Wild Karnataka

Wild Karnataka
Theatrical poster
Directed by
Produced by
Narrated bySir David Attenborough
Edited byAdam Kirby
Music byRicky Kej
Production
companies
Icon Films
Mudskipper
Distributed byPVR Pictures
Release dates
  • 3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) (Bangalore, India)
  • 17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish

Wild Karnataka is a 2019 Indian natural history documentary on the Indian state of Karnataka's rich biodiversity, most of which is still unknown to the general public. Produced by Amoghavarsha JS and Kalyan Varma in collaboration with Icon Films and Mudskipper, the film was edit produced by Nicholas Gates, narrated by Sir David Attenborough with music composed by Grammy Award winner, Ricky Kej and edited by Adam Kirby.

The film was premiered on 3 March 2019 in front of an audience of 3000 at an open-air theatre at Palace Grounds in Bangalore, and was also specially screened at the United Nations headquarters in the year 2021. It was later theatrically released on 17 January 2020, through PVR Cinemas, thus becoming the first Indian wildlife-based film to be screened in theatres; and was also premiered through Discovery India's multiple television channels and the streaming service Discovery+ on 5 June 2020 with its dubbed versions being released the same day. The film opened to positive reception and was honoured with two awards at the 67th National Film Awards held in March 2021.