Natesh Hegde’s directorial venture Tiger’s Pond (Vaghachipani) has become the first Kannada film to be screened at the ongoing Berlin International Film Festival. The crime drama, backed by Anurag Kashyap, was showcased in the Forum strand on February 15. When we ask an elated Hegde why it took so long for a Kannada film to achieve this feat, he says, “It’s not that there were no good films in Kannada. But the festival is a different ballgame. You have to think that it’s a marketplace.” 

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