Amarashilpi Jakanachari | |
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Directed by | B. S. Ranga |
Written by | Shyamala Devi |
Screenplay by | Balasubramanyam |
Produced by | B. S. Ranga |
Starring | Kalyan Kumar B. Saroja Devi Udaykumar V. Nagayya |
Cinematography | B. N. Haridas |
Edited by | P. G. Mohan M. Devendranath Chakrapani |
Music by | S. Rajeswara Rao |
Production company | Vikram Productions |
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Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Amarashilpi Jakanachari is a 1964 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. It stars Kalyan Kumar in the eponymous role of Amarashilpi Jakanachari, a sculptor who lived in the 12th-century Hoysala Empire. It also features B. Saroja Devi, Udaykumar and V. Nagayya. The film score and soundtrack were composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. [2] [3] The film was the first Kannada feature film fully shot in colour. [4] [5] B. S. Ranga made the film simultaneously along with the Telugu version titled Amarasilpi Jakkanna which featured Akkineni Nageswara Rao in the title role, along with Saroja Devi and Nagayya.
B. Saroja Devi is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films over seven decades. She is known by the epithets "Abhinaya Saraswathi" in Kannada and "Kannadathu Paingili" in Tamil. She is one of the most successful actresses in the history of Indian cinema.
Jakanachari was a legendary Indian sculptor credited with building many fine temples for the Kalyani Chalukyas and Hoysalas. He is popularly known by the epithet Amarashilpi.
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