''Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma'' () is a 1986 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

. The title of the film was borrowed from a devaranama written by 12th century Haridasa

Purandara Dasa Purandara Dasa ( IAST: Purandara dāsa) ( 1470 – 1565) was a Haridasa philosopher and a follower of Madhwacharya 's Dwaitha philosophy -saint from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a composer, singer and one of the chief founding-pr ...

. This film was written and directed

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (born 21 September 1931), commonly known as Singeetam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the most versatile directors of India. He is credited with hav ...

who also composed and scored the film's soundtrack. The film stars Rajkumar, Madhavi and

K. S. Ashwath Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Kannada films He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career. His only memorial in the whole of Karnata ...

in the pivotal roles. The film, produced by

Parvathamma Rajkumar Dr.Parvathamma Rajkumar (6 December 1939 – 31 May 2017) was an Indian film producer and distributor. She was the wife of veteran Kannada actor Dr. Rajkumar. She produced successful films featuring Rajkumar and their sons Shiva Rajkumar, Pune ...

under Dakshayini Combines, was received exceptionally well at the box office and was one of the biggest hits of 1986. The movie saw a theatrical run of 26 weeks. The dialogues and lyrics were penned by

Chi. Udaya Shankar Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 2 July 1993; born in Chitnahalli) was an Indian lyricist and dialogue writer in the Kannada film industry for over three decades, who penned more than 3000 songs for films and devotional songs. H ...

. The movie was reported to have an overwhelming response from the Kannada circuit. This was also one of the first Kannada movies to be released in Hyderabad. The movie was remade in Telugu in 1988 as ''Maharajasri Mayagadu'' starring

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

and Sridevi with changes suiting the nativity.

Plot

Panduranga and Parvathi hail from middle-class families with the sole intention of earning money, Panduranga wants money to make his sisters lead a happy life and also wants to escape from his uncle Tarle Tammayya who forces him to marry his daughter. After failed attempts, Panduranga and Parvathi decide to pose as married couple for a competition conducted by Ananda Enterprises and also bring a missing baby along with them. All the couples are under the eye of the competition judges. Panduranga and Parvati pretend to be couple to fool them and also to avoid Tammayya's trouble. Panduranga makes Tammayya seem to be mentally ill. When Parvati's grandfather, whom Parvati hates because of his arrogance, discovers this he decides to choose them as a couple, however his other granddaughter is not interested and later relents after learning that Panduranga once saved her life. After a funny chase towards the end, Panduranga and Parvathi are selected as best couple.

Cast

* Rajkumar as Panduranga * Madhavi as Parvati *

Balakrishna Bala Krishna ( sa, बाल कृष्ण, lit=child Krishna/divine child Krishna, translit=Bālakṛṣṇa). Present day Krishna worship is an amalgam of various elements. According to historical testimonies Krishna-Vasudeva worship alread ...

as Tarle Tammayya *

Thoogudeepa Srinivas Mysore Srinivas (17 April 1943 – 16 October 1995), known by his stage name Thoogudeepa Srinivas was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films and is remembered for his portrayal of negative-shaded characters. He is the father of actor, D ...

Uma Shivakumar Uma Shivakumar (c. 1941 – 25 June 2013) was an Indian film and theatre character actress, who career included role in more than 170 Kannada language films and more than 30 plays. She was nicknamed "Baddi Bangaramma" by audiences, after the ...

as Champaka Malini *

Vijay Kashi Vijay Kashi is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films are ''Undu Hoda Kondu Hoda'' (1992), ''Mangalyam Tantunanena'' (1998), ''Suryavamsha'' (1999). Personal life Vijay Kashi is married to Vyjayanthi Kashi. They ...

Shivaram S. Shivaram (28 January 1938 – 4 December 2021), popularly known simply as Shivaram or Shivaramanna, was an Indian actor, producer and director whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. He has played roles including lead hero p ...

* Mysore Lokesh

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

who debuted as a music director with this movie. Singeetham requested Maestro

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...

to conduct the orchestra. The lyrics were by

Awards

;1985–86 Karnataka State Film Awards * Best Screenplay —

and

; 34th Filmfare Awards South * Best Film – Kannada * Best Actor – Kannada — Rajkumar ;

11th International Film Festival of India The 11th International Film Festival of India was held from 10-24 January 1987 in New Delhi. The festival gave a breakthrough for commercial cinema, through the introduction of "Indian Mainstream section". India's official entry for the Best Fo ...

: screened in the mainstream section

References

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