mangaluru in order to bring to fore the life and language of moya community inhabitants of kumble in kerala to uchila in karnataka a kudla man has shot a fulllength noncommercial movie titled nilavunde beli moonlightthe movie is the brainchild of chidanand n udyawar who works as a consultant and a moya himself having handled story production direction and camera chidanand has made the movie on a shoestring budget interestingly nilavunde is said to be the first fulllength movie made in this language and all its artistes hail from mangaluru and nearby placesspeaking on the lesserknown community found in areas bordering keralakarnataka chidanand said their language is similar to beary but not the same and it has no script moya community is also known as moyar by locals and has been recognized as bovi this should not be confused with bhovi a community under sc category by the government of india moya comes under other backward caste obc and those belonging to moya community are called moyarsaccording to chidanand the members of the community having an estimated population of 65000 have moved out to many places the movie an attempt to bring together the community and to introduce our language to others after being released on may 5 the noncommercial movie was screened at dubai kerala mumbai bengaluru and mangaluru the 150minute movie has been getting a good response he saidmovie plotchandrajja an 80yearold orthodox is not ready to accept changes like intercaste marriage and others in the same house kavya his granddaughter is not ready to accept his oldschool thinking the film highlights the illeffects of substance abuse and antisocial activities the film stresses about religious harmony it has been uploaded on youtube with english subtitles