Prathama Ushakirana

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Prathama Ushakirana
Directed by Suresh Heblikar
Story by Ashok Pai
Produced byManasa Arts
Starring Suresh Heblikar
Girish Karnad
Geetha
CinematographyP. Rajan
Edited byM. N. Swamy
Music by Vijaya Bhaskar
Production
company
Manasa Arts
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Prathama Ushakirana (Kannada : ಪ್ರಥಮ ಉಷಾಕಿರಣ; English: The First Morning Ray) is a 1990 Indian Kannada fiction drama film directed by Suresh Heblikar, written by Ashok Pai and produced under Manasa Arts. [1] Besides Heblikar in the lead, the film features Geetha, Girish Karnad, Pramila Joshai and Vanitha Vasu in the pivotal roles. [2] The film's music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar and the cinematography was by P. Rajan.

Contents

The film dealt with child psychiatry as the main theme and met with critical appraise and went on to win several awards at the Karnataka State Film Awards 1989-90 and the 38th Filmfare Awards South. [3] Besides winning awards, the film was screened at various international film festivals.

Cast

Music

The soundtrack and score for the film was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Etthara Balu Etthara"M. N. Vyasa Rao, Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Rajkumar Bharathi  

Awards

The film won multiple awards for the year 1990.

1989-90 :

  1. Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film - Manasa Arts
  2. Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Male) - Master Damarugendra

1990:

  1. Filmfare Award for Best Film - Manasa Arts
  2. Filmfare Award for Best Director - Suresh Heblikar

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