''Baalu Belagithu'' () is a 1970 Indian
Kannada language
Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, an ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
written and directed by
Siddalingaiah
Siddalingaiah (15 December 1936 – 12 March 2015) was an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer who worked mainly in the Kannada films. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the industry knew him as a master of ...
. It stars
Rajkumar,
Jayanthi and
Bharathi. The film was released under Chitrashree International banner and produced by K S Prasad, B V Srinivas and A S Bhakthavathsalam. It was remade in Telugu as ''
Manchivadu'', in Hindi as ''
Humshakal'' and in Tamil as ''
Oorukku Uzhaippavan''.
Cast
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Rajkumar as Shankar / Papanna (dual roles)
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Jayanthi as Lalitha
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Bharathi as Lakshmi
* T. B. Nagappa
*
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 ...
*
Prabhakar as The ruffian who attacks Lakshmi
* Rama
* Shanthamma
*
Jyothi Lakshmi
Jyothi Lakshmi (2 November 1948 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian actress who appeared in more than 130 movies. In the early 1970s, she was well noted for her leading roles and songs in movies. She also acted in female-oriented movies and was a ...
in an item song
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by
Vijaya Bhaskar
Vijaya Bhaskar (; 1924 – 3 March 2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 720 films, Bhaskar worked in Tamil ...
and lyrics for the soundtrack written by
Chi. Udaya Shankar and
Vijaya Narasimha
Vijaya Naarasimha (16 January 1927 – 31 October 2001) was an Indian lyricist who worked in Kannada cinema.
Career
Naarasimha's first Kannada film song was "Yee Dehadinda Dooranaade" (Oh soul, why did you depart this body) for the 1956 film ...
.
Songs at Raaga
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Track list
See also
* Kannada films of 1970
References
External links
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1970 films
1970s Kannada-language films
1970s Indian films
Indian black-and-white films
Indian drama films
Twins in Indian films
Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar
Films directed by Siddalingaiah
Kannada films remade in other languages
1970 drama films
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