''Devara Kannu'' ( ) is a 1975 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 film, directed by

Y. R. Swamy Y. R. Swamy ( – 21 October 2002) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked primarily Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema. He directed over 35 films in his career, 17 of which came in films that stars Dr. Rajkumar, Rajkumar in th ...

. The film stars

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 ...

and

Aarathi Aarathi (born as Bharathi in 1954) is a former Indian actress and director who prominently worked in Kannada films during the 1970s and 1980s. Her accolades include four Karnataka State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. Besides Kannada, ...

, in lead roles with

Anant Nag Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 250 Kannada films and few films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Malaya ...

and

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 ...

, who were relative newcomers, in supporting roles. The film has musical score by T. G. Lingappa. The film is based on a Bengali novel by Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The film was remade in Tamil as ''

Annan Oru Koyil ''Annan Oru Koyil'' () is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by K. Vijayan and written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Suruli Rajan and Jai Ganesh. It became a blockbuster at the box-office, ru ...

'', in Malayalam as ''

Ellaam Ninakku Vendi ''Ellaam Ninakku Vendi'' is a 1981 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Srividya, Sukumaran and Sumalatha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by V. Dakshi ...

'' and in Telugu as ''Bangaru Chellelu''.

Plot

This is a murder mystery where Ramesh (Lokesh) is on the run from the police as he is accused of murdering his sister's rapist (Ambareesh). He runs into Sandhya (Aarathi) who should have been his fiance, at a lonely railway station. His sister (Jayalakshmi) now has amnesia. Together with her doctor husband (Anant Nag) Sandhya sets out to unravel the sequence of events that can save Ramesh. A last minute confession by the sister brings the film to a satisfactory end.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa.

References

External links

* * 1975 films Indian drama films 1970s Kannada-language films 1970s Indian films Kannada films remade in other languages Films scored by T. G. Lingappa Films based on Indian novels Films directed by Y. R. Swamy Films based on works by Nihar Ranjan Gupta {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub