''Uyyale'' ( ) is a 1969

Kannada language Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, 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, an ...

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

film directed by N. Lakshminarayan and starring Rajkumar and

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. The film is a screen adaptation of the novel of the same name written by the novelist

Chaduranga Subramanyaraje Urs (1916 – 19 October 1998), known by his pseudonym Chaduranga, was an Indian writer in Kannada language. He wrote four novels—''Sarvamangala'', ''Uyyale'', ''Vaishakha'', and ''Hejjala''—and a few other short stori ...

(Subramanyaraja Urs). The film presents a delicate tale of the extra-marital love of a woman neglected by her husband reflecting the social and moral laws of married life. Radha is the second wife of an extremely negligent Shesha. However, when Krishna, Shesha's cousin, enters her life, they form a unique bond with each other. Besides writing the story, Chaduranga also wrote the dialogues for the film and won Karnataka State Film Award for the year 1979 for this story. The soundtrack and original score composed by

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar (; 1924 – 3 March 2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 720 films, Bhaskar worked in Tamil ...

was widely acclaimed and appreciated. Produced by Gopal - Lakshman duo, the film fetched the

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award for the same year. The film was screened twice at the IFFI Retrospect - once in 1992 and once again in 2019 on the occasion of the 50th year of IFFI. In a small drama sequence, Rajkumar appears as

Gautama Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist lege ...

and Leelavathi as

Kisa Gotami Kṛśā Gautamī (; ) was the wife of a wealthy man of Shravasti. Her story is one of the most famous ones in Buddhism. After losing her only child, Kisa Gotami became desperate and asked if anyone could help her. Her sorrow was so great tha ...

Cast

* Rajkumar as Krishna Gowda *

as Radha *

K. S. Ashwath Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada films. He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career. His memorial is in t ...

as Seshu Rao, Radha's husband * Leelavathi as stage actor (cameo) *

M. Jayashree M. Jayashree (1921 – 2006), was an Indian actress who worked mainly in Kannada films. She is known for her supporting roles in such movies including Rayara Sose (1957), Naagarahaavu (1972), Eradu Kanasu and Sri Srinivasa Kalyana. She was fo ...

as Krishna's mother *

Balakrishna Bala Krishna (). Present day Krishna worship is an amalgam of various elements. According to historical testimonies Krishna-Vasudeva worship already flourished in and around Mathura several centuries before Christ. A second important element is ...

as Seetapathi, Seshu's neighbour * Ramadevi as Seetha, Seetapathi's wife * Premalatha as Kanaka * Papamma as Kanaka's mother * N. K. Narasimhaiah * Baby Girija as Prabha

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by

Awards

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 ...

# Second Best Film # Best Story writer -

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1960s Indian films 1960s Kannada-language films 1969 films 1969 romantic drama films Films based on Kannada novels Films directed by N. Lakshminarayan Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Indian black-and-white films Indian romantic drama films