[1] Consisting of a cast of non-professional actors from villages in the Mandya district of Karnataka, the film is a (semi-) light-hearted story about three generations of men reacting to the death of their 101-year old patriarch.

Thithi premiered at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival on 8 August 2015, where it won the Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present category as well as the First Feature award.

Set in a remote village in Karnataka's Mandya district, the three storylines intertwine before converging at Century Gowda's 'thithi' — the final funeral celebration, 11 days after a death.

The seed that gave rise to Thithi was planted during a visit that Reddy made to Nodekoppalu village in the Mandya district of Karnataka, the home town of the film's co-writer Eregowda.

Keeping the true life personalities of these three leads in mind, Reddy and Eregowda then began developing a screenplay that revolved around the death and thithi of a 101-year old cantankerous centenarian, Century Gowda.

They then moved into pre-production work which included an eight-month long casting process to find actors to fill out smaller roles and putting together a crew for the film.

Thithi has received largely positive reviews on the International front with The Hollywood Reporter calling it "a whimsically enjoyable encounter with some slippery backwoods characters.

Thithi premiered at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival on 8 August 2015, where it won the Golden Leopard in the "Filmmakers of the Present" category as well as the First Feature award.