''Dudde Doddappa'' () is a 1966 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 film, directed and produced by

B. R. Panthulu Budaguru Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu (26 July 1910 – 8 October 1974) was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is best known for directing films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. His most popular films are '' Karnan'', ''Veerapandiya ...

. The film stars

M. V. Rajamma M. V. Rajamma (10 March 1918 – 23 April 1999) was an Indian actress, producer and playback singer of films mostly in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages from the 1930s through 1970s. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine an ...

, Ramesh and Narasimharaju in the lead roles. The film has 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 w ...

. The film was remade in

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as ''

Namma Veettu Lakshmi ''Namma Veettu Lakshmi'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. It is a remake of his own Kannada film '' Dudde Doddappa'', released in the same year. Panthulu also stars as the male lead, alongsid ...

'' (1966) and in

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as ''

Lakshmi Nivasam ''Lakshmi Nivasam'' () is a 1968 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao and written by Aarudra. It is a remake of the Kannada film '' Dudde Doddappa'' (1966). The film stars S. V. Ranga Rao, Anjali Devi, Krishna, ...

'' (1968).

Cast

*Ramesh * Narasimharaju *

Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (born 15 August 1950), also known mononymously as Bharathi, is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in Kannada cinema and television serials. She began her career in 1966, as a lead actress, with the Kannada mov ...

*Suryakumar *Giriyan *Gururaj *Ganapathi Bhat *Hanumanthachar *Guggu *Krishna Shastry *Nagappa *Bhavanishankar *Narayan *Dasharatha *Honnappa *Shekar *Shivaramaiah *Basappa *L. N. Swamy *Shankar *

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 ...

*Gurusiddappa *Sharada *Papamma *Shanthamma *Padmavathamma *Vijayakumari *Suguna *Suryakumari *Vijayabharathi *Kumari Yashoda *Krishnakumar *V. R. Lakshmi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa.

References

External links

* 1966 films Indian drama films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by T. G. Lingappa Films directed by B. R. Panthulu Kannada films remade in other languages 1966 drama films {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub