''Rani Honnamma'' is a 1960 Indian

historical drama film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swas ...

Kannada language 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 sp ...

, directed and written by

K. R. Seetharama Sastry K. R. Seetharama Sastry ( kn, ಕು. ರಾ. ಸೀತಾರಾಮ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ) popularly known as Ku. Ra. Seetharama Sastry or simply Ku. Ra. Si was an Indian actor, writer, lyricist and director in Kannada film industry. After ...

and produced by Karibasaiah. The film stars Rajkumar and Leelavathi.

Cast

* Rajkumar * Leelavathi as Honnamma * Lalitha Rao *

M. Jayashree M. Jayashree (1921 – 2006), was an Indian actress who worked mainly in Kannada films. She is known for her supporting roles in such movies including Rayara Sose (1957), Naagarahaavu (1972), Eradu Kanasu and Sri Srinivasa Kalyana. She was f ...

* Narasimharaju as Manjanna *

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 ...

M. N. Lakshmi Devi M. N. Lakshmi Devi is a veteran film artist in Kannada films. She is from Chintamani and has had a career of 7 decades. She has acted in more than 700 films. Devi is known for the movies " Bhakta Kanakadasa"(1960), "Bangaarada Manushya"(1972), ...

* Papamma *

G. V. Iyer Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer (3 September 1917 – 21 December 2003) was a well-known Indian film director and actor. He was nicknamed "Kannada Bheeshma", and was the only person who made films in Sanskrit. His film ''Adi Shankaracharya'' (1983 ...

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924–2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 600 fe ...

and lyrics for the soundtrack penned by Ku. Ra. Seetharama Shastry. The songs "Haarutha Doora Doora" and "Jeevana Hoovina Haasige" were received very well and considered one of the evergreen hits in Kannada film industry.

Track list

References

External links

Songs at Raaga
1960 films 1960s Kannada-language films Indian biographical drama films Films set in the 19th century History of India on film Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar 1960s biographical drama films 1960s historical drama films Indian historical drama films Films directed by K. R. Seetharama Sastry 1960 drama films {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub