Naandi (film)
Naandi | |
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Directed by | N. Lakshminarayan |
Written by | N. Lakshminarayan |
Produced by | Vadiraj Jawahar |
Starring | Dr. Rajkumar Harini Kalpana Udaykumar |
Cinematography | R. N. K. Prasad |
Edited by | P. S. Murthy |
Music by | Vijaya Bhaskar |
Production company | Sri Bharathi Chitra |
Release date |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Naandi is a 1964
Dinesh
made his debut through this film in a supporting role.
The film, upon release garnered wide appreciation and recognition for capturing the real-time plights of those with hearing impairments [2] for the first time in commercial cinema.[3] The film set a landmark by being the first ever Kannada film to be screened at an International film festival.[4][5][6] This film was screened at IFFI 1992 Kannada cinema Retrospect.[7] It is considered by one critic to be the first "offbeat" movie in Kannada cinema.[8]
Cast
- Dr. Rajkumar as Murthy
- Harini as Ganga
- Kalpana as Nirmala
- Udaykumar (cameo)
- Balakrishnaas Sitapathi
- Sorat Ashwath as Ramayya
- Ganapathi Bhat
- B. Hanumanthachar
- Dineshas Gopal Rao
- H. R. Hanumantha Rao
- Sridhar
- Narayana
- P. Vadiraj as Pranesha
- M. Jayashree as Savitri
- R. T. Rama as Murthy's neighbour
- Shanthamma as Seetha
- Suma (credited as Baby Suma)
- Anitha (credited as Baby Anitha)
- Makeup Subbanna
- Mary Bosh as herself (credited as Sister Mary Bosh)
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar with lyrics by R. N. Jayagopal.[9] All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Namma Thayi Bharathi" | R. N. Jayagopal | P. B. Sreenivas | 03:16 |
2. | "Chandramukhi Pranasakhi" | R. N. Jayagopal | S. Janaki, Bangalore Latha | 03:35 |
3. | "Haadonda Haaduve" | R. N. Jayagopal | P. B. Sreenivas | 03:24 |
4. | "Udugoreyonda Thanda" | R. N. Jayagopal | S. Janaki | 03:12 |
5. | "Sathyakke Endigu Jayavemba" | R. N. Jayagopal | P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki | |
6. | "Namma Papa Muddu Papa" | R. N. Jayagopal | L. R. Eswari |
References
- ^ N.Lakshminarayan movies list
- ^ "'Movie' over the subtitle barrier with these must-watch films in 8 Indian languages".
- ^ History 44 - Naandi Gets International Recognition
- ^ Khajane, Muralidhara (27 January 2017). "Kannada cinema makes its presence felt at Bengaluru film fest". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Kannada films for all time". 31 October 2018.
- ^ Comedian Vadiraj is dead
- ^ Khajane, Muralidhara (26 February 2018). "Celebration of Kannada 'power' at BIFFes". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Kannada films for all time". 31 October 2018.
- ^ Naandi songs
External links
- Naandi at IMDb