Kalavu (Kannada: ಕಳವು) is a 2013 Kannada movie based on Dr KY Narayanaswamy's novel of the same title. The movie is the directorial debut of Ravi M who has worked with the production of the Hollywood film Inferno . Two French films, "Blue Mountains" and "Child in Pondicherry", launched his career in art direction. The film stars Umashree, Kari Subbu, Hulagappa Kattimani and others.
Kalavu was based on Dr KY Narayanaswamy's novel of the same title in name only.
There is no information about how closely the movie follows the book and there have been many times that movies named after books have little or nothing to do with the novel's plot.