Bara (1982 film)

Bara (Kannada: ಬರ English: Drought) is a directed and produced by M. S. Sathyu. It is based on the novel of same name by U. R. Ananthamurthy.^[1][2] Simultaneously shot in Kannada and Hindi, the film starred Anant Nag, C. R. Simha and Loveleen Madhu in lead roles. The film won many laurels upon release including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for its script of an incisive analysis of the socio-political situation in a drought affected district. The film went on floors in 1980 and made its theatrical release in 1982.

Bara
DVD cover of Kannada version
Directed by	M. S. Sathyu
Written by	U. R. Ananthamurthy
Produced by	M. S. Sathyu
Starring	Anant Nag C. R. Simha Loveleen Madhu Pankaj Dheer Veeraj Byakod M. V. Narayana Rao
Cinematography	Ashok Gunjal
Edited by	Chakravarthy
Music by	Mysore Ananthaswamy Siddalingaiah
Production company	M. S. Sathyu Productions
Release dates	October 1982 (1982-10) (Kannada) 1983 (Hindi)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Kannada Hindi

The Hindi version of the film Sookha was released in 1983. However, unlike the Kannada version, the film could not get a theatrical release, and was shown on Doordarshan.^[3] At the 31st National Film Awards, it won the award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.^[4][5]

Cast

• Anant Nag as Collector Satish Chandra
• C. R. Simha as Bhimoji
• Uma Shivakumar as Bhimoji's wife
• Loveleen Madhu as Satish Chandra's wife
• Veeraj Byakod as Satish Chandra's son
• Shivaram
• Nitin Sethi
• M. V. Narayana Rao
• Pankaj Dheer
• Vaijanath Biradar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mysore Ananthaswamy and Siddalingaiah with lyrics by K. S. Nissar Ahmed and Siddalingaiah.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ninna Anuragave"	Mysore Ananthaswamy	Jayashree
2.	"Ondanondu Ooru"	Siddalingaiah	Janardhan

Awards

Bara

• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada - 1981
• Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film - 1981-82

Filmfare Awards Kannada

• Best Film - Bara (1982)
• Best Director - M. S. Sathyu (1982)
• Best Actor - Anant Nag (1982)

Sookha

31st National Film Awards

• Best Feature Film on National Integration.^[4]

Also at the 31st Filmfare Awards, it was awarded Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie.^[6]

References

1. Khajane, Muralidhara (23 August 2014). "Celluloid faithfully celebrated his novels". Thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Bara - Kannada Film by M.S.Satyu". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
3. Gulazar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 646–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
4. "31st National Film Awards". India International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
5. "31st National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
6. "Critics Award for Best Film". Filmfare Awards Official listing, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

External links

• Bara at IMDb
• Sookha at IMDb