''Madhvacharya'' (1986) is a

Kannada language 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 sp ...

film directed by

G. V. Iyer Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer (3 September 1917 – 21 December 2003) was a well-known Indian film director and actor. He was nicknamed "Kannada Bheeshma", and was the only person who made films in Sanskrit. His film ''Adi Shankaracharya'' (1983 ...

. The film is based on the life and teachings of the founder of the Tattvavada philosophy,

Madhvacharya Madhvacharya (; ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes Anglicisation, anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the ''Dvaita'' ...

. Ananthalakshmi Films produced this film and Theatrical Distributor was the distributor of the film. This film screened at 11th IFFI panorama. It won the National Award for Dr.

M. Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in ...

as the Best Music Director.

Synopsis

The film is based on life of Madhavacharya, A Vaishnavite Scholar.

Cast and crew

Cast

*Purna Prasad as adult Madhvacharya *

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

as teen Madhvacharya *Shrivathsa as Vasudeva/Bala Madhva *Vijaya Shri as Baby Vasudeva *G. M. Krishnamurthy as Achyuta Prajna *Hayagrivachar as Pandit Trivikrama *G. V. Shivanand as Vedavyasa *Aanda Teertha as Ravindra

Crew

*Director : G. V. Iyer *Screenplay : G. V. Iyer, Sri Bannanje Govindacharya *Cinematographer :

Madhu Ambat Madhu Ambat is an Indian cinematographer. With a career spanning over 40 years, he is one of the most prolific cinematographers in Indian cinema. He is best known for his work in films such as ''Amaram'', '' Anjali'', and ''Makaramanju''. He cu ...

*Editing : V. R. K. Prasad *Music direction :

*Art Direction : P. Krishnamurthy *Sound : Kitty Govindaswamy

Soundtrack

References

1986 films 1980s Kannada-language films Films scored by M. Balamuralikrishna Indian biographical films Madhvacharya Biographical films about religious leaders Films whose production designer won the Best Production Design National Film Award 1980s biographical films {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub