''Lakshmi Saraswathi'' () is a 1970 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

K. S. L. Swamy Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarasimha Swamy (21 February 1939 – 20 October 2015), popularly known as K. S. L. Swamy / Lalitha Ravee / Ravee, was an Indian film director, producer, actor and playback singer. He entered cinema at an early age as an ...

(Ravi) and produced by B. H. Jayanna. The film stars

B. Saroja Devi Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films over seven decades. She is known by the epithets "''Abhinaya Saraswathi''" ( Saraswathi of ...

, Ramesh, Sudarshan and R. Nagendra Rao in the lead roles. The film has musical score 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 ...

Cast

B. Sarojadevi Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films over seven decades. She is known by the epithets "''Abhinaya Saraswathi''" ( Saraswathi of ...

as Lakshmi / Saraswathi *Ramesh as Venu, Lakshmi's husband * R. N. Sudarshan as Anand, a doctor * R. Nagendra Rao as Lakshmi and Saraswati's father *Ramadevi as Gundamma * Narasimharaju as Garageshwari Ranganathachar *

M. N. Lakshmi Devi Mysore Narasimhachar Lakshmi Devi, known as M. N. Lakshmi Devi, is a veteran film artist in Kannada films. She is from Chintamani and has had a career of 7 decades. She made her debut in Srinivasa Kalyana (1952) movie and has acted nearly in 1 ...

as Shanthamma, Ranganathachar's wife *Y. R. Ashwath Narayan *Baby Mala *

Thoogudeepa Srinivas Mysore Srinivas (17 April 1943 – 16 October 1995), known by his stage name Thoogudeepa Srinivas was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films and is remembered for his portrayal of negative-shaded characters. He is the father of actor, D ...

*H. R. Krishna Shastry *Manohar *C. L. Narayana Rao *Kodandu *Ragini in a cameo * B. V. Radha in a cameo *

M. Jayashree M. Jayashree (1921 – 2006), was an Indian actress who worked mainly in Kannada films. She is known for her supporting roles in such movies including Rayara Sose (1957), Naagarahaavu (1972), Eradu Kanasu and Sri Srinivasa Kalyana. She was fo ...

in a cameo *Annapurnamma in a cameo *

Lokanath C. H. Loknath (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor who made more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance was in a Sta ...

in a cameo *Kumari Shantha *Kumari Saroja

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* * 1970 films 1970s Kannada-language films 1970s Indian films Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Films directed by K. S. L. Swamy {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub