Guru Shishyaru
Guru Shishyaru (transl. Mentor and disciples) is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language comedy film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by Dwarakish under his "Dwarkish Chitra" production house.
| Guru Shishyaru | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | H. R. Bhargava |
| Written by | Chi. Udaya Shankar (dialogues & Lyrics) |
| Story by | Vempati Sadasivabrahmam |
| Produced by | Dwarakish |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | D. V. Rajaram |
| Edited by | Yadav Victor |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
Production company | Dwarakish Chitra |
Release date |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The story followed a fiction with a Guru and his 7 disciples being cursed by the Angels to behave stupid until the angel gets married. The film had an ensemble cast with many characters getting equal footage and importance to all. The lead pair of the movie was Vishnuvardhan and Manjula.[1] The movie is a remake of 1966 Telugu movie Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha which itself was a remake of 1950 Telugu movie Paramanandayya Sishyulu. The movie was dubbed in Tamil as Raja Mohini.[2]
Cast
- Vishnuvardhan
- Manjula
- Jayamalini
- Rajanand as Rajaguru Poornanandaiah
- Dwarakish
- Shivaram
- Bangalore Nagesh
- M. S. Umesh
- Rathnakar
- Gode Lakshminarayana
- Hema Choudhary as Goddess Parvathi
- Srinivasa Murthy as Lord Shiva
- Chandrashekhar
- Thoogudeepa Srinivas
- Sai Kumar
- Sundar Krishna Urs
- Musuri Krishnamurthy
- Balakrishna
- Lokanath
- Satyabhama as Lakshmi, Poornanandaiah's wife
- Chetanram Rao
- Pranava murthy
- Lakshman as thief
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar.[3] The comedy song "Doddavarella Jaanaralla" was received extremely well.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Doddavarella Jaanaralla" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, chorus | |
| 2. | "Jaya Jaya Samba Sadashiva" | S. Janaki | |
| 3. | "Ninagagi Ella Ninagagi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | |
| 4. | "Deenala Moreya" | S. Janaki, P. Susheela | |
| 5. | "Naachi Odidanu Madana" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |