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.
| Guru Shishyaru | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | H. R. Bhargava |
| Written by | Chi. Udaya Shankar (dialogues & Lyrics) |
| Story by | Vempati Sadasivabrahmam |
| Produced by | Dwarakish |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | D. V. Rajaram |
| Edited by | Yadav Victor |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
Production company | Dwarakish Chitra |
Release date |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
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
edit- 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
- Srinivasa Murthy as Lord Shiva
- Hema Choudhary as 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
editThe music of the film was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar.[3] The comedy song "Doddavarella Jaanaralla" was received extremely well.
| No. | Title | Singer(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
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