''Parasangada Gendethimma'' ( ) is a 1978 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

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Maruthi Shivram, based on a novel of the same by

Srikrishna Alanahalli Srikrishna Alanahalli (3 April 1947 – 4 January 1989) was an Indian novelist and poet. The majority of his works are written in the Kannada language. He became popular for his novels ''Kaadu'' (1972), ''Parasangada Gendethimma'' (1978) and ...

. It stars

Lokesh Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada cinema. Lokesh made his film debut in the 1958 film '' Bhakta Prahlada''. He had thrice won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor during his care ...

in the lead role and the supporting cast features Reeta Anchan, B. R. Jayaram, and

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886——— —), also called Ramakrishna Paramahansa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhay,M's original Bengali diary page 661, Saturday, 13 February 1886''More About Ramakrishna'' by Swami Prab ...

. The film features original songs composed by

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra was an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four dec ...

, while cinematography was done by

S. Ramachandra Shivaramaiah Ramachandra Aithal (; 16 November 194810 January 2011), popularly known as S. Ramachandra, was a National Award-winning Indian cinematographer. In 2006, he was honoured with Lifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema Award at the Ka ...

. The film won three awards at the 1978–79 Karnataka State Film Awards – Third Best Film, Best Actor (Lokesh) and Best Music Director (

). The film was remade in Tamil in 1979 as '' Rosappoo Ravikkaikari'' and in Telugu in 1982 as ''Kotha Neeru''.

Plot

Thimanna (

) is an innocent tribal youth who is excited about his wedding. He is salesman in a village who help villagers by getting items they need from a distant city. His wedding is arranged with Marakani (Reeta Anchan), a city girl. Marakani wants to bring about a huge change in him and make him a decent city man. Meanwhile, due to differences with her mother-in-law, Marakani manages to separate herself and Thimanna from his mother, and they start living separately. When an innocent Thimanna invites a teacher (Manu) to his new shed where they live, Marakani gets attracted to him due to his sophisticated city man looks. The plot then revolves around Thimanna's point of view of the whole situation.

Cast

Production

This film marked the acting debut of

Dingri Nagaraj Dingri Nagaraj (born 6 June 1948) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema, stage and television. He is known for his portrayal of comedic characters. He received praise for his roles in films such as '' Solillada Saradara'' (199 ...

and

Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies predominately in Tamil films mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in a villainous role. ...

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by

, with lyrics by

Doddarange Gowda Doddarangegowda (born 7 February 1946) is an Indian poet and lyricist working in Kannada cinema. He is a retired professor of Kannada and has published a number of anthologies in Kannada. He has released several audio cassettes and CDs of his po ...

. The song "Thera Yeri Ambaradaage" was well received.

Track list

Reception

The film was released to mixed reviews from critics and audience. The critical reception of the songs caused many people not view the movie in theatres although the people that did watch the film in theatres felt that the film was good.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt14616840 1978 films 1978 comedy-drama films 1970s Kannada-language films 1970s Indian films Indian comedy-drama films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films based on Indian novels Kannada films remade in other languages