Maathu Tappada Maga

Maathu Tappada Maga (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by Peketi Sivaram. The film stars Anant Nag, Aarathi, Sharada and Rajinikanth in his 25th film appearance.^[1] Udaykumar, K. S. Ashwath, Narasimharaju and T. N. Balakrishna feature in supporting roles.

Maathu Tappada Maga
DVD cover
Directed by	Peketi Sivaram
Written by	Peketi Sivaram
Screenplay by	Peketi Sivaram
Produced by	R. Bhagawan K. R. Balani S. Thyagarajan
Starring	Anant Nag Sharada Aarathi Rajinikanth Dwarakish
Cinematography	J. Sathyanarayana
Edited by	Kotagiri Gopala Rao
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Bharatha Cine Arts
Release date	31 March 1978 (1978-3-31)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Anant Nag as Kumar
• Aarathi as Revathi
• Sharada as Latha
• Rajinikanth as Chandru
• K. S. Ashwath as Jagapathi Rao
• Leelavathi as Parvati
• Dwarakish as Mohan
• Udaykumar as diamonds smuggler and Chandru's boss
• Narasimharaju as Gangappa
• T. N. Balakrishna as Rachappa
• Bangalore Nagesh
• Peketi Sivaram
• M. N. Lakshmi Devi as Rachappa's wife
• Papamma as Lakshmi
• Vijayageetha
• Susheela Naidu
• Roopashree
• Jayalakshmi
• Halam as dancer
• Y. R. Ashwath Narayan
• Tomato Somu
• Kunigal Ramanath

Soundtrack

Ilaiyaraaja composed the music for the film's soundtrack in his Kannada debut,^[2] with lyrics written by R. N. Jayagopal. The soundtrack album consists of four tracks.^[3] Ilayaraja later reused the song "Bhanu Bhoomiya" as "Edho Ninaivugal" for the Tamil film Agal Vilakku (1979).

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Entha Soundarya Nodu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:32
2.	"Heloru Keloru"	S. Janaki	4:12
3.	"Baanu Bhoomiya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:05
4.	"Mareyada Harashada"	P. Susheela	3:27
Total length:			16:16

All lyrics are written by R. N. Jayagopal