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Is Mithya, now streaming on Amazon, the best film of 2025? Hard to say. It defies any concrete evaluation, as it floats in a world where emotions are alchemized into amorphous spirits.

Once in a blue moon, we get an Indian film that tears away a part of us irretrievably. Kannada writer-director Sumanth Bhat’s is a haunting study of grief and healing, as an eleven-year-old boy copes with emotions that he is not mature enough to understand, let alone process.

The introspective procedural is left unvarnished and unbeautified: all we see is the raw, hurting boy trying to make his way, stumbling, kicking, through a world he barely comprehends.

The film begins with Mithya (Athish Shetty) uprooted cruelly from his home in Maharashtra to a village in Karnataka after his parents’ abrupt and suspicious passing. Mithya’s aunt (his deceased mother’s sister) and uncle take him in and try...

Mithya Kannada Film On Prime Video(Photo Credit –Twitter)

One of Kannada cinema’s most talked-about festival films, Mithya, has finally made its digital debut. The emotional drama, backed by Rakshit Shetty’s Paramvah Studios, is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video starting today, April 18. After an impressive festival journey and a limited theatrical run, the film is now ready to reach a wider audience.

Mithya Finds a Digital Home

Mithya marks the directorial debut of Sumanth Bhat, who earlier worked on the Kannada anthology Ekam. The film first premiered at Mami Mumbai in 2023 and later travelled to film festivals around the world. It earned praise for its heartfelt storytelling and emotional depth.

Childhood interrupted, not erased!

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— Paramvah Studios (@ParamvahStudios) April 17, 2025

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