Two years — that's how long Tulu film lovers had to previously wait to watch a film in their native tongue. Cut to 2011, Oriyardori Asal, the big screen adaptation of the super hit Tulu drama series by the same name hits screens, sending both fans and the industry into a tizzy with its commercial success. Forty years after it came into existence, the industry finally found a ray of hope and re-ignited the passion amongst local filmmakers and ardent fans of the language. "It is the faith that the Tulu theatre audience — with whom I had been interacting with for 25 years of my life as a playwright — wouldn't...
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