''Malaya Marutha'' ( ) is a 1986
Kannada
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-language
musical film
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starring
Vishnuvardhan,
Saritha and
Madhavi. The film was directed and written by
K. S. L. Swamy (Lalitha Ravi) and produced by C. V. L Shastry under "Shastry Movies" production house.
Vijaya Bhaskar has composed the soundtrack and the background score.
In the film, a music guru is killed in a road accident and his artistic soul migrates into Vishwa (Dr. Vishnuvardhan), an aspiring musician and turns him into a virtuoso. The film also explores his relationships with two women, Girija (Madhavi), a popular dancer and Sharada (Saritha), the guru's daughter.
The film was released on 13 November 1986 to widespread critical acclaim. The film was screened at the mainstream section at the 11th
International Film Festival Of India
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. The film won the
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer (K. J. Yesudas).
Plot
A revivalist melodrama in which the artistic soul of a music guru, killed in a road accident, migrates into the aspiring, but hopeless, musician Vishwa, turning him into a virtuoso capable of realising the guru's dreams. Vishwa is torn between the guru's daughter Sharada and Girija, a popular dancer whose father exploits Vishwa's talent. Vishwa embarks on building a music college with Sharada's help. Girija donates all her money to the cause, but when Vishwa loses his voice, Sharada teaches him to regain it. An interesting twist to the story is that Vishwa is the extension of Sharada's father. Though both Sharada and Girija are shown to be in love with Vishwa, he always sees Sharada in the form of her namesake Goddess
Saraswati
Saraswati (, ), also spelled as Sarasvati, is one of the principal Devi, goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, music, purification, language and culture. Together with the godde ...
and only reciprocates the love of Girija.
Cast
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Vishnuvardhan as Vishwa
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Saritha as Sharada
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Madhavi as Girija
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M. S. Umesh as Violinist
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Dinesh as Krishnappa - Girija's father
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Shivaram
S. Shivaram (28 January 1938 – 4 December 2021), popularly known simply as Shivaram or Shivaramanna, was an Indian actor, producer and director whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. He has played roles including lead hero ...
as Ugranarasimhaiyya
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Gode Lakshminarayan as Pashupati - Ghatam Player
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Jari Venkatram
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Ashwath Narayan Shastri as Venkannaiyya
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Pranava Murthy
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R K Surya Narayan- as Vidvan Srikanthaiyya
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Kumari Veena Varuni-Introduction
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Meese Krishna as Meese Subanna - Taxi driver
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Srishailan as Television channel head
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi as himself
Production
Balu Mahendra
Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran (20 May 1939 13 February 2014), commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a Sri Lankan Tamil cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor who worked in various Indian film industries, primarily in Tamil ...
was initially offered to direct the film but he declined the offer.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by
Vijaya Bhaskar.
Awards
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K. J. Yesudas won
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1986.
References
External links
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1986 films
1980s Kannada-language films
Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar
Indian musical drama films
Films about classical music and musicians
1980s musical drama films
Films directed by K. S. L. Swamy
1986 drama films
1986 musical films
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