''Bharjari Bete'' ( ) is a 1981 Indian

Kannada 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 ...

-language

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action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

directed by

Rajendra Singh Babu S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu (born 22 October 1952) is an Indian filmmaker and occasional actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He was born and brought up in Mysore. His father Shankar Singh produced many films under the banner Mahatma Pict ...

, starring

Ambareesh Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted ...

Shankar Nag Shankar Nagarakatte (9 November 1954 – 30 September 1990) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work in Kannada-language films and television. A popular cultural icon of Karnataka, Nag is often referred to as ...

Jayamala Jayamala (born 28 February 1959) is an Indian actress and politician. She served as the Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens in the Government of Karnataka, by virtue of being a membe ...

and Swapna in lead roles with

Tiger Prabhakar Tiger Prabhakar (30 March 1948 – 25 March 2001) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Kannada and Telugu cinema. He has also acted in a few Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He was also known as Kannada Prabhakar. Career Prabhakar ...

, Pratima Devi and

Vajramuni Sadananda Sagar (10 May 1944 – 5 January 2006), better known by his stage name Vajramuni, was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. He portrayed negative characters during most of his career and was considered one of Kannada cinema's ...

in supporting roles.

Cast

Production

Vijayalakshmi Singh Vijayalakshmi Singh is an Indian actress, director, costume designer and producer in Kannada. She has acted in many Kannada films and is actively involved in television projects. Early life Vijayalakshmi was born in Mysore to film personalit ...

, sister of film's director Rajendra Singh Babu made her debut as costume designer with this film.

Soundtrack

Ilayaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil in addition to Telugu, M ...

composed the music for the soundtracks with lyrics written by

Chi. Udaya Shankar Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 2 July 1993; born in Chitnahalli) was an Indian lyricist and dialogue writer in the Kannada film industry for over three decades, who penned more than 3000 songs for films and devotional songs. H ...

and

R. N. Jayagopal R. N. Jayagopal (1935 – 19 May 2008) was an Indian film director and lyricist in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema. He had written over 12,000 film songs. Early life and education R. N. Jayagopal, known to friends and fans as RNJ, was ...

. For the song ""Yaarigagi Aata", Ilaiyaraaja said the "brief demanded a ‘cabaret song’, but he did not want it to sound predictable. He showed how he had used an Indian raga . and made the beat choppy and modern". This song was set in

Puriya Dhanashree Puriya Dhanashree is a raga in Hindustani classical music. It belongs to the Purvi thaat and has been derived from the defining raga of that thaat – Raga Purvi. The notes of Puriya Danashree correspond, in Western terms, to the double harmo ...

raga. According to Deepa Ganesh of ''The Hindu'' wrote "Extremely modern and unconventional in its sensibility, the song is an outstanding rendition by

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely referred to as Janaki Amma and Nightingale of India(nightingale of South) . She is one of the greatest playback singers in the history ...

. Ilayaraja lays out a brilliant rhythm pattern that keeps changing its contours".

References

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* {{Rajendra Singh Babu 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films 1981 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films directed by Rajendra Singh Babu