''Rathna Manjari'' is a 1962 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

Hunsur Krishnamurthy Hunsur Krishnamurthy (9 February 1914 – 13 February 1989) was an Indian playwright, film director, producer, actor, screenwriter and lyricist in Kannada cinema. He worked with noted theatre personalities early in his career; Gubbi Veeranna, ...

and produced by Hunsur Krishnamurthy and D. Puttaswamy. The film stars

Udaykumar Bommasandra Srinivasaiah Suryanarayana Murthy (16 March 1933 – 26 December 1985), known by his screen name Udaykumar, was an Indian actor and producer in Kannada cinema. He, along with Kalyan Kumar and Rajkumar, were called the ''Kumarath ...

, Narasimharaju,

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 ...

and C. V. Shivashankar. 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 ...

H.R. Bhargava Hunsur Ramachandra Bhagyachandra ( kn, ಹು. ರಾ. ಭಾರ್ಗವ), known mononymously as Bhargava, is an Indian film director who worked primarily in Kannada cinema. Originally a producer, he came to be considered one of the best direc ...

was the assistant director of this movie. The movie was dubbed in Telugu as ''Maya Mohini''.It was dubbed in Tamil with the same title and released in 1962.

Cast

* Narasimharaju *

* C. V. Shivashankar * M. P. Shankar * Subbanna * Sriranga *Hanumanthachar *Ramachandra Shastry *Krishna Shastry *Hanumantha Rao *Sarot Ashwath *Girimaji * M. Leelavathi *

Harini Harini may refer to: * Harini (singer), South Indian film playback singer * Harini (Kannada actress) Harini is a former actress in the Kannada cinema. She was active during the 1950s and 1960s, retiring at the peak of her career. As of 2006 sh ...

* Rajasree *M. N. Lakshmidevi *

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 ...

*Shanthamma *Master Hunasur Siriprasad

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa.

References

External links

* * 1962 films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub kn:ರತ್ನಮಂಜರಿ