''Sri Shaila Mahathme'' is a 1961 Indian
Kannada-language film, directed by Aroor Pattabhi and produced by Neerlahalli Thalikerappa. The film stars
Rajkumar, Dikki Madhavarao,
Balakrishna and Hanumanthachar. The film has musical score by T. A. Kalyanam. The movie was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Srisaila Mahatyam''. It marked Jayalalithaa's Indian film debut, having previously worked in an English film Epistle (1961). Her moonlight performance for one of the song sequence became a sensation of today's times. As it was Jayalalithaa's mother who accompanied the daughter for every rehearsal. While Sarot Ashwath wrote the dialogues,
T. N. Balakrishna
Tirumakudalu Narasipura Balakrishna (2 November 1911 – 18 July 1995), commonly known an T. N. Balakrishna or Balanna, was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He was said to have a hearing problem and some say that he was totally ...
was specially credited for comedy dialogues. Mahalinga Bhagavathar played a small role in the movie.
Cast
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Rajkumar
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Dikki Madhava Rao
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Balakrishna
*Hanumanthachar
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Jayalalitha
Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December 2 ...
*Anil Kumar
*Gopala Krishna
*Vimalananda Das
*Upendrachar
*Mahalinga Bhagavathar
*Krishnakumar
*Srinivasa Pille
*Vasudeva Girimaji
*Rajendra Krishna
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Krishna Kumari
*Sandhya
*Sheshakumari
*Lakshmidevi
*Shantha
*Kumari Jayalakshmi
*Kumari Ganga
*Kumari Suma
*Papamma
*Rajalakshmi
*Saroja
*Kamalesh Kumari
*Indrani
Soundtrack
The music was composed by T. A. Kalyanam.
References
External links
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1961 films
1960s Kannada-language films
Films scored by T. A. Kalyanam
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