bangalore gubbachigalu sparrows directed by abhaya simha and produced by b suresha and shyalaja nag highlights how we are losing sparrows in cities thanks to environmental degradation and human greedaccording to abhaya simha the story written by ismail revolves around two children from the city who go on a search to find their missing sparrow unable to find even a single bird the childrens anxiety and guilt only grows after each encounter do they finally find it the once ubiquitous sparrow is now almost extinct this movie brings into sharp relief the realities of urban life curious young minds and a dwindling biodiversitythe director says the movie explores the innocence of children we also have a statue as a character which acts as mentor to the kids who are in search of elusive sparrows in the process of searching for the bird the children enter a magical world like alice in the wonderland and so onabhaya is thrilled he won the national award for his debut film when i was a kid sparrows were an integral part of life in the small town i lived in mangalore several years later when i woke up i found sparrows missing in my surroundings the world has changed too much for these little birds surprisingly when i met ismail he already had an idea of making a movie on sparrows and went on to pen a storybelieve it or not the movie does not show a single sparrow the intention is to make the audience look out for one and know how it looks like after watching the movie