''Mareyada Haadu'' is a 1981

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directed and written by R. N. Jayagopal and produced by K. S. Sacchidananda. The film stars

Ananth Nag Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and En ...

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and Leelavathi. The film was a musical hit with the songs composed 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 ...

considered evergreen hits. The cinematographer R. N. K. Prasad was awarded with the

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for this film.

Cast

* Sundar Krishna Urs * Leelavathi *

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 ...

* Rajashankar * Dingri Nagaraj *

Chethan Ramarao Chethan Ramarao (1937–2016) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. Life Ramarao was born in 1937 at Sindhaghatta in KR Pete taluk in Mandya district of Karnataka. He became interested in theatre when he was young ...

* Venkatarao

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, with lyrics by R. N. Jayagopal.Mareyada Haadu songs
/ref> The songs composed for the film, especially "Bhuvaneshwariya" , which was a record 8 min song which was based on raga Mohana Kalyani and "Sukhada Swapna Gaana", both rendered by

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, were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.

Awards

- R. N. K. Prasad

References

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