''Ondu Premada Kathe'' () is a 1977 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

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

written by B. R. Lakshman Rao and directed by S. M. Joe Simon. This film is the first South Indian black and white

CinemaScope CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 to 1967, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter. Its creation in 1953 by ...

. It stars L. V. Sharada Rao,

Maanu Maanu is an Indian dancer and actress. After making her acting debut with Saran's ''Kadhal Mannan'' (1998), she opted against an acting career and continued pursuing her passion as a dancer by setting up a performing arts company and featuring i ...

and Ashok in the lead roles. Rao plays Lakshmi, the headmistress of a village school; Maanu as her husband and teacher; and Ashok as Chandrashekhar Rao, an acquaintance of Lakshmi.

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 160 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannad ...

as the

chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of the

village panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

, and Ashalatha as Margaret, a student in the school, feature in supporting roles.

Cast

* L. V. Sharada Rao as Lakshmi * Ashalatha as Margaret *

Prema Karanth Prema Karanth (15 August 1936 – 29 October 2007) was an Indian theatre personality and the first-ever woman film-maker of Kannada cinema. She was the wife of B. V. Karanth and was known for the children's plays that she staged. She became the ...

* Juvalen * Yashoda * Ashok as Chandrashekhar Rao *

as chairman of the village panchayat * Katte Ramachandra * Raju * Venkataram *

as Kamalesh Nayar (credited as Manappa) * Puttegowda (credited as Master Puttegowda) as student

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* 1970s Kannada-language films 1977 films Indian black-and-white films Films scored by T. G. Lingappa {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub