''Kuzhandhaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu'' () is a 1960 Indian

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pud ...

film, directed by B. R. Panthulu. The film stars Panthulu, M. V. Rajamma, K. Sarangapani and

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. The film had musical score by

T. G. Lingappa Thiruchirappalli Govindarajulu Lingappa (22 August 1927 – 5 February 2000) was an Indian music director who worked predominantly in Kannada language films. He also worked in Tamil and Telugu movies. He was the son of G. Govindarajulu Naidu wh ...

. It was simultaneously made in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

as ''Makkala Rajya'' () and in Telugu as ''Pillalu Thechina Challani Rajyam''. Narasimharaju and Balakrishna play pivotal roles in the Kannada version while

and K. Sarangapani play supportive roles in the Tamil version. This film was partly coloured by Gevacolor and processed at the Film Centre, Mumbai.

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made his film debut with this film. Tamil actors

Nagesh Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 Cine ...

made his Kannada debut with this film.

Plot

A scientist takes children to an unknown planet, where they establish a democratic republic.

Cast

;Principal cast * B. R. Panthulu * M. V. Rajamma *

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...

as Scientist (guest role) ;Tamil version *

as King * K. Sarangapani *

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;Kannada version * Dikki Madhava Rao * B. Hanumanthachar * Master Umesh * Narasimharaju * Balakrishna *

* Chi. Udaya Shankar * Veerabhadrappa * M. N. Lakshmi Devi * Master Venkatesh *

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Soundtrack

Music by

for all languages. All the tunes for all the songs for Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages are the same. Kannada Songs Lyrics were written by Kanagal Prabhakar Shastry and C. Sadashivaiah. Tamil Songs Lyrics were written by Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam. Telugu Songs Lyrics were written by were written by

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and

Kosaraju Kosaraju Raghavayya (23 June 1905 – 27 October 1987), known mononumously by his surname Kosaraju, was an Indian lyricist and poet known for his works in Telugu cinema. He wrote about 3,000 songs in 350 films. His lyrics are steeped in Telu ...

Playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not ap ...

s P. B. Sreenivas,

Seerkazhi Govindarajan Sirkazhi Govindarajan (19 January 1933 – 24 March 1988) was an Indian Tamil Carnatic vocalist and a leading playback singer of Indian cinema. Early life Govindarajan, was born on 19 January 1933 at Sirkazhi (a small town in present day M ...

, P. Susheela,

Jikki Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, and Sinhalese langua ...

, S. Janaki, K. Jamuna Rani, K. Rani,

A. P. Komala Arkadu Parthasarathy Komala (born 28 August 1934), commonly known as A. P. Komala, is an Indian playback singer. She has sung songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada languages. Career life She was a much sought after playback singer from t ...

, L. R. Eswari & M. S. Padma.

References

External links

* * * {{B. R. Panthulu 1960 films 1960s Kannada-language films 1960s multilingual films 1960s science fiction films 1960s Tamil-language films Films directed by B. R. Panthulu Films scored by T. G. Lingappa Indian multilingual films Indian science fiction films