Poster of the film Green Girl

Green Girl

Drama Romance Kannada


Amidst a volatile blend of religious strife, suppressed sexualities, and divine sermons in an Indian town, a teenage inter-faith couple—one of whom is innocently entangled in a fundamentalist group, dream an illusive American Dream.

Cast:Mayur Gowda, Sucharitha, Sudarshan Acharya, TRIKO, Ashwin Raghavendra, Rakshak Kulal
Director:Sarthak Hegde
Writer:Sarthak Hegde, TRIKO, Manish Kumar
Editor:Bhuvanesh Manivannan
Camera:Abhinay Pandit

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Green Girl Director Sarthak Hegde: 'Sophistication Shouldn't Make Us Silent'

FCG Member Reviewer Subha J Rao
Subha J Rao | Independent Film Critic
Mon, September 15 2025

(Written for OTT Play)

In a conversation with Subha J Rao, 24-year-old filmmaker Sarthak Hegde discusses Green Girl, his film that explores religious intolerance in coastal Karnataka and its impact on a young couple.gree-girl

THERE’S A SHOT in Sarthak Hegde’s featurette Green Girl, where Ameena (a splendid Sucharita) and Jeevan (Mayur Gowda lives the role) speak about where they want to live, and later sit in companionable silence — he helps her with the lighter, she smokes, he is never tempted to. In that tiny space of freedom, the young couple lets the other be — their love encompasses, but also lets the individual in them thrive. That’s also why Ameena tries telling Jeevan not to get involved with a brash set of boys and men who affiliate themselves with a religion. But when he does not listen, she lets it be. He is also her safe space, and she’s herself with him.

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