Sri Purandara Dasaru

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Sri Purandara Dasaru
Directed byC. V. Raju
R. Ramamurthy
Screenplay byC. V. Raju
Produced bySmt Jayalakshmi
Starring K. S. Ashwath
R. Nagendra Rao
Udaykumar
Rajashankar
CinematographyRajaram
Meenakshi Sundaram
Edited byC. V. Raju
Music by C. N. Pandurangan
Production
company
Sri Hamsa Chithra
Distributed bySri Hamsa Chithra
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
171 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Sri Purandara Dasaru is a 1967 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by C. V. Raju and produced by Smt Jayalakshmi. The film stars K. S. Ashwath, R. Nagendra Rao, Udaykumar and Rajashankar. The film has musical score by C. N. Pandurangan. [1] [2] This was the third Kannada movie on the life of Purandara Dasa after the 1937 movie Purandaradasa and the 1964 movie Navakoti Narayana .

Contents

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by C. N. Pandurangan. [3]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Aadidano Ranga"M. L. VasanthakumariPurandaradasa03:06
2"Aparadhi Nanallaa" P. B. Sreenivas Purandaradasa03:14
3"Chandrachooda" M. Balamuralikrishna Purandaradasa03:02
4"Jagadodharana"M. BalamuralikrishnaPurandaradasa03:16
5"Kandu Kandu Nee Yenna"M. BalamuralikrishnaPurandaradasa03:26
6"Sakalagrahabala"P. B. SreenivasPurandaradasa03:03
7"Sri Gananatha"M. Balamuralikrishna, SarojiniPurandaradasa05:56

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "If for nothing else, the music would make the Kannada film [Sri Purandara Dasaru] worth the while." [4]

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