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	'''''Mahakavi Kalidasa''''' ~~({{lang-kn\|ಮಹಾಕವಿ ಕಾಳಿದಾಸ}})~~ is 1955 Indian [[~~Kannada language\|~~Kannada]] film directed by [[K. R. Seetharama Sastry]], in his debut direction. The movie is based on the legends of the poet [[Kālidāsa]]. It stars [[Honnappa Bhagavatar]] as [[Kālidāsa]], a [[Sanskrit language\|Sanskrit]] poet who lived during the 4th and 5th Century CE. It tells the story about how he, an aristocratic young man cursed by his guru with ignorance, goes on to become a great poet. B. Raghavendra Rao, [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)\|Narasimharaju]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]], in her first film, feature in supporting roles.		'''''Mahakavi Kalidasa''''' is 1955 Indian [[Kannada]]-language film directed by [[K. R. Seetharama Sastry]], in his debut direction. The movie is based on the legends of the poet [[Kālidāsa]]. It stars [[Honnappa Bhagavatar]] as [[Kālidāsa]], a [[Sanskrit language\|Sanskrit]] poet who lived during the 4th and 5th Century CE. It tells the story about how he, an aristocratic young man cursed by his guru with ignorance, goes on to become a great poet. B. Raghavendra Rao, [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)\|Narasimharaju]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]], in her first film, feature in supporting roles.

	It was remade in Telugu in 1960 as ''[[Mahakavi Kalidasu]]'' starring [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] and in Tamil in 1966 as ''[[Mahakavi Kalidas (1966 film)\|Mahakavi Kalidas]]'' starring [[Sivaji Ganesan]]. This Kannada film was dubbed into Tamil and released in 1956 as Mahakavi Kalidas.<ref name=anandan>{{cite book\|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956.asp\|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru\|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films\|publisher=Sivakami Publishers\|author=Film News Anandan\|authorlink=Film News Anandan\|date= 23 October 2004\|location=Chennai\|language=Tamil\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170826001149/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956.asp\|archivedate=26 August 2017}}</ref>		It was remade in Telugu in 1960 as ''[[Mahakavi Kalidasu]]'' starring [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] and in Tamil in 1966 as ''[[Mahakavi Kalidas (1966 film)\|Mahakavi Kalidas]]'' starring [[Sivaji Ganesan]]. This Kannada film was dubbed into Tamil and released in 1956 as Mahakavi Kalidas.<ref name=anandan>{{cite book\|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956.asp\|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru\|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films\|publisher=Sivakami Publishers\|author=Film News Anandan\|authorlink=Film News Anandan\|date= 23 October 2004\|location=Chennai\|language=Tamil\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170826001149/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956.asp\|archivedate=26 August 2017}}</ref>
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mahakavi Kalidasa
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[K. R. Seetharama Sastry]]
| producer = [[Honnappa Bhagavathar]]
| narrator =
| screenplay = K. R. Seetharam Shastry
| starring = Honnappa Bhagavatar B. Raghavendra Rao [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)|Narasimharaju]] [[B. Saroja Devi]]
| music = [[K. R. Seetharama Sastry]] '''Background score:''' CS Sarojinidevi Lalithakala Vadya Goshti
| cinematography = A. N. Paramesh
| editing = P. L. A. Narayan
| studio = Lalithakala Films Ltd.
| released = 1955
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
}}

'''''Mahakavi Kalidasa''''' ({{lang-kn|ಮಹಾಕವಿ ಕಾಳಿದಾಸ}}) is 1955 Indian [[Kannada language|Kannada]] film directed by [[K. R. Seetharama Sastry]], in his debut direction. The movie is based on the legends of the poet [[Kālidāsa]]. It stars [[Honnappa Bhagavatar]] as [[Kālidāsa]], a [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] poet who lived during the 4th and 5th Century CE. It tells the story about how he, an aristocratic young man cursed by his guru with ignorance, goes on to become a great poet. B. Raghavendra Rao, [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)|Narasimharaju]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]], in her first film, feature in supporting roles.

It was remade in Telugu in 1960 as ''[[Mahakavi Kalidasu]]'' starring [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] and in Tamil in 1966 as ''[[Mahakavi Kalidas (1966 film)|Mahakavi Kalidas]]'' starring [[Sivaji Ganesan]]. This Kannada film was dubbed into Tamil and released in 1956 as Mahakavi Kalidas.<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|authorlink=Film News Anandan|date= 23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170826001149/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956.asp|archivedate=26 August 2017}}</ref>

At the [[3rd National Film Awards]], the film won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf |title=3rd National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |accessdate=1 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105232134/http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf |archivedate=5 November 2013 }}</ref> The film is seen as a landmark in [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada cinema]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=K. Moti Gokulsing|author2=Wimal Dissanayake|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77284-9}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Honnappa Bhagavatar]]
* B. Raghavendra Rao
* [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)|Narasimharaju]]
* [[B. Saroja Devi]]
* [[Rajasulochana]]
* B. K. Eshwarappa

==Awards==
;[[3rd National Film Awards]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada]] - Certificate of Merit

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Kannada}}

[[Category:1950s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films about Kālidāsa]]
[[Category:1955 films]]
[[Category:1955 musical films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:1955 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. R. Seetharama Sastry]]

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