Kesarina Kamala (Kannada: ಕೆಸರಿನ ಕಮಲ, English: Lotus of Mud) is a 1973 Indian Kannada drama movie, directed by R. N. Jayagopal and produced by T. N. Narasimhan. The film stars Kalpana, Shringar Nagaraj and Uma Shivakumar in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar, who introduced Vani Jairam to Kannada Film Industry through this movie.[1]

Kesarina Kamala
Directed byR. N. Jayagopal
Written byR. N. Jayagopal (dialogues)
Screenplay byR. N. Jayagopal
Story byT. N. Narasimhan
Produced byT. N. Narasimhan
StarringKalpana
Shringar Nagaraj
Uma Shivakumar
Sharapanjara Iyengar
CinematographyR. N. K. Prasad
Edited byN. C. Rajan
Music byVijaya Bhaskar
Production
companies
Premier Studios, Mysore
Release date
  • 10 October 1973 (1973-10-10)
Running time
144 min
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Cast edit

  • Kalpana as Kamala
  • Shringar Nagaraj
  • Uma Shivakumar
  • Sharapanjara Iyengar
  • Surekha
  • M. Jayashree as Parvati, Kamala's mother
  • Sampath as Nanjundaiah, Kamala's father
  • Shakti Prasad in a cameo
  • Jayakumar
  • Dore
  • Master Raviprashant
  • B. Kamalamma
  • Sudha
  • Suseela
  • Arundhati
  • Kusuma
  • Indrani
  • Rathnamma
  • Chitra Ramesh
  • Lakshmi
  • Rajeshwari
  • Komala
  • Prema
  • B. Hanumathachar
  • Siddhalingappa
  • H. Krishna Sastry
  • Vijayasarathi
  • Padmanabhan
  • P. S. Mani

Soundtrack edit

The Soundtrack of the film was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar, with lyrics penned by R. N. Jayagopal

Track list

# Title Singer(s) Lyricist
1 "Abbabba Elliddalo Kaane" Vani Jairam, L. R. Anjali R. N. Jayagopal
2 "Nagu Nee Nagu" Vani Jairam R. N. Jayagopal
3 "Manjina Hani Thampu" S. Janaki R. N. Jayagopal
4 "Hele Gelathi Priya Madhava Baarene Endu" S. Janaki R. N. Jayagopal

References edit

  1. ^ "Kesarina Kamala (ಕೆಸರಿನ ಕಮಲ)". Chiloka. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

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