Naandi (film)

Naandi is a 1964 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by N. Lakshminarayan, making his first venture in film direction.^[1] The film was produced by actor Vadiraj and Jawahar for Sri Bharathi Chitra studio house. The film starred Dr. Rajkumar and Harini along with Kalpana and Udaykumar playing guest roles. Actor Dinesh made his debut through this film in a supporting role.

Naandi
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	1964 (1964)
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

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)
• Balakrishna as Sitapathi
• Sorat Ashwath as Ramayya
• Ganapathi Bhat
• B. Hanumanthachar
• Dinesh as 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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
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

1. N.Lakshminarayan movies list
2. "'Movie' over the subtitle barrier with these must-watch films in 8 Indian languages".
3. History 44 - Naandi Gets International Recognition
4. 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.
5. "Kannada films for all time". 31 October 2018.
6. Comedian Vadiraj is dead
7. Khajane, Muralidhara (26 February 2018). "Celebration of Kannada 'power' at BIFFes". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023.
8. "Kannada films for all time". 31 October 2018.
9. Naandi songs

External links

• Naandi at IMDb