''Belli Kalungura'' () is a 1992 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 ...

film directed by K. V. Raju, starring

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and

Malashri Malashree (born Sridurga Pandey) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Kannada cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. "She has appeared in 100 and more films in a career spanning three de ...

. The supporting cast features Tara, Chi. Guru Dutt,

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Doddanna Doddanna is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a theatre actor. During this time, he entered the Kannada film industry as a character actor. Early life The youngest son in t ...

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and Girija Lokesh. The music was composed by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, d ...

, also writing lyrics to four of its soundtracks. The film was a success during its time and is seen as a milestone in the career of Malashri, who would go on to appear in many successful films in the 1990s.

Cast

Production

The song "Kelisade Kallukallinalli" was shot at Hampi.

Soundtrack

composed the film's background score and music for the soundtracks, also writing its lyrics with

Doddarange Gowda Doddarangegowda (born 7 February 1946) is an Indian poet and lyricist working in Kannada cinema. He is a retired professor of Kannada and has published a number of anthologies in Kannada. He has released several audio cassettes and CDs of his po ...

. The album consists of seven soundtracks. The song "Kellisade Kallukallinalli" attained popularity. The film's producer wanted Doddarange Gowda to write lyrics on a song which spoke about Kannada and he wrote the lyrics without listening to the tune and was done within 3 days.

References

External links

* 1992 films 1990s Kannada-language films 1990s Indian films Films scored by Hamsalekha {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub