''Adalu Badalu'' () is a 1979 Indian

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-language

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directed by C. V. Rajendran and written by

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. The film stars Srinath,

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, M. P. Shankar and

Dwarakish Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (19 August 1942 – 16 April 2024), known by his stage name Dwarakish ( ), was an Indian actor, comedian and filmmaker who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema in addition to few Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cine ...

. The soundtrack and background score were composed by

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, while the cinematography and editing were handled by R. Madhusudan and Yadav Victor. The dialogues were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.

Premise

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Murali is assigned to track down and arrest a smuggler named Bairaa, where he disguise himself as a

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merchant to nab him, only to get killed by Bairaa as the latter knew about his identity. Due to this, Murali's brother Inspector Mohan takes up the case in order to seek vengeance for Murali's death.

Cast

* Srinath as

Mohan *

as Radha * M. P. Shankar as Bairaa *

as L.T.V. Prasanna *Halam *

Lokanath C. H. Loknath (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor who made more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance was in a Sta ...

*Baby Rekha

Cameo appearance

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Lokesh Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada cinema. Lokesh made his film debut in the 1958 film '' Bhakta Prahlada''. He had thrice won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor during his care ...

Murali

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 1970s Kannada-language films 1970s Indian films Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Films directed by C. V. Rajendran {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub