''Simhada Mari Sainya'' is a 1981 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

children's film A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that generally relates to children in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films are made f ...

directed by

Rajendra Singh Babu S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu (born 22 October 1952) is an Indian filmmaker and occasional actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He was born and brought up in Mysore. His father Shankar Singh produced many films under the banner Mahatma Pict ...

. It stars

Arjun Sarja Srinivasa Sarja (born 15 August 1962), better known by his stage name Action King Arjun, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has mainly acted in Tamil cinema, Tamil films in addition to Telugu ...

(credited as Master Arjun Sarja),

Amrish Puri Amrish Puri (22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005) was an Indian actor, who was one of the most notable and important figures in Cinema of India, Indian cinema and Theatre of India, theatre. He acted in more than 450 films, established himsel ...

, Baby Indira, Baby Rekha and an ensemble of other child actors. It won two awards at the 1981–82

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

— Best Editor (K. Balu) and Best Female Child Actor (Baby Rekha). The film is notable for a scene that involves

clinging onto a helicopter hovering at a height of 500 feet above the ground. The film was selected for the Paris and Moscow International Film Festivals. Later it was dubbed in Hindi as ''Aaj Ke Sholey'' by Jaya Bachchan.

Plot

A group of children, led by James and Arjun, journey into a forest to rescue the two daughters of their friend's sisters kidnapped by an evil man played by Amrish Puri.

Cast

as Arjun *

as Gupta * Jayanthi as Triveni *

Manjula Manjula (Sanskrit: मंजुला) is a Hindu and Sanskrit female given name, which means, "melodious". Notable people named Manjula * Manjula (Kannada actress) (1954–1986), Indian actress * Manjula Chellur (born 1955), Indian doctor an ...

(Cameo) as Herself *

Dwarakish Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (19 August 1942 – 16 April 2024), known by his stage name Dwarakish ( ), was an Indian actor, comedian and filmmaker who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema in addition to few Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cine ...

(Cameo)as Himself *

Sundar Krishna Urs Sundar Krishna Urs (1941–1993) was an Indian film producer and actor, in the Kannada film industry, as well as in many South Indian language films known for his negative roles. He has also worked as a dubbing artist providing voices to many ...

* Fighter Shetty *

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 ...

(Cameo) * Baby Indira * Master Bhanuprakash as James * Master Prasanna Kumar * Baby Rekha * Master Arjun

Soundtrack

Satyam composed the background score and the music for the soundtracks in the album.

References

External links

* 1981 films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films Films directed by Rajendra Singh Babu Films scored by Satyam (composer) Indian children's films 1981 children's films {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub