Chigurida Kanasu (transl. Sprouted Dream) is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language film directed by T. S. Nagabharana and starring Shiva Rajkumar, Anant Nag, Vidhya Venkatesh, Rekha Unnikrishnan and Avinash. It is based on the 1951 novel of the same name by legendary Kannada litterateur and Jnanpith Award winner K. Shivaram Karanth. The movie was considered one of finest movies in the history of Kannada cinema. It is a milestone movie in the career of Shiva Rajkumar. The idea of the protagonist loving his roots, going to his village and setting up a micro hydro electric project to generate electricity was an inspiration for the 2004 Hindi movie Swades starring Shah Rukh Khan.