Kolar Gold Fields Slavery

1880 lo official ga ikkada mining start chesaru appatlo ikkada locals ni force ga mining ki tiskelle varu.

Kolar gold fields slavery. Anant nag narrates the film while also playing a supporting role alongside srinidhi shetty vasishta n. People from as far as kolar could see the lights of this once prosperous city. It is headquartered in robertsonpet where employees of bharat gold mines limited bgml and beml limited formerly bharat earth movers limited and their families live. Taluk township kolar district karnataka india.

The movie directed by prashant neel and its hindi version produced by bollywood s farhan akhtar and ritesh sidhwani was set to hit the screens on friday. When i spotted the kolar gold fields on a map during a trip to bangalore i couldn t resist the temptation to visit the place. Kolar gold fields k g f is a mining region in k g f. Kgf kolar gold fields is the kannada magnum opus starring yash in the lead role.

The journey from bengaluru to kolar gold fields kgf takes barely two hours but i feel transported a hundred years away into a weird twilight zone of colonialism. Yash stars as rocky while debutante ramachandra raju features as garuda. And britishers used to treat them as a slaves after british ruling for few years ee minings ni underworld mafia handle chesindi. I was prepared to be disappointed as reality is never as romantic.

Actor yash plays the lead role in this film about mining and slavery. However in 2001 despite massive protests kolar gold fields were shut down. Is about 30 kilometres 19 mi from kolar 29 kilometres 18 mi from kuppam and 100 kilometres 62 mi from. Yash starrer kannada movie kolar gold fields kgf faces trouble as the bengaluru 10th acmm court has ordered a stay on the movie a day before its release.

It also had a sizable anglo indian population who. Sharma and harish rai. Kolar gold fields slavery 6. Kolar gold fields was the first city in asia to get electricity from shivanasamudra a waterfall near kanakapura bangalore in mysore.

The abandoned underground tunnels once pathways of gold are now flooded with groundwater. Kgf was known as little england by the british due to its more temperate weather and a landscape more similar to britain s. The film s trailer was released.