''Bhagirathi'' ( kn, ಭಾಗೀರಥಿ) is a 2012 Indian
Kannada drama film written and directed by
Baraguru Ramachandrappa
Baraguru Ramachandrappa (born 18 October 1947) is an Indian essayist, lyricist, screenwriter, film director, socialist, writer, novelist, predominantly works in Kannada language and President of the Textbook Revision Committee, in Karnataka Text ...
. The film stars
Bhavana and
Kishore in the lead roles with
Srinath
Narayana Swamy (born 28 December 1944), known by his stage name Srinath, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. He holds the position of vice-president of the Kannada television channel Udaya TV. He is ...
,
Tara, Hema Choudhury and Padma Vasanthi in the supporting role. The film is based on a folktale from
North Karnataka, "Kerege Haara", which glorifies the sacrifice of a young woman for the sake of her village and her heart-broken husband.
Plot
Bhagirathi (
Bhavana) dreams of a tank for her village and inspired by her, Maadevaraya (
Kishore), the son of Mallanagowda (
Srinath
Narayana Swamy (born 28 December 1944), known by his stage name Srinath, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. He holds the position of vice-president of the Kannada television channel Udaya TV. He is ...
), convinces his father to construct one for the community. When Maadevaraya and Bhagirathi fall in love, class differences come in the way. But when they decide to end their lives, Mallanagowda is moved to solemnise their marriage on the tank's site.
As fate would have it, the tank remains dry and the priest advises Mallanagowda to sacrifice of one of his daughters-in-law. The lot falls on Bhagirathi. On learning what has happened to his young wife, Maadevaraya ends his life in the tank.
Cast
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Bhavana as Bhagirathi
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Kishore as Mahadevaraya
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Srinath
Narayana Swamy (born 28 December 1944), known by his stage name Srinath, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. He holds the position of vice-president of the Kannada television channel Udaya TV. He is ...
as Mallanagowda
*
Tara
* Hema Choudhury
* Padma Vasanthi
* Shivadhwaj
* Ravishankar
* Vatsala Mohan
Soundtrack
The soundtrack album of the film was released on 20 November 2011 by actor
Puneeth Rajkumar in
Bangalore.
The album consists of six tracks, lyrics for which were written by
Baraguru Ramachandrappa
Baraguru Ramachandrappa (born 18 October 1947) is an Indian essayist, lyricist, screenwriter, film director, socialist, writer, novelist, predominantly works in Kannada language and President of the Textbook Revision Committee, in Karnataka Text ...
for music composed by
V. Manohar
Vitla Manohar is an Indian music director, lyricist, film director and actor in Kannada and Tulu movies. He has scored music to several Kannada and Tulu films. He has written lyrics to more than 1000 songs in Kannada cinema.
Early life
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, who also scored the film's background music.
Review
IBN Live reviewed the movie and said, "Bhagirathi' is a one time watch". The Hindu review the movie and said "Bhagirathi - Bringing alive a Kannada folktale".
The movie completed 100 days of show.
Awards
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Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
The Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language film actresses. Since its inception, the award was wo ...
-
Bhavana
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Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist -
Baraguru Ramachandrappa
Baraguru Ramachandrappa (born 18 October 1947) is an Indian essayist, lyricist, screenwriter, film director, socialist, writer, novelist, predominantly works in Kannada language and President of the Textbook Revision Committee, in Karnataka Text ...
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Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer -
Archana Udupa
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Udaya Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress -
Tara
References
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2012 films
Films scored by V. Manohar
2010s Kannada-language films