''Thayi Devaru'' is a 1971 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
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
written by Shivam and directed by
Siddalingaiah
Siddalingaiah (15 December 1936 – 12 March 2015) was an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer who worked mainly in the Kannada films. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the industry knew him as a master of so ...
. It stars
Rajkumar,
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 ...
and
Bharathi. The film was released under Jain Movies banner and produced by Chandulal Jain.
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 ...
worked as associate director,
M. S. Rajashekar
M. S. Rajashekar (died 29 October 2018) was an Indian Kannada film director based in Bangalore. He made his directorial debut with ''Dhruva Thare'' starring Rajkumar which earned the Karnataka State Award for Second Best Film. His second movie ...
as assistant director and
G. K. Venkatesh
Gurusala Krishnadas Venkatesh (21 September 1927 – 17 November 1993) was an Indian film score composer who primarily worked in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and until the late-1980s. He also composed music for Telugu, Malayalam and Ta ...
was the soundtrack and score composer. The dialogues and lyrics were written by
Chi. Udaya Shankar
Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 2 July 1993; born in Chitnahalli) was an Indian lyricist and dialogue writer in the Kannada film industry for over three decades, who penned more than 3000 songs for films and devotional songs. H ...
. The movie was remade in Telugu in 1973 as ''Kanna Koduku'' starring
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...
.
Cast
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by
G. K. Venkatesh
Gurusala Krishnadas Venkatesh (21 September 1927 – 17 November 1993) was an Indian film score composer who primarily worked in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and until the late-1980s. He also composed music for Telugu, Malayalam and Ta ...
and lyrics for the soundtrack written by
Chi. Udaya Shankar
Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 2 July 1993; born in Chitnahalli) was an Indian lyricist and dialogue writer in the Kannada film industry for over three decades, who penned more than 3000 songs for films and devotional songs. H ...
. Venkatesh later reused the song "Haayagide" in Telugu as "Mogindi Veena" for ''Zamindargari Abbayi'' and in Tamil as "Then Sinduthe" for ''Ponnukku Thanga Manasu''.
[https://newdhool.blogspot.com/2016/02/gkvenkatesh-retrospective.html ]
Track list
See also
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Kannada films of 1971
The following is a list of films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 1971, presented in alphabetical order.
References
External links
* http://www.bharatmovies.com/kannada/info/moviepages.htm
* http://www.kannadastore.com/
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References
External links
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1971 films
1970s Kannada-language films
Indian black-and-white films
Indian drama films
Films scored by G. K. Venkatesh
Films directed by Siddalingaiah
1971 drama films
Kannada films remade in other languages
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