''Shivasharane Nambekka'' () is a 1955 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

P. Neelakantan Palaniyaandi Neelakantan (2 October 1916 – 3 September 1992) was a Tamil film director, who was active for nearly four decades. Life He was born at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. He graduated to movies from stage play. His play '' Naam Iruvar'' ...

Plot

The film depicts the life story of Saint Nambiyakka, a great devotee of Lord Shiva.

Cast

B. R. Panthulu Budaguru Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu (26 July 1910 – 8 October 1974) was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is best known for directing films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. His most popular films are '' Karnan'', ''Veerapandiya ...

M. V. Rajamma M. V. Rajamma (10 March 1918 – 23 April 1999) was an Indian actress, producer and playback singer of films mostly in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages from the 1930s through 1970s. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine an ...

*Dikki Madhava Rao *Revathi

Production

The film was produced by

under his own banner

Padmini Pictures Padmini, Sanskrit for "She who sits on the lotus", a reference to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, may refer to: People Given name * Rani Padmini (fl. 13th/14th centuries), Rani of the Mewar kingdom * Padmini (actress) (1932–2006), Indian actress and ...

and was directed by

. The film was dubbed into

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

with the title ''Sivasakthi'' and was released in 1956.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

T. G. Lingappa Thiruchirappalli Govindarajulu Lingappa (22 August 1927 – 5 February 2000) was an Indian music director who worked predominantly in Kannada language films. He also worked in Tamil and Telugu movies. He was the son of G. Govindarajulu Naidu w ...

for both Kannada and Tamil versions. ;Kannada Songs #"Parama Jaanavara" - Jikki - 03:05 #"Shambho Mahaadeva" - Seergazhi Govindarajan - 03:25 ;Tamil Songs #"Sundara Vadhaname" - N. L. Ganasaraswathi - 03:13 #"Maayaa Valaiyil Veezhndhu" - N. L. Ganasaraswathi - 03:38 #"Jeeva Paripalana" - Jikki - 2:51

References

External links

* Hindu mythological films Hindu devotional films Films scored by T. G. Lingappa 1950s Kannada-language films Indian black-and-white films {{1950s-Kannada-film-stub