Uyyale
Directed byN. Lakshminarayan
Written byChaduranga
Based onUyyale
by Chaduranga
Produced byG. N. Lakshmipathy
StarringRajkumar
Kalpana
K. S. Ashwath
Balakrishna
CinematographyN. G. Rao
Edited byP. Bhakthavatsalam
Music byVijaya Bhaskar
Distributed byBharath Enterprises
Release date
1969
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Uyyale (transl.The Swing) is a 1969 Kannada language romantic drama film directed by N. Lakshminarayan and starring Rajkumar and Kalpana. The film is a direct screen adaptation of the novel of the same name written by the acclaimed novelist Chaduranga (Subramanyaraja Urs).[1][2] The movie presents a delicate tale of the extra-marital love of a woman neglected by her husband reflecting the social and moral laws of married life.[3]

Besides writing the story, Chaduranga also wrote the dialogues for the film and won Karnataka State Film Award for the year 1979 for this story. The soundtrack and original score composed by Vijaya Bhaskar was widely acclaimed and appreciated. Produced by Gopal - Lakshman duo, the film fetched the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film award for the same year. The film was screened twice at the IFFI Retrospect - once in 1992 and once again in 2019 on the occasion of the 50th year of IFFI.[4] In a small drama sequence, Rajkumar appears as Gautama Buddha and Leelavathi as Kisa Gotami.

Cast

  • Rajkumar as Krishna Gowda
  • Kalpana as Radha
  • K. S. Ashwath as Seshu Rao, Radha's husband
  • Leelavathi as stage actor (cameo)
  • M. Jayashree as Krishna's mother
  • Balakrishna as Seetapathi, Seshu's neighbour
  • Ramadevi as Seetha, Seetapathi's wife
  • Premalatha as Kanaka
  • Papamma as Kanaka's mother
  • N. K. Narasimhaiah
  • Baby Girija as Prabha

Soundtrack

The songs composed by Vijaya Bhaskar and sung by P. B. Sreenivas and P. Susheela found wide reach and are considered one of the best soundtracks.[5] Rajkumar humming a few lines of Doniyolage Neenu in a sequence in the movie remains the only instance of him singing in the music direction of Vijay Bhaskar.

S. No.Song TitleSingersLyrics
1"Kaddu Kaddu Nodo"P. B. SreenivasR. N. Jayagopal
2"Cheluvina Kale"P. SusheelaVijaya Narasimha
3"Nagutha Haadale"P. B. SreenivasGeethapriya
4"Kallu Kavitheya Haaduvudu"P. B. SreenivasChi. Udaya Shankar
5"Doniyolage Neenu"P. SusheelaR. N. Jayagopal

Awards

  1. Second Best Film
  2. Best Story writer - Chaduranga

References

  1. Remembering Chaduranga - Subramanya Raje Urs: 'Chaduranga' (1916-98)
  2. "ರಾಜ್‌ ಹಬ್ಬ: ವರನಟನ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಕನ್ನಡಿ".
  3. @NFAIOfficial (28 May 2022). "#SaturdayVibes: Kalpana in acclaimed #Kannada film #Uyyale (1969). The film presents a delicate tale of the extra-m…" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  4. "Dr Rajkumar's 'Uyyale' in IFFI retrospective". Deccan Herald. 21 November 2019.
  5. Uyyale songs list
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