of Dreams) which, too, won him many international awards. He has finished his Koormavatara (The Tortoise, an Incarnation) which won the National film award for the best Kannada film of 2011. In 2015 he made a documentary film on Adoor Gopalakrishnan named Images/Reflections. The International Film Festival of Rotterdam held a retrospective of Kasaravalli's films in 2003. In August 2017, the Entertainment Society of Goa organized a film festival in Goa in his honour. Personal life Kasaravalli married actress Vaishali on 21 April 1978. They have two children: son Apoorva and daughter Ananya. Vaishali died of illness in 2010, aged 59. Kasaravalli is a voracious reader and counts the works of K. Shivaram Karanth, Kuvempu and U. R. Ananthamurthy among his influences. Awards and international honours Notable filmography References External links External interview at Rediff on directing Gulabi Talkies ಕನ್ನಡಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ.ಕಾಮ್ ನಿಂದ ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾಸರವಳ್ಳಿ ಗೌರವಾರ್ಥ – ಕನ್ನಡ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ರಸಗ್ರಹಣ ಶಿಬಿರ The Films of Girish Kasaravalli Life in Metaphors : A portrait of Girish Kasaravalli Film and Television Institute of India alumni 1949 births Living people Film directors from Karnataka Kannada film directors Film producers from Karnataka People from Shimoga district Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts Filmfare Awards South winners Manipal Academy of Higher Education alumni 20th-century Indian film directors Kannada screenwriters 21st-century Indian film directors 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Hindi-language film directors Screenwriters from Karnataka Best Adapted Screenplay National Film Award winners Producers who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award Directors who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award Directors who won the Best Film on Family Welfare National Film Award