It`s the human conflict which interests me, says Kasaravalli

Bangalore: It`s the human conflict which makes him put on his thinking cap and explore nuances of the human mind, says acclaimed Kannada film maker Girish Kasaravalli. "It is the human conflict, different ways in which human beings react to situations, which really interests me, makes me pen my thoughts and share it in the form of a film", says the director, looking every bit an intellectual, with his salt and pepper hair and trademark khadi kurta.

The 60-year-old Kasaravalli`s lips crinkle into a smile when you compliment him on his trim physique and he chuckles "That is because I have a young mind, which is always very active, very in sync with today`s world." The internationally acclaimed director, who has won four `Golden Lotus`, six national awards and 11 state awards, was honoured with the South Asian Cinema Foundation`s Excellence in Cinema Crystal Globe Award 2009, presented by India`s High Commissioner to the UK Nalin Surie at the Nehru Centre in London recently. He had also bagged the national award for his film "Gulabi Talkies", which he says is a "confluence of many elements". A popular midwife who tackles complex delivery cases with the ease of a veteran, Gulabi is a film buff who can forego food but not movies. Bureau Report