Hope Floats!

K.Balachander did it once!

K.Vishwanath did it twice!!

And now, after 18 long years, like the exiled Pandavas who won their kingdom back, the Telugu moviedom regained its pride, thanks to this one man who dared to hope… K.Sathyanarayana or Satish Kasetty as he’s better known.

Satish’s debut movie Hope has been adjudged the Best Feature Film on Social issues by the 54th National Awards Jury — Satish received his first National Award on 2nd September from the President of India.

A real life incident conveyed by his daughter, a student, inspired him so much that the passionate movie maker lurking inside him wanted to jump out and make a feature about it right away. He however worked on the subject for another year and a half: 18 long months.

Unwaveringly confident and totally committed, Satish, if asked during the course of …