''Chinnada Gombe'' () is a 1964 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 and produced by

B. R. Panthulu Budaguru Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu (26 July 1910 – 8 October 1974) was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is best known for directing films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. His most popular films are '' Karnan'', ''Veerapandiya ...

. The film stars Panthulu,

Kalyan Kumar Kalyan Kumar (7 June 1928 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian actor, and an occasional film director and producer who worked primarily in Kannada and Tamil cinema. Making his acting debut in the mythological drama ''Natashekara'' (1954), Kalyan Kuma ...

, Kalpana,

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 Jayalalitha. The film has musical score by

T. G. Lingappa Thiruchirappalli Govindarajulu Lingappa (22 August 1927 – 5 February 2000) was an Indian music director who worked predominantly in Kannada language films. He also worked in Tamil and Telugu movies. He was the son of G. Govindarajulu Naidu w ...

. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as '' Muradan Muthu'', and remade into Hindi as '' Gopi'' and in Telugu as '' Palleturi Chinnodu''. This was Jayalalitha's leading debut, having previously acted as a child artiste.

Cast

* Kalpana * J. Jayalalithaa *

*Rajashankar *Sandhya * B. Jaya *Baby Vishalakshi *Narasimharaju *

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 ...

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 ...

Production

Panthulu met Jayalalithaa at an event celebrating his film '' Karnan'' success, and Jayalalithaa's mother allowed her to be cast in ''Chinnada Gombe'' due to financial constraints.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

References

External links

* 1964 films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by T. G. Lingappa Kannada films remade in other languages Films directed by B. R. Panthulu {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub