Kannada movie 1888 wins multiple awards in Film Festivals all across the Globe

Some of the awards won by 1888 are:

· Winner of 8 awards at Milan Gold Awards, Italy

· Winner at Rameshwaram International Film Festival for Best Feature and Best Debut Filmmaker

· Finalist and Honorable mention at the prestigious London Movie Awards, London International Monthly Film Festival and Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival, as well

· Winner of 3 awards at Tagore International Film Festival, including Best Actress, Best Feature and Best Director

· Best Screenplay at International Motion Picture Awards, Canada

· Winner at Druk International Film Festival, Bhutan

· Winner of 4 awards at Golden Lion International Film Festival, including Best Cinematography and Best Editor

· Winner at the prestigious Adolph Zukor International Film Festival, Hungary

· Won 6 awards at Virgin Spring Cinefest, including Best Soundtrack, Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director

· Critic’s Choice Award at Calcutta International Cult Film Festival

And the list goes on and on. 1888 in just a few months, seems to have made its mark in the film industry and continues to get appreciation from people and professionals across the world. 

1888 stars award-winning actress – Neethu Shetty, along with Adhvithi Shetty, Prathap Kumar, Manju Raj, former Mr. India – Raghu Ramappa, Pradeep Doddaiah, Vikram Kumar and Bob Jaan. Apart from these actors, there are a lot of non-actors essaying other roles and have kept their performances real. 

The movie 1888 took a lot of time to shoot, and the total time is taken, including pre-production and post-production, was almost five years. The primary reason was that no production house was willing to take the risk of backing it apart from the losses due to COVID. The makers were hell-bent on completing this project as per their vision and, with backing from their friends and team, have managed to come up with something genuinely different. Sourabh and his team have literally worked day and night, virtually putting in their sweat and blood, considering that the action sequences were also choreographed by the lead actors, Manju and Prathap, apart from the director, Sourabh himself. During this journey, they learnt a lot, something that will stay for a lifetime, and their failures only helped them get the best version of the movie today.

Sourabh recalls the initial days and says, “Few big names in the movie industry loved the subject and whatever they saw in the movie, but were hesitant to back it except for our lead Neethu, who despite being a well-established actress believed in the infant team and supported us from the start. Later renowned names like Adhvithi Shetty and Raghu Ramappa joined and supported us as well.”

Sourabh aims to make a documentary someday and probably helm a project like a web series or another feature fiction if the subject excites him. In the past, Sourabh has already made a couple of short films and documentaries. That he is a film enthusiast and is extremely passionate about cinema is reflected in 1888, but the success of this movie has fuelled his desire to contribute more to Kannada cinema.

When he was asked about his inspiration, he said, “My inspiration is the multi-talented late actor-director Shankar Nag, who made the cult serial Malgudi Days, the iconic movie Accident, and he also won an award for his brilliant performance in Ondanondu Kaladalli. He was a visionary and someone who pioneered the Guerrilla filmmaking style, which we employed completely for 1888.” 

We again quizzed Sourabh more about the puzzling title – “1888”. He tries his best to avoid it but just about reveals that the movie has multiple layers, and so does the title, 1888.

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