Mohaan Nadaar’s The Production Headquarters Limited, one of the producers of Cannes-prizewinning film “The Shameless,” has boarded Indian documentary “Legend of Abbakka.”
“The Shameless” was directed byBulgarian-American filmmaker Konstantin Bojanov and appeared in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival this year. There, Anasuya Sengupta won the best actress award.Rani Abbakka of Ullal, southern India, a 16th-century warrior-queen, defied the Portuguese Empire, a feat often overlooked in history books. documentary, “Legend of Abbakka” aims to bring her story to light, using the Yakshagana and Bhuta Kola folk-theater traditions of coastal Karnataka, where Abbakka’s valor is legendary. Ruling over a diverse population, Abbakka united her subjects against foreign invaders and is known for divorcing her treacherous husband. Abbakka’s victories secured a century of peace before European colonization. Since 2001, the Rani Abbakka festival has united Ullal, ending communal strife and honoring her legacy.
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