''Kulavadhu'' 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 T. V. Singh Takur and produced by A. C. Narasimha Murthy & Friends. The film stars Rajkumar, Leelavathi,

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 ...

, Narasimharaju 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 ...

. 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 ...

. The famous Ugadi song ''Yuga Yugadi Kaledaru'' from this movie is a still hit song. The movie is based on the novel of same name by

Krishnamoorthy Puranik Krishnamoorthy Puranik (5 September 1911 – 12 November 1985) was an Indian writer and poet who wrote in Kannada. He was the principal of a government high school in Gokak and was awarded the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for his work ''Manni ...

. This was Rajkumar's second movie to be based on a novel - the first being ''

Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu ''Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu'' () is a 1962 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by T. V. Singh Takur and produced by A. C. Narasimha Murthy and Friends. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Balakrishna and Narasimharaju. The film has musical s ...

'' (1962). Both the movies were based on novels by Krishnamoorthy Puranik.

Cast

* Rajkumar *

* Narasimharaju *

*Venkatasubbaiah *Ashwath Narayana *Aadishesh *Shenoy *Kuppuraj *Raman *Bhujanga Rao *Basappa *Master Udayashankar * Leelavathi *

B. Jayashree B. Jayashree (born 9 June 1950) is a veteran Indian theatre actress, director and singer, who has also acted in films and television and worked as dubbing artist in films. She is the creative director of Spandana Theatre, an amateur theatre co ...

*Papamma *Sharadamma *Sadhana (Revathidevi)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh.

References

External links

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