Sri Purandara Dasaru () is a 1967 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by C. V. Raju and produced by Smt Jayalakshmi. The film stars K. S. Ashwath, R. Nagendra Rao, Udaykumar and Rajashankar. The musical score was composed by C. N. Pandurangan. This film is the third Kannada film based on the life of Purandara Dasa, following the 1937 film Purandaradasa and the 1964 film Navakoti Narayana.
Cast
K. S. Ashwath as Srinivasa Nayaka/Sri Purandara Daasaru Pandari Bai as Lakshmi wife of Purandara R. Nagendra Rao as Panduranga Udaykumar as Vyasa Rayaru Rajashankar as Keshavacharya Balakrishna as Bagalakote Balakrishnacharya B Ramadevi as Bendakaluru Bhageerathi Narasimharaju as Hanumanthacharya Venkatesh Raghavendra Rao Vadiraj as Kullacharya Rathnakar as Appanna Ganapathi Bhat Master Sridhar Chittibabu Ramachandra Shastry Dwarakish as Dallali Deshakacharya Bangalore Nagesh as Gundacharya Rajendra Krishna Kuppuraj Srikanth Niranjan Lakshmaiah Dinesh Shivaram Dattharaj Iyengar Bapayya Swamy Harini as Sharade Mynavathi as Chithralekha L. Vijayalakshmi as Rukmini Papamma as Chithralekha's mother Saroja Janaki Shanthamma as wife of an Insolvent Kutty Padmini as Young Krishna
Soundtrack The music was composed by C. N. Pandurangan.
No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss) 1 "Aadidano Ranga" M. L. Vasanthakumari Purandaradasa 03:06 2 "Aparadhi Nanallaa" P. B. Sreenivas Purandaradasa 03:14 3 "Chandrachooda" M. Balamuralikrishna Purandaradasa 03:02 4 "Jagadodharana" M. Balamuralikrishna Purandaradasa 03:16 5 "Kandu Kandu Nee Yenna" M. Balamuralikrishna Purandaradasa 03:26 6 "Sakalagrahabala" P. B. Sreenivas Purandaradasa 03:03 7 "Sri Gananatha" M. Balamuralikrishna, Sarojini Purandaradasa 05:56
Reception The Indian Express wrote, "If for nothing else, the music would make the Kannada film [Sri Purandara Dasaru] worth the while."
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