Annapoorna
Directed by	Aarooru Pattabhi
Produced by	Pandari Bai
Starring	K. S. Ashwath Pandari Bai Mynavathi Rajkumar Kalyan Kumar
Cinematography	R. Madhu
Edited by	Aaroor Pattabhi
Music by	Rajan–Nagendra
Distributed by	Sri Panduranga Productions
Release date	1964 (1964)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Annapoorna is a 1964 Indian Kannada language film directed by Aaroor Pattabhi and produced by actress Pandari Bai.^[1] Besides Pandari Bai herself in the title role, the film starred K. S. Ashwath, Mynavathi and Balakrishna in other main roles. Popular star Kalyan Kumar made a brief appearance in the first half of the film while Rajkumar makes an entry after one and a half hour into the movie. He appeared in the role of a lawyer for the first time on-screen. Chi. Udayashankar became full-fledged lyricist for the first time by writing all the songs of this movie. The movie is a remake of Pandari Bai's 1959 Tamil film Aval Yaar ^[2] which had not performed well at the box-office.^[3]

Cast

• K. S. Ashwath as Shivashankar
• Pandari Bai as Annapoorna
• Mynavathi as Ashadevi
• Balakrishna as Kailas
• Ganapathi Bhat
• B. Ramadevi
• K. M. Rathnakar
• Rajkumar as Krishna
• Kalyan Kumar as Mohan Ram (cameo)
• R. Nagendra Rao in a guest appearance
• Ravikala as (Baby Ravikala) as Krishna
• Music Director Vijaya Bhaskar (credited as Bhaskar) as Shashikanth singing "Kannadave Taynudiyu" and '"Hrudayaveene Nudiye Taane" in the voice of P. B. Srinivas

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Rajan–Nagendra, with lyrics for the soundtrack written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.^[4]

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