Karthik has a well-paid software job, but he has never stopped thinking about the village he comes from, where farmers are drowning in debt and young people leave for the cities. To the dismay of his father and the disbelief of his girlfriend Chaitra, he gives up his career and returns home to work the land. His plan is collective farming: pooling the small plots of the villagers and modernising the way they grow and sell their crops, in the face of a moneylender who profits from their troubles. Sreekaram ("an auspicious beginning") is a gentle rural drama with a clear social message about agriculture and the dignity of farming. Mickey J. Meyer's music was well liked, especially the folk-flavoured song Bhalegundi Baalaa.
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