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Maathu Tappada Maga is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, written and directed by Peketi Sivaram. It stars Anant Nag, Sharada, Aarathi and Rajinikanth, in his 25th film appearance. Udaykumar, K. S. Ashwath, Narasimharaju and T. N. Balakrishna feature in supporting roles.
Bommasandra Srinivasaiah Suryanarayana Murthy, known by his screen name Udaykumar, was an Indian actor and producer in Kannada cinema. He, along with Kalyan Kumar and Rajkumar, were called the Kumarathrayaru of Kannada cinema. He has authored many dramas and books. He has performed a broad range of roles and worked with all of the prominent actors of his day. He portrayed heroic characters early in his career later it became more nuanced villainous characters, often counterpointing Rajkumar's heroic persona in historicals and mythologicals.
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Bhagyavantharu is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by H. R. Bhargava, making his debut. The film features Rajkumar and B. Saroja Devi in lead roles supported by an ensemble cast including Ashok, Balakrishna, Dwarakish and Ramakrishna. The film was produced by Dwarakish. The dialogues and lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The film's original score and soundtrack were composed by Rajan–Nagendra. Puneeth Rajkumar made a brief appearance in one of the songs of this film. The movie is a remake of 1974 Tamil movie Dheerga Sumangali.
Gaali Gopura is a 1962 Kannada-language film directed and produced by B. R. Panthulu. The film starred Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Leelavathi and R. Nagendra Rao. Actor Udaya Kumar made a brief guest appearance. Acclaimed director Puttanna Kanagal had assisted Panthulu for this film.
Kalla Kulla is a 1975 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film, directed by K. S. R. Das and produced by Shastry Associates. The story is written by M. D. Sundar. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Bhavani and Jayalakshmi. The film was widely appreciated for its songs and story upon release. The songs composed by Rajan–Nagendra were huge hits. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Chor Ka Bhai Chor. H.R. Bhargava was the associate director of this movie. The director remade the movie in Telugu in 1976 as Kallanum Kullanum.
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Baalu Belagithu is a 1970 Indian Kannada language drama film written and directed by Siddalingaiah. It stars Rajkumar, Jayanthi and Bharathi. The film was released under Chitrashree International banner and produced by K S Prasad, B V Srinivas and A S Bhakthavathsalam. It was remade in Telugu as Manchivadu, in Hindi as Humshakal and in Tamil as Oorukku Uzhaippavan.
Prachanda Kulla is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by P. S. Prakash and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Radhika and Sudarshan. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The movie is famous for the sequence involving the hero lifting the Shiva idol (linga). The movie was dubbed in Tamil as Veera Mandra Kullan.
Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarasimha Swamy, popularly known as K. S. L. Swamy / Lalitha Ravee / Ravee, was an Indian film director, producer, actor and playback singer. He entered cinema at an early age as an assistant to popular directors of the time such as G. V. Iyer and M. R. Vittal. He debuted as an independent film director with the 1966 film, Thoogudeepa. His other films such as Gandhinagara (1968) and Bhagya Jyothi (1975) and Malaya Marutha (1986) proved successful. His 1989 film Jamboo Savari won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film at the 37th National Film Awards.
Bhale Huduga is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by R. Ganesh. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Manjula, Dwarakish and Udaykumar, with music composed by G. K. Venkatesh. It is a remake of the 1964 Tamil film Panakkara Kudumbam.
Rajadurgada Rahasya is a 1967 Indian Kannada-language film, jointly directed by A. C. Narasimha Murthy and S.K.Bhagwan and produced by A. Vasudeva Rao and T. Dwarakanath. The film stars Rajkumar, Bharathi, Udaykumar, Narasimharaju and Dinesh. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. Rajkumar plays dual roles in the movie. S.K.Bhagwan had revealed that though he was the actual director of the movie, the credits were jointly given to him and Narasimha Murthy who was the chief financier of the movie. The movie was dubbed in Tamil as Malaikotai Marmam. This was the last movie where Bhagwan directed Bharathi Vishnuvardhan.
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Mane Katti Nodu is a 1966 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Sri Sadguru and produced by C. V. Shivashankar and Friends. The film stars Udaykumar, Hanumantha Rao, Shivashankar and Thipatur Raghu in lead roles. The film's musical score was written by R. Rathna.
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Jeevakke Jeeva is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by K. S. R. Das and produced by S. V. Srikanth. The film stars Anant Nag, Shankar Nag, Saritha and Dwarakish. The film has musical score by Rajan–Nagendra.
Kula Puthra is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language film directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by S. Venkataratnam. The film stars Shankar Nag and Gayatri whilst Dwarakish, Udaykumar and Leelavathi appeared in supporting roles along with Sowcar Janaki in a cameo role. The film was scripted by S. Bhavanarayana, photographed by S. Venkataratnam and had musical score by Satyam.
