Kerebete is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Rajguru. It stars Gowrishankar SRG and Bindu Shivaram in lead roles. The film revolves around Kerebete, an annual fishing event in Malenadu.
Kerebete was released on 15 March 2024.
Plot
Naga (Gowrishankar SRG) is a tough guy. He often gets into trouble and lands in jail for smuggling wood. Kerebete starts with him being released from jail.
The scene shifts to Naga participating in Kerebete, a fishing sport, near his village. It is under these circumstances that both Naga and his mother (Harini Shreekanth) are denied their due share in their father's ancestral property citing the reason that his mother is an orphan from a lower caste.
Meanwhile, Naga is in love with Meena (Bindu Shivaram). While he works hard ( read smuggling wood) to buy a piece of land to live happily ever after with his mother and his future wife, Meena's parents become aware of the romance between the two. The girl's father insults Naga badly and calls his mother names.
Soon, Meena goes missing. She returns eight months later as a pregnant woman and there is no sign of Naga.
A. Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express described Kerebete as a film that begins as a romance before developing into a suspense thriller, and praised its ability to maintain tension. She also highlighted the film's treatment of love and caste-based oppression, while noting that the screenplay is uneven in places. Harish Basavarajaiah of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5, praising its depiction of Malnad culture, local dialect, cinematography and climax, while noting shortcomings in the screenplay. TV9 Kannada rated the film 3.5 out of 5, praising Gowrishankar's performance, the Malnad setting, cinematography and background score, while observing that some dialogues could have been trimmed. Avinash G. Ram of Vijaya Karnataka rated the film 3 out of 5, describing it as a story of a couple caught in the complexities of caste and praising the film's Malnad setting and performances.
