Maathu Tappada Maga

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Maathu Tappada
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Film poster
Directed by Peketi Sivaram
Written byPeketi Sivaram
Screenplay byPeketi Sivaram
Produced by
  • R. Bhagawan
  • K. R. Balani
  • S. Thyagarajan
Starring
CinematographyJ. Sathyanarayana
Edited byKotagiri Gopala Rao
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
Bharatha Cine Arts
Release date
  • 31 March 1978 (1978-03-31)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Maathu Tappada Maga is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, written and directed by Peketi Sivaram. It stars Anant Nag, Aarathi, Sharada and Rajinikanth in his 25th film appearance. [1] Udaykumar, K. S. Ashwath, Narasimharaju and T. N. Balakrishna feature in supporting roles.

Contents

Cast

Soundtrack

Ilaiyaraaja composed the music for the film's soundtrack, with lyrics written by R. N. Jayagopal. The soundtrack album consists of four tracks. [2] Ilayaraja later reused the song "Bhanu Bhoomiya" as "Edho Ninaivugal" for the Tamil film Agal Vilakku (1979).

All lyrics are written by R. N. Jayagopal

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Entha Soundarya Nodu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:32
2."Heloru Keloru" S. Janaki 4:12
3."Baanu Bhoomiya"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:05
4."Mareyada Harashada" P. Susheela 3:27
Total length:16:16

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