Somakeshava Reddy (Mansore) and produced by Devaraj R This was the first Kannada film to be released in theatres after the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Plot

Geetha, a pregnant widow, goes to a government office as part of her long and continuous ordeal to get money already sanctioned by the government, but kept on the backburner by officials of the concerned department. Tired of being asked for bribes, Geetha takes the violent route to get her due. The movie plays out like a game of chess. What seems to be a normal day of bureaucracy and corruption goes awry when she lands up with a bomb strapped to her stomach.

## Cast

* Yagna Shetty as Geetha
* B. Suresha as Sharanappa
* Pramod Shetty as ACP Ram Gopal
* Achyuth Kumar as Doreswamy, Home Minister
* H. G. Dattatreya as Advocate General Venkatachalaiah
* Shruti as Kanika Mehta, Chairperson of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission
* Sudha Belawadi as Chief secretary Sabiha Bhanu
* Avinash as Chief Minister of Karnataka
* Sanchari Vijay as NSG Commando Chief Bheemeshwar Pandey
* Krishna Hebbale as Guruswamy, Branch Manager
* Shobaraj as Sub-inspector Karunakar
* Ashwin Hassan as constable
* Bala Rajwadi as Commissioner of Police Shankar Narayan
* RJ Nethra as Rohini, Central Crime Branch (CCB) officer
* Ravi Bhat as IGP Avinash Manphade
* Raghu Shivamogga as Benjamin
* P. D. Sathish Chandra as Aravinda Nadiger
* Deepa Ravishankar
* Sharanya as Suhasini
* Sathya Ummatthal
* Nanda Kumar as Ashok Dalavayi, Chief Accountant
* Kiran Naik as Govinda, peon
* Naresh Bhat as Lokesh, clerk
* Aravind Kuplikar

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Film | Devaraj R | Nominated |
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Director | Mansore | Won |
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Actress | Yagna Shetty | Nominated |
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | Mansore TK Dayanand | Nominated |
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Dialogue | TK Dayanand Veeru Malanna | Nominated |
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Lyrics | Jayanth Kaikini ("Teladu Mugile") | Nominated |
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Editor | Nagendra K Ujjani | Nominated |
| 2021 | 2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards | Best Art Director | Santhosh Panchal | Nominated |
| 2021 | 9th South Indian International Movie Awards. | Best Film | D Creations | Nominated |
| 2021 | 9th South Indian International Movie Awards. | Best Director | Mansore | Nominated |
| 2021 | 9th South Indian International Movie Awards. | Best Cinematographer | Satya Hegde | Nominated |
| 2021 | 9th South Indian International Movie Awards. | Best Actress | Yagna Shetty | Nominated |
| 2021 | 9th South Indian International Movie Awards. | Best Supporting Actor | B. Suresha | Won |
| 2022 | 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Film | Devaraj R | Won |
| 2022 | 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Director | Mansore | Nominated |
| 2022 | 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Actress | Yagna Shetty | Won |
| 2022 | 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Supporting Actor | B. Suresha | Won |
| 2022 | 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Lyricist | Jayanth Kaikini for "Teladu Mugile") | Won |
| 2022 | 67th Filmfare Awards South | Best Playback Singer – Male | Kadabarege Muniraju for "Teladu Mugilu" | Nominated |