Sri Krishnadevaraya (film)

Sri Krishnadevaraya
Directed by	B. R. Panthulu
Produced by	B. R. Panthulu
Screenplay by	B. R. Panthulu
Starring	Rajkumar R. Nagendra Rao B. R. Panthulu N. Bharathi
Music by	T. G. Lingappa
Cinematography	A. Shanmugam
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Production company	Venus Combimes
Distributed by	Padmini Pictures
Running time	194 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Sri Krishnadevaraya (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಕೃಷ್ಣದೇವರಾಯ) is a 1970 Indian historical drama film in Kannada language, produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. It stars Rajkumar as Krishnadevaraya, an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 16th century. R. Nagendra Rao, B. R. Panthulu, Narasimharaju and N. Bharathi appear in pivotal roles. The film was Rajkumar's first in color.^[1]

The film won three awards at the 1969–70 Karnataka State Film Awards - Best Actor (B. R. Panthulu), Best Actress (N. Bharathi) and Best Music Director (T. G. Lingappa).^[2]

Cast

• Rajkumar as Krishnadevaraya
• R. Nagendra Rao
• B. R. Panthulu
• N. Bharathi
• M. V. Rajamma
• Mynavathi
• Chindodi Leela
• Jayanthi
• Sudarshan
• Narasimharaju as Tenali Ramakrishna
• Dinesh
• Nagappa
• B. Jaya

Soundtrack

Sri Krishnadevaraya
Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by T. G. Lingappa
Released	1969
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	29:20
Label	Saregama

T. G. Lingappa composed the film's music and the lyrics for the soundtrack were written by K. Prabhakara Shastry and Vijaya Narasimha. The album has nine soundtracks.^[3]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sharanu Virupaksha Shashishekara"	K. Prabhakara Shastry	S. Janaki	4:12
2.	"Khana Peena"	Pandit Deepak Chakravarti	S. Janaki	3:25
3.	"Bahunanmada Poojaphala"	K. Prabhakara Shastry	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki	2:59
4.	"Sri Chamundeshwari"	K. Prabhakara Shastry	P. Leela, Sirkazhi Govindarajan	3:18
5.	"Chennarasi Cheluvarasi"	K. Prabhakara Shastry	S. Janaki, P. Leela
6.	"Baa Veera Kannadiga"	Vijaya Narasimha	Pithapuram Nageswara Rao	1:55
7.	"Kalyana Buta Tirupatigirivasa"	K. Prabhakara Shastry	P. Susheela, P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki	3:14
8.	"Krishnana Hesare Lokapriya"	Vijaya Narasimha	Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi	4:17
9.	"Makkal Nakkare"		Sirkazhi Govindarajan	2:42
Total length:				29:20

Awards

1969–70 Karnataka State Film Awards

• Best Actor - B. R. Panthulu
• Best Actress - N. Bharathi
• Best Music Director - T. G. Lingappa

This film screened at IFFI 1992 B R Panthalu Homage section.

References

1. "Back and forth". The Hindu. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
2. "Sri Krishnadevaraya (1970) cast, crew and awards". kannadamoviesinfo.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
3. "Sri Krishna Devaraya music". iTunes. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

External links

• Sri Krishnadevaraya at the Internet Movie Database