Pedro is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Natesh Hegde and starring Gopal Hegde in the titular role. The film was released in film festivals.
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Cast
Gopal Hegde as Pedro
Ramakrishna Bhat Dundi as the village leader
Raj B. Shetty as a vigilante
Medini Kelmane as Julie
Nagaraj Hegde as Bastyava
Charan Naik as Vinnu
Reception
A critic from Screen Daily wrote that "Deliberately paced but hardly sedate, Pedro is a confident feature debut, with Hegde’s decision to forgo score in favour of Shreyank Nanjappa’s subtly enveloping sound design making its regional portrait particularly immersive". A critic from NDTV rated the film four out of five stars and wrote that "Taken in its entirety, Pedro is a quietly searing portrait of isolation, insularity and intolerance couched in the colours of a lush landscape". A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "Be it life or art, things left unsaid are the most powerful. When a tragedy is left to the imagination of the audience, it keeps haunting them for a long time. This is exactly what Natesh Hegde’s award-winning movie Pedro achieves, with its fine story-telling".