''Naa Ninna Bidalaare'' () is a 1979 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

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...

directed by Vijay and produced by C. Jayaram. The film stars

Anant 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 Eng ...

and

Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...

. The film was remade in Hindi as ''Mangalsutra'', with Anant Nag reprising his role while Rekha appeared in the role played by Lakshmi. ''Na Ninna Bidalaare'' is regarded as one of best horror films of all time in the Kannada film industry. ''Na Ninna Bidalaare'' is the first movie where Anant Nag and Lakshmi acted together, later the pair become one of the finest onscreen couples in Indian cinema.

Plot

Krishna (

) gets possessed by the ghost of his ex-lover Kamini (K. Vijaya) whose love he had refused. The rest of the film revolves around Krishnav's wife Gayatri's (

) efforts to save her husband from danger.

Cast

as ''Krishna'' *

as ''Gayatri'' * K.Vijaya as ''Kamini'' * Master Prakash *

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 ...

as Krishna's father * Leelavathi as Gayatri's mother *

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 ...

as Gayatri's father *

Musuri Krishnamurthy Musuri Krishnamurthy (10 March 1930 – 16 March 1985) was an Indian actor, film director, producer, working in Kannada cinema. He was known mostly for his roles as a comedian. Early life Krishnamurthy was born on 10 March 1930 to B. S. Vish ...

* M. S. Satya * Shivaprakash

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by the duo

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra were an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four de ...

, with lyrics penned by

Chi. Udaya Shankar Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 2 July 1993; born in Chitnahalli) was an Indian lyricist and dialogue writer in the Kannada film industry for over three decades, who penned more than 3000 songs for films and devotional songs. H ...

Track list

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Box-office

''Na Ninna Bidalaare'' ran for 100 days at many centres across the Karnataka and it became one of the highest grossing Kannada films of the year 1979.

Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Actor Kannada (1979) – Anant Nag for "Na Ninna Bidalaare"

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s Kannada-language films Indian horror films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Kannada films remade in other languages Indian ghost films 1979 horror films Films directed by Vijay (director) {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub