''Sri Shaila Mahathme'' is a 1961 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 Aroor Pattabhi and produced by Neerlahalli Thalikerappa. The film stars Rajkumar, Dikki Madhavarao,

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 ...

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 was specially credited for comedy dialogues. Mahalinga Bhagavathar played a small role in the movie.

Cast

* Rajkumar *

Dikki Madhava Rao Dikki Madhava Rao (born Murali Madhava Rao; 15 January 1919 – 14 July 1985) was an Indian actor and singer known for his work as a character actor in Kannada-language films. He spent much of his early years as a stage actor in the 1920s and 193 ...

*Hanumanthachar * Jayalalitha *Anil Kumar *Gopala Krishna *Vimalananda Das *Upendrachar *Mahalinga Bhagavathar *Krishnakumar *Srinivasa Pille *Vasudeva Girimaji *Rajendra Krishna * 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

* 1961 films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by T. A. Kalyanam {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub