In Palasa, two brothers face off against a powerful landowning family, and their fight quickly widens into a caste-and-power struggle set in a small Indian village, in this 2020 action-crime drama directed by Karuna Kumar.

What is Palasa about?

Mohan Rao and his older brother are pulled into direct conflict with Pedda Shavukar and Chinna Shavukar, a family whose power in the village rests on caste standing as much as money. What begins as a local dispute widens into a broader fight over who controls the village, with the brothers pushing against a hierarchy that has gone unchallenged for years. The film follows the two households across an extended stretch of time, tracing how a single confrontation reshapes the balance of power between them. Caste politics sit at the center of the plot rather than as backdrop, giving the crime-drama structure a specific social weight.

About the cast

Nakshathra and Rakshith Gowda lead a cast that also includes Laxman Meesala, Mirchi Madhavi, Prawin Yendamuri, Raghu Kunche, Thanmai Bolt and Thiruveer, under Karuna Kumar's direction. The ensemble spans both sides of the central feud, carrying scenes that move between the two households.

Context & significance

Palasa is a 2020 release that runs a substantial two hours and twenty-four minutes, giving its central conflict room to develop across an extended stretch of time rather than compressing it into a single incident. Films that use a caste standoff as their organizing conflict have become a notable strand of Indian regional cinema in recent years, using genre elements such as action and crime alongside family drama to dramatize a social hierarchy rather than simply commenting on it. Karuna Kumar's approach keeps the two families and the village itself as the fixed points the story returns to throughout its runtime.

Watching Palasa on Ktime

Palasa is available on K-Time with a free account login, and the page describing it is free to read before signing in. The title carries a Persian dub, so viewers can watch with Farsi audio; K-Time's Farsi-first interface makes it easy to find alongside the rest of its Indian and international catalogue for Persian-speaking audiences.