''Gowri'' is a 1963 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 by S. K. A. Chari and produced by K. Narayan Rao. The film stars

Sowkar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil langua ...

, Rajkumar and Sandhya. The film has musical score by

G. K. Venkatesh Gurusala Krishnadas Venkatesh (21 September 1927 – 17 November 1993) was an Indian film score composer who primarily worked in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and until the late-1980s. He also composed music for Telugu, Malayalam and Ta ...

. This was the first Kannada movie to adapt already written Kannada poems into movie songs. The movie was remade from the 1952 Telugu movie '' Daasi'' with few modifications in the plotline.

Cast

* Rajkumar *

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 ...

*Sandhya *

M. N. Lakshmi Devi M. N. Lakshmi Devi is a veteran film artist in Kannada films. She is from Chintamani and has had a career of 7 decades. She has acted in more than 700 films. Devi is known for the movies " Bhakta Kanakadasa"(1960), "Bangaarada Manushya"(1972), ...

*Baby Suma *Baby Latha *Master Chandrashekar *Master Francis

Soundtrack

*"Ivalu Yaaru Balle Yenu" (Male Version) - P. B. Sreenivas *"Yaava Janmada Maitri" - S. Janaki *"Putta Putta Hejje" - S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas *"Ivalu Yaaru Balle Yenu" (duet) - S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas *"Naa Bedavende" - S. Janaki *"Putta Putta Hejje" (female) - S. Janaki

References

External links

* 1963 films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by G. K. Venkatesh {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub