''Chakra Theertha'' is a 1967 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Peketi Sivaram. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Jayanthi and Balakrishna, with musical score by

T. G. Lingappa Thiruchirappalli Govindarajulu Lingappa (22 August 1927 – 5 February 2000) was an Indian music director who worked predominantly in Kannada language films. He also worked in Tamil and Telugu movies. He was the son of G. Govindarajulu Naidu wh ...

. It is based on the novel of same name by

T. R. Subba Rao Talukina Ramaswamayya Subba Rao (1920–1984), popularly known as TaRaSu, was an Indian novelist and a scholar in the Kannada-language.Mohan Lal and Others (1992), p4185 He is considered as a harbinger of the Kannada literature#Navya, Navya move ...

. The director remade the film in

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

in 1968 as ''Chuttarikaalu''.

Cast

* Rajkumar as Damodara * Udaykumar as Kashipathaiah * Jayanthi as Kamala, Kashipathaiah's daughter * Balakrishna *B. M. Venkatesh *Ganapathi Bhat *Dr. Sheshagiri Rao * Rajanand *Ramaraje Urs * Master Prabhakar *Jayashree *Shanthaladevi *Baby Raji *Madhavi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa. The song ''Ninna Roopa Kannali'' was retained in the Telugu version as ''Neeve Naa Kanulalo''.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gzzAN82xuyI&feature=youtu.be

References

External links

* 1967 films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by T. G. Lingappa Films based on Indian novels Kannada films remade in other languages Films directed by Peketi Sivaram {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub