''Banker Margayya'' () is 1983 Indian

Kannada-language Kannada () is a 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, and is additionally a s ...

film directed by

T. S. Nagabharana Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana (born 23 January 1953), commonly known as T. S. Nagabharana, is an Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry and a pioneer of parallel cinema. He is one of the few film directors to have straddled th ...

, based on the novel '' The Financial Expert'' by

R. K. Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), better known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early ...

, and starring

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 ...

in the lead role. The film won the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada The National Film Award for Best Kannada Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Ka ...

in 1984 and at the 1983–84 Karnataka State Film Awards,

was awarded the Best actor.

Plot

Bad culture drives out good culture. Bad money drives out good money. But here, quick money itself, acquired by a miser, though initially boosts his image in the society gradually makes him understand that human values are more important than money. The film is derived from R. K. Narayan's novel '' The Financial Expert'', another of his works set in Malgudi. Margayya is a smart money-lender who, by advising villagers about the rules of borrowing money, sends corrupt bank officials running scared. By a quirk of fate he loses this upper hand. He tries odd jobs to beat poverty but it takes another quirk of fate for his life to change. As with a lot of Narayan's works, the sum total of joy and despair might end up at zero, but the experience is always up in the positives. An ironic morality tale about an entrepreneur whose endeavours are constantly ruined by his son. Margayya (Lokesh) starts out as a moneylender sitting under a banyan tree opposite a co-operative bank, filling in forms, and offering advice to the villagers of Narayan's fictional village of Malgudi, usually on how to circumvent the bank's bureaucratic process of offering loans. His career as a banker is ruined when his son Balu (master manjunath) throws away all the account books in gutter. Then Margayya publishes a sex manual with its author, a Dr. Pal (Urs). The venture is very profitable. But balu life was spoiled by reading this book, so he stops publishing these sex books. Then with the help of Dr. Pal he starts a bank of his own thus becomes banker Margayya. Margayya becomes wealthier than all the banks in the area. But Balu is the victim of the salacious book and starts visiting prostitute with Dr. Pal. Once balu was caught by his father when he was in illegal activity along with Dr. Pal, angry Margayya thrashes Dr. Pal black and blue. The insulted Dr. Pal spoils all of Margayya's business and Margayya has to start all over again under his banyan tree, with the threatening but beloved presence of his grandson by his side.

Cast

as Banker Margayya * Jayanthi *

Sundar Raj Sundar Raj is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry, apart from a few Tamil films. Some of his notable films include ''Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane'', ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'', ''Chandanada Gombe'', ''Kurigalu Saar Kur ...

as balu * Vijayaranjini *

Sundar Krishna Urs Sundar Krishna Urs (1941–1993) was an Indian film producer and actor, in the Kannada film industry, as well as in many South Indian language films known for his negative roles. He has also worked as a dubbing artist providing voices to many ...

as Dr.Pal *

Musuri Krishnamurthy Musuri Krishnamurthy (10 March 1930 – 16 March 1985) was an Indian actor, film director, producer, working in Kannada cinema. He was known mostly for his roles as a comedian. Early life Krishnamurthy was born on 10 March 1930 to B. S. Vis ...

Master Manjunath Manjunath Nayaker is a former Indian actor and public relations professional. He is better known by his screen name, Master Manjunath and "Swamy" for his lead role in the television series '' Malgudi Days'' (1987) directed by Shankar Nag and i ...

as younger balu *

Pramila Joshai Pramila Joshai is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the films of Pramila Joshai as an actor include ''Saheba (film), Saheba'' (2017), ''List of Kannada films of 2008, Thayi'' (2008), ''Apthamitra'' (2004). She was credited ...

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 ...

Awards and honors

* This movie was selected for Indian Panorama. * National Film Awards 1983 - Best Kannada Film *

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

1983-84 - Best Actor -

References

External links

* {{R. K. Narayan 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films 1983 films Films based on Indian novels Adaptations of works by R. K. Narayan Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners Films directed by T. S. Nagabharana