Sri Purandara Dasaru

1967 Indian film
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
171 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageKannada

Sri Purandara Dasaru is a 1967 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by C. V. Raju and produced by Smt Jayalakshmi. The film stars K. S. Ashwath, R. Nagendra Rao, Udaykumar and Rajashankar. The film has musical score by C. N. Pandurangan.[1][2] This was the third Kannada movie on the life of Purandara Dasa after the 1937 movie Purandaradasa and the 1964 movie Navakoti Narayana.

Cast

  • K. S. Ashwath
  • R. Nagendra Rao
  • Udaykumar
  • Rajashankar
  • Balakrishna
  • Narasimharaju
  • Venkatesh
  • Raghavendra Rao
  • Vadiraj
  • Rathnakar
  • Ganapathi Bhat
  • Master Sridhar
  • Chittibabu
  • Ramachandra Shastry
  • Dwarakish
  • Bangalore Nagesh
  • Rajendra Krishna
  • Kuppuraj
  • Srikanth
  • Niranjan
  • Lakshmaiah
  • Dinesh
  • Shivaram
  • Dattharaj
  • Iyengar
  • Bapayya
  • Swamy
  • Pandari Bai
  • Harini
  • Mynavathi
  • L. Vijayalakshmi
  • Ramadevi
  • Papamma
  • Saroja
  • Janaki
  • Shanthamma
  • Kutty Padmini

Soundtrack

The music was composed by C. N. Pandurangan.[3]

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Aadidano Ranga" M. L. Vasanthakumari Purandaradasa 03:06
2 "Aparadhi Nanallaa" P. B. Sreenivas Purandaradasa 03:14
3 "Chandrachooda" M. Balamuralikrishna Purandaradasa 03:02
4 "Jagadodharana" M. Balamuralikrishna Purandaradasa 03:16
5 "Kandu Kandu Nee Yenna" M. Balamuralikrishna Purandaradasa 03:26
6 "Sakalagrahabala" P. B. Sreenivas Purandaradasa 03:03
7 "Sri Gananatha" M. Balamuralikrishna, Sarojini Purandaradasa 05:56

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "If for nothing else, the music would make the Kannada film [Sri Purandara Dasaru] worth the while."[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sri Purandara Dasaru". chiloka.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Sri Purandara Dasaru". nthwall.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Sri Purandaradasaru Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Morning shows". The Indian Express. 8 March 1969. p. 5.
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