''Professor Huchuraya'' is a 1974 Indian

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-language

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film directed by M. R. Vittal and produced by actor Narasimharaju. The story is written by Narendra Babu. Besides Narasimharaju as the protagonist, the film features Vishnuvardhan,

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, R. Nagendra Rao and

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 ...

in prominent roles.movie cast & crew
/ref> The film was widely appreciated for its songs and story upon release. The songs tuned 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 ...

were huge hits.

Cast

* Narasimharaju as Prof. Huchuraya * Vishnuvardhan as Venu *

as Geetha * R. Nagendra Rao as Shama Shastry, Huchuraya's uncle *

as Colonel Dhanley, Venu's father *

Dwarakish Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (born 19 August 1942), better known as Dwarakish ( ), is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was given the name Dwarakish by Kannada film maker C. V. Shivashankar. Early life D ...

as Thimma * Bhargavi Narayan as Meera * Leelavathi as Indira *

Vaishali Kasaravalli Vaishali Kasaravalli (12 April 1952 – 27 September 2010) was a noted Kannada actress, television serial director, and costume designer. Early life She was born on 12 April 1952 in Gulbarga to theatre enthusiast parents Dr. Chitagopi and Ni ...

as Kamali *

Rajashankar Raja Shankar or Rajashankar was an Indian actor in Kannada cinema. His films include '' Bhakta Kumbara'' (1974), ''Sampathige Saval'' (1974) and '' Sri Srinivasa Kalyana'' (1974). He also co-produced the 1974 Kannada movie ''Bangaarada Panjara'' ...

as a

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Lokanath C. H. Loknath (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor with more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films to his credit. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance wa ...

as Dr. Manjesh * Shyam * Ranga

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

. The song "Doora Doora" was received extremely well.

Awards

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

- Bhargavi Narayan

References

External links

* 1974 films 1970s Kannada-language films Indian comedy films Indian black-and-white films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra 1974 comedy films {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub