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process, however, she witnesses the horrifying degeneration ofthe rural values and total neglect faced by the large section ofvillagers caught up in a web of poverty.Caught in cobweb of confusion, Sudheshne tries to searchfor her own identity. Will she be able find answers to manyquestions that crop up in her journalistic pursuit?Kaada Beladingalu tries to find the answer to this intrigue.CAST AND CREDITSProducer:Bengalooru CompanyDirector :B S LingadevaruCinematography: H M RamachandraEditing :Anil NaiduMusic :Rajesh RamanathanCast:C H Lokanath, H G Dattatreya, AranyaKasarvalli, Bhargavi NarayanContact:Bengalooru Company, 152, 5th Main,6th Cross, KEB Layout, Sanjay Nagar,Bangalore - 94, India Phone: (+91)(80)23332290,(+91) 9448093636Email: lingadev@gmail.comB S LINGADEVARUA graduate in pharmacy, B.S. Lingadevarudirected his first feature film Mouni. The filmwas screened in many international film festivalsand received wide critical acclaim. He hasdirected several tele serials and films ever since.Kaada Beladingalu is his second feature film.The film has participated in the 9th OceanFilm Festival in Delhi this year and also receivedKarnataka State award for the year 2006-07 for Best Film onSocial Issues and Best Story.DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTAn article by Jogi dealing with the changing face of our villagesinstantly impressed me as the subject for this film Migration ofeducated youngsters to the cities leaving behind old parents tofond for themselves. Coming from a village background, I couldsee in it glimpses of my own association with the events. On ourvisits to different villages, the ponds, fields, houses, hills, valleys,forest all seemed to stare at us with questions like 'What haveyou done', Where have all the youngsters gone?, Have all ourvillages become Old Age homes?`30 31