Film Heritage Foundation set up by Martin Scorsese and George Lucas Indian film in Kannada Language “Ghatashraddha” releasd in 1977 directed by Girish Kasarvalli a 14 times National Award winner, the movie is based on a Novel by well known writer U R Ananthmurthy.”Ghatashraddha” has won three national film awards including Best Film.
Ghatashraddha is a ritual performed at the time of cremation. The story revolves around a young widow Yamuna who lves with her father in an orthodox family, a local teacher impregnates Yamuna, she tries commit suicide but a young student rescues her, Yamuna;s father disowns his daughter and performs the ritual of death of his daughter sho is alive.
Filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur who heads India’s Film Heritage Foundation, is overseeing the restoration process, the restoration will be done at L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy. The source element for the restoration is the original camera negative preserved at the National Film Development Corporation-National Film Archive of India.
Dungarpur also commented : “With 14 National Awards to his credit, Girish Kasaravalli is a leading light of Kannada cinema and we preserve his material in our archive. His first film ‘Ghatashraddha’ was an obvious next choice for us to propose for restoration to The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project. We are so pleased that they agreed to collaborate with us and delighted that George Lucas and Mellody Hobson will be supporting the restoration through the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.”