Atithi (2002 film)

Atithi Kannada , English The Guest is a 2002 Indian Kannada language film directed by P. Sheshadri. The film deals with terrorism and the psychology of the terrorist.

In May 2000, I made my first film MUNNUDI A Preface in which I tried to examine the clash between the true religious tenets and demeaning customs. This was produced as a cooperative venture by a team of actors and technicians physically involved in the project. The overwhelming appreciation, two National Awards, Six Karnataka State Awards, entry in International Film Festivals of India, Kerala, Mumbai, Flanders Belgium, Palm Springs USA, and decent financial returns gave us confidence about the viability of such ventures as long as we are committed to meaningful cinema. This second film ATITHI comes now on similar cooperative basis.Terrorism is the most talked about word these days. Every one is affected by it in some way or the other directly or indirectly. Naturally, I was also drawn into debates amp discussions on this. All of us thought there is a need to address such an issue in the film medium. A question arose. Can a terrorist be reformed or humanized? Yes, No, Not fully were the answers. There were forceful arguments in support of all these three answers. We did some literature survey. It confused us even more. Then came a thought. Why not we see a terrorist as a human being first and then examine his mental makeup that puts him into terrorist action. Suppose he is drawn away from his terrorist ambiance and placed in a more conducive human ambiance, how would he act? ATITHI took shape in this thinking process. ........

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