''Kula Gourava'' ( ) is a 1971 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 ...
romantic drama film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
directed by
Peketi Sivaram and written by G. Balasubramanyam. It stars
Rajkumar in triple roles along with
Jayanthi and
Bharathi. The film was produced under Sri Eswari Productions of
N. Veeraswamy. It had a very successful soundtrack composed by
T. G. Lingappa. Popular actor-director
V. Ravichandran, son of the film producer Veerasamy, appeared in the film as a child artist. The film swept 5 awards at the 1970-71
Karnataka State Film Awards including the best film, best actor, and best editor categories. Veeraswamy, who till then used to finance movies under Sri Eswari Productions, turned an independent producer with this movie. However, contrary to expectations, the movie failed to achieve 100 days run in its theatrical run.
The movie was Rajkumar's first movie in which he played a triple role. It is also his only black and white movie where he played a triple role.The movie was remade in Telugu in 1972 as ''
Kula Gowravam'' starring
N. T. Rama Rao 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, ...
with
Jayanthi reprising her role. It was also remade in Tamil in 1974 as ''Kula Gowravam'' starring
R. Muthuraman and
Jayasudha with
Jayanthi reprising her role again.
Cast
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by
T. G. Lingappa and lyrics for the soundtrack written by
Chi. Udaya Shankar,
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 ...
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
Awards
* Karnataka State Film Awards – 1970–71
# Best Third Film
# Best Actor – Rajkumar
# Best Dialogue – Chi. Udaya Shankar
# Best Editing – P. Bhaktavatsalam
# Best Sound recording – Srinivas
See also
* Kannada films of 1971
References
External links
*
1971 films
1970s Kannada-language films
1970s Indian films
Indian black-and-white films
Indian drama films
Films scored by T. G. Lingappa
Kannada films remade in other languages
Films directed by Peketi Sivaram
1971 drama films
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