Amarashilpi Jakanachari (film)

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Amarashilpi Jakanachari
Directed by B. S. Ranga
Written byShyamala Devi
Screenplay byBalasubramanyam
Produced byB. S. Ranga
Starring Kalyan Kumar
B. Saroja Devi
Udaykumar
V. Nagayya
CinematographyB. N. Haridas
Edited byP. G. Mohan
M. Devendranath
Chakrapani
Music by S. Rajeswara Rao
Production
company
Vikram Productions
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

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. [1] [2] The film was the first Kannada feature film fully shot in color. [3] The director remade the movie in Telugu in the same year as Amara Shilpi Jakkanna . [4]

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