India, Aug. 16 -- Kannada filmmaker-actor Pawan Kumar (of Lucia and U-Turn fame) is quite the fan of rooted story-telling, which, he remarks is what works best with audiences these days, case in point being the recent hit film Su From So. Pawan's next acting gig, the Kannada web series Shodha, in which he plays the lead, is set in Madikeri (Coorg), which begets the question if the geography and culture of the land is pivotal to the narrative.

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"Technically, the story can be set anywhere, if you want to. But there is actually an interesting bit, which has not been revealed in the ...