''Upasane'' ( kn, ಉಪಾಸನೆ; English: Worship) is a 1974

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musical drama film, directed by

Puttanna Kanagal Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma (1 December 1933 – 5 June 1985), known popularly as S. R. Puttanna Kanagal, was an Indian filmmaker known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is often considered one of Kannada cinema's most influent ...

. The film produced by Rashi brothers, is based on the novel of the same name, written by Devaki Murthy. The film mostly had women playing the lead roles, consisting of Aarathi, Leelavathi, M. N. Lakshmi Devi, G. V. Sharadha and

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. Dr. Govinda Mannur,

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and Seetharam played the male supporting roles. Actor Seetharam was colloquially named as "Upasane" Seetharam for the rest of his career after the release of this film. The film dealt with the plight of Sharadha (Aarathi) who intends to pursue her career in classical music. The film went on to win multiple high-profile awards at the Karnataka State Film Awards for the year 1974-75 including Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Aarathi, who played the protagonist at the age of 19, won the Filmfare Best Actress award.

Cast

* Aarathi as Sharadha * Leelavathi as Nagamma * Dr. Govinda Mannur *

as Subba Rao * Upasane Seetharam as Veene Anantha Shastry *

Vajramuni Sadananda Sagar (11 May 1944 – 5 January 2006), better known by his stage name Vajramuni, was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. He portrayed negative characters during most of his career and was considered one of Kannada cinema's ...

as Neelakantaiah *

* M. N. Lakshmi Devi as Parvathi * G. V. Sharadha * G. V. Swarnamma as Radio Rangamma *

Musuri Krishnamurthy Musuri Krishnamurthy (10 March 1930 – 16 March 1985) was an Indian actor, film director, producer, working in Kannada cinema. He was known mostly for his roles as a comedian. Early life Krishnamurthy was born on 10 March 1930 to B. S. Vish ...

as Saveri Sadashivaiah *

Shivaram S. Shivaram (28 January 1938 – 4 December 2021), popularly known simply as Shivaram or Shivaramanna, was an Indian actor, producer and director whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. He has played roles including lead hero p ...

as Shankarabharana * H. Ramachandra Shastry

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924–2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 600 fe ...

.Upaasane songs
/ref> The soundtrack included a very famous

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kriti rendered by

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janaki Amma" and Nightingale of South India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in ...

. All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards 1974-75

# First Best Film # Best Screenplay -

# Best Dialogue writer - Navarathnaram # Best Cinematographer - S. V. Srikanth # Best Editor - V. P. Krishnan # Best Sound Recording - S. P. Ramanathan

Filmfare Awards South - 1974

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- Aarathi

References

External links

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Puttanna's big feats
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