some of the must watch parallel/independent kannada films of 2010s

An 80-year-old widow with extra-sensory perceptions can see the history behind the objects she touches, meanwhile, Ramanna and Naagi's story begins when she touches a small basket.

Irya, a gravedigger, sees Siddhas in his dreams before someone in the village dies. His faith is tested when he sees a Siddha in a dream and no one dies.

A man suffering from insomnia is tricked into buying a drug, Lucia, that makes his desires come true in his dreams, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.

A journalist sets out to uncover the truth behind an incident, through the perspectives of different people, unraveling how they and their lives are intertwined with it.

A renowned criminal plans his prison break and tries to run away from his death row as far as he could.

A fortune teller tells a poverty-stricken family that their fate will change overnight when a mysterious traveler visits there home to stay overnight.

The film is about Venkob Rao (Anant Nag), a middle class simpleton ailing with Alzheimer's, who goes missing. His son, Shiva (Rakshit Shetty) is a career driven person, who is forced to pause his hectic life to search for his father. Sahana (Shruti Hariharan), a doctor who takes care of Venkob Rao also gets involved. In his search for his father, he finds a lot more than he set out to find.

Mysterious events begin to unfold after a reclusive novelist and his wife move back to her ancestral village, followed by a journalist.

In a South Indian village, a centenarian's funeral brings together his free-spirited son, inheritance-hungry grandson and girl-crazy great-grandson.

When a love story goes awry, two young lovers are forced to take to the road with the police hot on their heels. They escape across Karnataka in a roller-coaster ride that is at once enthralling, exasperating and nail-biting.

Channa the protagonist is a murder accused who has been sentenced to death by the court of law. His thoughts buried in his subconscious wakes up and erupt out as a dream, where he questions his close friend who took him into robbery, his irresponsible father and his teacher who was scared to correct his mistakes. His own consciousness answers his questions and takes the blames. The warden wakes him from his dream, hands over a set of cloths and instructs him to get ready. When Channa is ready, the Jailer walks into the cell and reads the punishment notice about the death sentence to be executed in sometime. At this point, Channa picks up an intense conversation with the jailer about the existence of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

A story about a person who brings four unknown as his family. How it unfolds is the story

A series of events unfold in modern day Bengaluru, intertwining four different lives: a dancer, a drug peddler, a writer and a psychopath.

Anand Rao, an aged govt. employee resembling Gandhi is forced to play the role of Gandhi in an upcoming serial. Though it brings him fame and money, his mental peace and morality is hindered. He is torn between Gandhian principles he used to follow innocently and vested interests of others who want to take advantage of his situation.

Nathicharami is about Gowri whose life is perplexed between her physical desires and emotional beliefs. The film narrates the struggles of the protagonist in a society that believes physical desires can only be followed by a nuptial. She is stuck in her ordinary life with people from her daily life pattern who talk about their notions that are in contrary to the other. Finally, when she feels that she has overcome her ambiguity, the situation takes a leap. The film is also a grave narration about the nuances, women from all walks of life face.