Maria My Darling

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Maria My Darling
Maria My Darling.jpg
VCD cover in Kannada
Directed by Durai
Written byThirumathi S. Madhu
N. Bhaskar (dialogues)
Produced byThirumathi S. Madhu
Starring
CinematographyV. Ranga
Edited byM. Vellasami
Music by Shankar–Ganesh
Production
company
Durgeswari Films
Release dates
  • 14 November 1980 (1980-11-14)(Kannada)
  • 19 December 1980 (1980-12-19)(Tamil) [1]
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Kannada
  • Tamil

Maria My Darling is a 1980 Indian action thriller film directed by Durai, starring Kamal Haasan and Sripriya. [2] The film was made as a bilingual and was shot in both Kannada and Tamil. [3]

Contents

Plot

Maria, a bold woman, searches for and seeks revenge against the person who killed her mother.

Cast

Cast (Kannada)Cast (Tamil)Role
Kamal Haasan Raghu
Sripriya Maria
Vajramuni Srikanth Shyam "Raja"
Shivaram Thengai Srinivasan Sunder Rao
M. P. Shankar Major Sundarrajan Maria's father
Udaykumar Mahadeva "Ramdas"
T. N. Balakrishna V. S. Raghavan Krishnappa
R. N. Sudarshan CBI officer Stephen
Natraj
Baby Indira
Kunigal Nagabhushan waiter

Production

The film was shot in Bangalore. [4]

Soundtrack

Shankar–Ganesh composed the music for the soundtracks with Kannada lyrics penned by Chi. Udayashankar and Tamil lyrics penned by Kannadasan, Aalangudi Somu and Pulamaipithan.

Kannada [5] [6]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Maria My Darling" (Version 1) Chi. Udayashankar S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 6:31
2."Obba Ninge"Chi. Udayashankar Kamal Haasan 5:57
3."Naanindhu"Chi. UdayashankarS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam 4:53
4."Hoovanthe Naanu Olidaaga"Chi. Udayashankar S. Janaki 9:09
5."Maria My Darling" (Version 2)Chi. UdayashankarS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:29
6."Maria My Darling" (Version 3)Chi. UdayashankarS. P. Balasubrahmanyam5:10
Tamil [7]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Maria My Darling" Kannadasan S. P. Balasubrahmanyam  
2."Rasathi Pakka Aasai" Pulamaipithan Kamal Haasan  
3."Vaanga Naina"Kannadasan S. Janaki  
4."Unnaithan Enni"KannadasanS. Janaki 
5."Yen Indha"Aalangudi SomuS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam  
6."Sowkiyama"   

Reception

The film was a box-office bomb. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Maria My Darling (1980)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Kamal Haasan's many talents". Rediff.com . 29 May 2008. slide 3. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "From 'Kokila' to 'Rama Shama Bhama': Five Kamal Haasan Kannada movies". The Times of India . 4 September 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. ↑ ""Bangalore is a happening place"". Sify . Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mariya My Darling (1980) Kannada Super Hit Film LP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Disco Music Center. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Maria My Darling (1980)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Maria My Darling Tamil Film Super 7 EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Shiva Kumar, S. (3 January 1982). "Durai on decline". Mid-Day . p. 29. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020– via Twitter.
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