P. Sheshadri’s Journey of Cinema | Episode 8 – How 'Beru' Took Root
Channel: P Sheshadri
Date: 06/01/2020

P. Sheshadri’s Journey of Cinema is a documentary series chronicling the life and career of the National Film Award-winning director.

In this eighth episode, Mr. Sheshadri discusses his experience of making his third feature film, "Beru".

Mr. Sheshadri talks about the expectations he faced when he set out to make his third film after having made two successful award-winning ones. He then describes an incident in his life involving bribery that inspired him to make "Beru" and talks about a short film he had made earlier in his career which provided the inspiration for the story.

Mr. Sheshadri then talks about the co-operative model of financing that was used to make his first two films and continued in "Beru". He recounts working with veteran cinematographer, S. Ramachandra Aithal. He briefly touches on choosing Tumkur district, his hometown, as the location for shooting and the mishap faced on the very first day of shoot.

Mr. Sheshadri then concludes the episode by talking about the recognition "Beru" brought for him and its achievements, such as being a part of school textbooks and the film being made a part of the curriculum to train administrative officers.

This episode also features extended clips from "Beru".

In the next episode, Mr. Sheshadri talks about his fourth film, "Thutturi".