''Karulina Kare'' is a 1970

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 ...

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romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed and written by

Puttanna Kanagal Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma (1 December 1933 – 5 June 1985), known popularly as S. R. Puttanna Kanagal, was an Indian filmmaker known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is often considered one of Kannada cinema's most influent ...

. The film stars Rajkumar, Kalpana and R. Nagendra Rao. The film was remade in Telugu in 1972-73 as ''Pedda Koduku'' starring

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. The film went on to win the Best Editing and Best Sound recording awards in the Karnataka State Awards for the year 1970–71.

Cast

* Rajkumar as Parameshi * Kalpana as Parvati * R. Nagendra Rao as Subbanna, Parameshi's foster father * R. N. Sudarshan as Mohan * Dinesh as Raja / Soorappa * Renuka as Uma *

Advani Lakshmi Devi Advani Lakshmi Devi is a retired Indian actress known for her work in Kannada cinema. She has played a variety of roles such as heroine, vamp, mother, grandmother in hundreds of Kannada movies over the last 50 years. Her role in films '' Gandh ...

as Gowri *

H. R. Shastry Halebeedu Ramachandra Shastry (2 November 1905 – 12 December 1976), was an Indian actor and dubbing artist known for his work in Kannada cinema. In his career spanning more than 40 years, Shastry played a variety of supporting roles. He is not ...

* Sathyavathi as Shanti * Rathnakar * M. S. Subbanna * Bangalore Nagesh * Mala (credited as Baby Mala) * Ravikanth (credited as Master Ravikanth) as young Parameshi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. Ranga Rao with lyrics by

R. N. Jayagopal R. N. Jayagopal (1935 – 19 May 2008) was an Indian film director and lyricist in Kannada cinema. He had written over 12,000 film songs. Early life and education R. N. Jayagopal, known to friends and fans as RNJ, was born in 1935 to R. N ...

.Karulina Kare songs
/ref> All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards

* Best Editor - S. P. N. Krishna * Best Sound Recording - P. J. Lakshman

References

External links

* 1970 films 1970 romantic drama films 1970s Kannada-language films Indian romantic drama films Films directed by Puttanna Kanagal Indian black-and-white films Films scored by M. Ranga Rao Kannada films remade in other languages {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub