Wild Karnataka

Wild Karnataka (2019)

An unprecedented UHD film on Karnataka's rich biodiversity narrated by David Attenborough. Portraying the state with highest number of tigers and elephants using the latest technology - a masterpiece showcasing the state, its flora, fauna.

Date of release
2019-03-03
TMDB
8.6 / 10 (8)
Runtime
50m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Kalyan Varma, Amoghavarsha

Casting

Interesting facts

Wild Karnataka is a 2019 Indian natural history documentary about the wildlife of the state of Karnataka.Produced by Amoghavarsha JS and Kalyan Varma in collaboration with Icon Films and Mudskipper,the film has Nicholas Gates as edit producer, narration by Sir David Attenborough, music by Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej and editing by Adam Kirby.

Production

The documentary took about 4 years to produce from more than 400 hours of footage.

The film was shot using cutting-edge technology and cameras with 4K broadcast quality, and was the first to show wildlife in India from an aerial perspective. Quiet air-borne cameras were used for this so as to create minimum disturbance to the wildlife.

The team behind the film include Kalyan Varma, Prashanth S Nayaka, Praveen, Sugandhi Gadadhar, Raghunath Belur, Dilan Mandanna, Adarsh Raju, Pradeep Hegde, Pooja Rathod, Dheeraj Aithal and Ashwini Kumar Bhat and was headed by award-winning wildlife photographers and film-makers Amoghavarsha J S and Kalyan Varma with the unwavering support of Chief Conservator of Forests at Karnataka's Forest Department, Mr.

Even though the theme of the documentary is forest and wilderness, the Forest Department has not made any funding and much of the film's financing has come from eco-tourism resorts and mining companies. The partners include Sandur Iron Ore and Manganese Limited, Discovery Village and Jungle Lodges & Resorts.

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