''Nagarjuna'' is a 1961 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 Y. V. Rao and produced by K. N. Mallikarjuna. The film stars Rajkumar,

Kanta Rao Tadepalli Lakshmi Kantha Rao (16 November 1923 – 22 March 2009) was an Indian actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Regarded as one of the finest method actors, Rao starred in more than four hundred feature ...

, G. Varalakshmi, Sandhya,

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and Ramadevi. The film has musical score by

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 ...

. Y. V. Rao shot the movie simultaneously in Telugu as ''Naagaarjuna'' starring

. Rajkumar portrayed the role of Arjuna's son

Iravan Iravan also known as Iravat and Iravant, is a minor character from the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The son of Pandava prince Arjuna (one of the main heroes of the Mahabharata) and the Naga princess Ulupi, Iravan is the central deity of the cu ...

in the movie. He later on went on to portray the role of Arjuna's another son Babruvahana in the 1977 movie of the same name - making him the only actor to portray the role of Arjuna and his two sons. This remains the only movie in which YV Rao directed Rajkumar - since their second collaboration ''Hennina Baale Kanneeru'' was stalled after a portion of the shoot.

Cast

* G. Varalakshmi *Sandhya *

*Ramadevi *Parvathi *Jayalakshmi *Rajeshwari *Kumari Meena * Rajkumar *

* Narasimharaju *

V. Nagayya V. Nagayya (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma; 28 March 1904 – 30 December 1978) also known as Chittoor Nagayya was an Indian actor, singer, music composer, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu theatre. ...

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 ...

*Rajanala *Srikanth *Narayana *Master Sathyanarayana *Krishnappa *M. Raghavaiah *Shivakumar *M. S. Manyam *Ramaswamy *Shankar *Subramanyam *V. Nagarajan *Rajendra Prasad * B. Jaya *Sharada *Premakumari *Gangubai *Kalavathi *Narmadadevi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

References

External links

* 1961 films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films based on the Mahabharata Indian multilingual films 1960s multilingual films Films directed by Y. V. Rao {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub