''Uyyale'' () is a 1969

Kannada language 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 sp ...

romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed by N. Lakshminarayan and starring Rajkumar and Kalpana. The film is a direct screen adaptation of the novel of the same name written by the acclaimed novelist

Chaduranga Subramanyaraje Urs (1916 – 19 October 1998), known by his pseudonym Chaduranga, was an Indian writer in Kannada language. He wrote four novels—''Sarvamangala'', ''Uyyale'', ''Vaishakha'', and ''Hejjala''—and a few other short storie ...

(Subramanyaraja Urs). The movie presents a delicate tale of the extra-marital love of a woman neglected by her husband reflecting the social and moral laws of married life. Besides writing the story, Chaduranga also wrote the dialogues for the film and won Karnataka State Film Award for the year 1979 for this story. The soundtrack and original score 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 ...

was widely acclaimed and appreciated. Produced by Gopal - Lakshman duo, the film fetched the

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film The Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada language films. Winners See also * Karnataka State Film A ...

award for the same year. The film was screened twice at the

IFFI The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common pla ...

Retrospect - once in 1992 and once again in 2019 on the occasion of the 50th year of IFFI. In a small drama sequence, Rajkumar appears as

Gautama Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lu ...

and Leelavathi as

Kisa Gotami Kisa Gotami was the wife of a wealthy man of Savatthi. Her story is one of the most famous ones in Buddhism. After losing her only child, Kisa Gotami became desperate and asked if anyone could help her. Her sorrow was so great that many thought ...

Cast

* Rajkumar as Krishna Gowda * Kalpana as Radha *

K. S. Ashwath Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Kannada films He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career. His only memorial in the whole of Karnata ...

as Seshagiri "Seshu" Rao, Radha's husband and Krishna's friend *

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 ...

as Seetapathi, Seshu's neighbour * Ramadevi as Seetha, Seetapathi's wife * M. Jayashree as Krishna's mother * Premalatha as Kanaka * Papamma as Kanaka's mother * Leelavathi as a stage actor (cameo) * N. K. Narasimhaiah * Girija (credited as Baby Girija) as Prabha

Soundtrack

The songs composed by

and sung by

P. B. Sreenivas Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas (22 September 1930 – 14 April 2013) widely known as P. B. Sreenivas was an Indian playback singer, composer, harmonium player, lyricist, littérateur, and poet known for his works in South cinema, and Bollyw ...

and

P. Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest and best-known playba ...

found wide reach and are considered one of the best soundtracks.Uyyale songs list
/ref> Rajkumar humming a few lines of ''Doniyolage Neenu'' in a sequence in the movie remains the only instance of him singing in the music direction of Vijay Bhaskar.

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

# Second Best Film # Best Story writer -

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uyyale 1969 films Indian drama films Indian black-and-white films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar 1960s Kannada-language films 1969 drama films Films directed by N. Lakshminarayan kn:ಉಯ್ಯಾಲೆ