''Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane'' ( ) or ''Godhuli'' is a 1977 Indian

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co-directed by

Girish Karnad Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwr ...

and B. V. Karanth, starring

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, Maanu,

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and

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. It is based on the Kannada novel '' Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane'', written by S. L. Byrappa as an allegory for nation-building and the clash of modernity with tradition in rural India. It portrays the story of a modern agriculturist who returns from the US after studying agriculture and brings his American wife to the village. The film won the Filmfare for ‘Best Film’ (Kannada) and Maanu won ‘Best Actor’ (Kannada) at the 25th Filmfare Awards South (1978). The film was made in Hindi and Kannada versions: '' Godhuli'' (). ''Godhuli'' was included in the 1984

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(IFFI). At the

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, S. P. Ramanathan won the Best Audiography. It won the

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at the

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for Girish Karnad and B.V. Karanth.

Plot

The movie explores the cultural problems experienced by an American woman, newly married to an Indian, adjusting to Indian norms and customs. It depicts a modern man who studies agriculture in the United States and returns to India with an American wife with different views. The theme is one of alienation from fellow human beings.

Cast

as Venkataramana Shastri * Lakshmi Krishnamurthy as Thaiyavva * Paula Lindsay as Lydia ;Kannada cast * Maanu as Kalingegowda *

Sundar Raj Sundar Raj is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry, apart from a few Tamil films. Some of his notable films include ''Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane'', ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'', ''Chandanada Gombe'', ''Kurigalu Saar Kur ...

as Yengta *

T. S. Nagabharana Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana (born 23 January 1953), commonly known as T. S. Nagabharana, is an Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry and a pioneer of parallel cinema. He is one of the few film directors to have straddled th ...

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;Hindi cast *

as Nandan Gowda *

as Yengta

Production

The film was simultaneously made in Hindi as ''Godhuli''. The casting was different in both languages. The Kannada version has Maanu as the foreign-returned hero, while Kulbhushan Kharbanda portrayed the role in Hindi. For the role of Yengta, Sundar Raja was chosen for Kannada and Om Puri for Hindi. The role of the village priest was initially assigned to two different people however due to a last minute difficulty about the availability of the Kannada actor, Naseerudin Shah did the role in both languages.

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* 1970s Kannada-language films 1977 films Kannada literature 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners Indian multilingual films Films that won the Best Audiography National Film Award 1977 multilingual films Films directed by Girish Karnad {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub