Bara (film)

Bara
Directed by	M. S. Sathyu
Produced by	M. S. Sathyu
Written by	U. R. Ananthamurthy
Starring	Ananth Nag C. R. Simha Loveleen Madhu Veeraj Byakod
Music by	Mysore Ananthaswamy Siddalingaiah
Cinematography	Ashok Gunjal
Edited by	Chakravarthy
Production company	M. S. Sathyu Productions
Release dates	October 1982
Running time	117 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Bara (Kannada: ಬರ English: Drought) is a 1982 Kannada film directed and produced by M. S. Sathyu. It is based on the story written by U. R. Ananthamurthy.^[1] The film starred Ananth Nag, C. R. Simha and Loveleen Madhu in lead roles. The film won many laurels upon release including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for its script of an incisive analysis of the socio-political situation in a drought affected district.^[2] The film went on floors in 1980 and made its theatrical release in 1982. The Hindi version of the film Sookha was released in 1983. However, unlike the Kannada version, the film couldn't get a theatrical release, and was shown on Doordarshan.^[3]

Cast

• Ananth Nag as Satish Chandra
• C. R. Simha as Bimoji
• Uma Shivakumar
• Loveleen Madhu
• Shivaram
• Nitin Sethi
• M V Narayana Rao
• Pankaj Dheer
• Veeraj Byakod

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mysore Ananthaswamy and Siddalingaiah with lyrics by K. S. Nissar Ahmed and Siddalingaiah.

Track listing
No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ninna Anuragave"	Mysore Ananthaswamy	Jayashree
2.	"Ondanondu Ooru"	Siddalingaiah	Janardhan

Awards

• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada - 1981

• Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film

• Filmfare Awards South
• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Actor

References

1. Bara - Kannada Film by M.S.Satyu
2. National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada
3. Gulazar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 646–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.

External links

• Bara at the Internet Movie Database
• Bara