''Parasangada Gendethimma'' () is a 1978 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

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directed by Maruthi Shivram, based on a novel of the same by Srikrishna Alanahalli. It stars

Lokesh Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada plays and films. His wife Girija Lokesh is an actress and film director. His father was Subbaiah Naidu, who is credited to be first hero of Kannada silent mo ...

in the lead role and the supporting cast features Reeta Anchan, B. R. Jayaram, and

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...

. The film features original songs composed 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 ...

, while cinematography was done by S. Ramachandra. The film won three awards at the 1978–79 Karnataka State Film Awards – Third Best Film, Best Actor (Lokesh) and Best Music Director (

). The film was remade in Tamil in 1979 as '' Rosaappo Ravikkai Kaari'' and in Telugu in 1982 as ''Kotha Neeru''.

Plot

Thimanna (

) is an innocent tribal youth who is excited about his wedding. A salesman in village who help villagers by getting their needy items from distant city, His wedding is arranged with Marakani (Reeta Anchan), a city girl. Marakani wants to bring about a huge change in him and make him a decent city man. Meanwhile, due to the differences with her mother-in-law, Marakani manages to separate herself and Thimanna from his mother, and they start living separately. Later in the process, when an innocent Thimanna invites a teacher (Manu) to his new shed where they live, Marakani gets attracted to him due to his sophisticated city man looks and then the plot revolves around Thimanna's point of view of the whole situation.

Cast

as Gendethimma * B. R. Jayaram * Reeta Anchan ( Voice dubbed by

B. Jayashree B. Jayashree (born 9 June 1950) is a veteran Indian theatre actress, director and singer, who has also acted in films and television and worked as dubbing artist in films. She is the creative director of Spandana Theatre, an amateur theatre co ...

) * Honnaiah *

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* Shyamala * Pramila

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by

, with lyrics by

Doddarange Gowda Doddarangegowda is a Kannada poet and a lyricist working for Kannada cinema. He is a retired professor of Kannada and has published a number of anthologies in Kannada. He has released several audio cassettes and CDs of his poems. Some of his not ...

Track list

References

External links

* 1978 films 1978 comedy-drama films 1970s Kannada-language films Indian comedy-drama films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films based on Indian novels Kannada films remade in other languages 1978 comedy films 1978 drama films {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub