Amrutha Ghalige
Lobby card
Directed byPuttanna Kanagal
Screenplay byPuttanna Kanagal
Based onAvadhana
by Dodderi Venkatagiri Rao
Produced byS. R. Rajan
Bheema Rao
K Nagarathna
Puttanna Kanagal
StarringRamakrishna
Padma Vasanthi
Sridhar
CinematographyB. S. Basavaraj
Edited byV. P. Krishna
Music byVijaya Bhaskar
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Amrutha Ghalige (transl. The Auspicious Moment) is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Puttanna Kanagal, based on the novel Avadaana, by Dodderi Venkatagiri Rao.[1] The film stars Ramakrishna, Padma Vasanthi and Sridhar.

Plot

This movie deals with the cause and consequences of teenage pregnancy. The heroine (Padmavasanthi), hailing from a poor background, falls in love with an affluent young man (Ramakrishna). The young man impregnates her and leaves her in the lurch. The heroine's classmate (Sridhar) comes forward to marry her and give an identity to the child. Unfortunately, the classmate dies due to illness soon after. The young man comes back and unexpectedly meets his son. The classmate writes a letter that he had considered the heroine as his sister, and she was as pure as river Ganges. Finally the young man accepts the heroine. This movie has very good songs and great lyrics.

Cast

Production

Sridhar was studying engineering when he was approached to act in this film. He asked Puttanna Kanagal for a week to make his decision.[2]

Soundtrack

All songs are composed by Vijaya Bhaskar, with lyrics written by Vijaya Narasimha. B. R. Chaya made her Kannada debut with this film and her rendition of "Hindustanavu Endu" became famous.[3]

Amrutha
Soundtrack album by
Vijaya Bhaskar
Released1984
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSangeetha
Track #SongSinger(s)
1"Mayuri Natya Mayuri"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. R. Chaya
2"Hindustanavu Endu"P. Jayachandran
3"Hindustanavu Endu"B. R. Chaya
4"Parvathi Parashivana"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. R. Chaya

Awards

References

  1. ↑ National Film Archive of India [@NFAIOfficial] (24 March 2020). "#Adaptation A lobby card for Puttanna Kanagal's romance drama #AmruthaGalige (1984). The film was based on Dodderi Venkatagirirao's novel Avadana" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Anandraj, Shilpa (5 June 2021). "Remembering Puttanna Kanagal". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ Anien, Tini Sara. "B R Chaya: I was never burdened with household work". Deccan Herald.


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