Guru Shishyaru (1981 film)

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Guru Shishyaru
Directed by
Chi. Udaya Shankar (dialogues & Lyrics)
Story byVempati Sadasivabrahmam
Produced byDwarakish
Starring
CinematographyD. V. Rajaram
Edited byYadav Victor
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
Production
company
Dwarakish Chitra
Release date
  • 20 August 1981 (1981-08-20)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Guru Shishyaru (transl. Mentor and disciples) is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language comedy film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by Dwarakish under his "Dwarkish Chitra" production house.

The story followed a fiction with a Guru and his 7 disciples being cursed by the Angels to behave stupid until the angel gets married. The film had an ensemble cast with many characters getting equal footage and importance to all. The lead pair of the movie was Vishnuvardhan and Manjula.[1] The movie is a remake of 1966 Telugu movie Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha which itself was a remake of 1950 Telugu movie Paramanandayya Sishyulu. The movie was dubbed in Tamil as Raja Mohini.[2]

Cast

  • Vishnuvardhan as Nandivardhana Maharaja
  • Manjula as Chitralekha
  • Jayamalini as Ranjini, Royal Dancer
  • Rajanand as Rajaguru Poornanandaiah
  • Satyabhama
    as Lakshmi, Poornanandaiah's wife
  • Dwarakish as Nandishwara, Disciple of Rajaguru
  • Shivaram as Vishwa, Disciple of Rajaguru
  • Bangalore Nagesh as Subramanya, Disciple of Rajaguru
  • M. S. Umesh as Someshwara, Disciple of Rajaguru
  • Rathnakar as Sundareswara, Disciple of Rajaguru
  • Gode Lakshminarayana as Ganapati, Disciple of Rajaguru
  • Sai Kumar as Bringishwra, Disciple of Rajaguru
  • Lokanath
    as Arunakeshi Maharshi
  • Lord Shiva
  • Goddess Parvathi
  • Chandrashekhar as Singer in cameo appearance for song Nachi Odidhanu Madana
  • Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Minister of Kingdom
  • Sundar Krishna Urs as leader of robber gang
  • Musuri Krishnamurthy as Parabramha Shastri
  • Balakrishna
    as Virupaksha Shastri
  • Chetanram Rao as Manjunataiah
  • Pranava murthy as Narasimhaiah, Manjunathaiah Son
  • Lakshman
    as thief

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

Chi. Udaya Shankar.[3]
The comedy song "Doddavarella Jaanaralla" was received extremely well.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Doddavarella Jaanaralla"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, chorus 
2."Jaya Jaya Samba Sadashiva"S. Janaki 
3."Ninagagi Ella Ninagagi"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 
4."Deenala Moreya"S. Janaki, P. Susheela 
5."Naachi Odidanu Madana"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 

References

  1. ^ Guru Shishyaru cast[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Vishnuvardhan Tamil Hits || Raja Mohini tamil movie songs || Vanijairam P.Susheela hits || KVM".
  3. ^ Guru Shishyaru songs

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