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'''''School Master''''' is a 1958 Indian [[Kannada language]] film, produced and directed by [[B. R. Panthulu]]. The film starred B.R. Panthulu himself in the lead role along with [[Dikki Madhava Rao]], [[M. V. Rajamma]], [[Udaykumar]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]] in important roles. It was the first Kannada film to complete a Silver Jubilee Celebration. This film had its children's dance drama in [[Gevacolor]], taken by cinematographer W. R. Subba Rao. It was later remade into various other languages including [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Hindi]].
'''''School Master''''' is a 1958 Indian [[Kannada language]] film, produced and directed by [[B. R. Panthulu]]. The film starred B.R. Panthulu himself in the lead role along with [[Dikki Madhava Rao]], [[M. V. Rajamma]], [[Udaykumar]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]] in important roles. It was the first Kannada film to complete a [[Silver jubilee#South Asian film terminology|Silver Jubilee Celebration]]. This film had its children's dance drama in [[Gevacolor]], taken by cinematographer W. R. Subba Rao. It was later remade in  [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Hindi]] in spite of it being dubbed in Tamil and Telugu as ''Engal Kudumbam Perisu'' and ''Badi Pantulu'', respectively.


Panthulu came up with film versions of this story in various languages. In 1958, ''School Master'' was directed by him. It was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu as ''Engal Kudumbam Perisu'' and ''Badi Pantulu'', respectively. In 1959, ALS Productions remade the story in Hindi as ''[[School Master (1959 film)|School Master]]'', again directed by Panthulu.
In 1959, ALS Productions remade it in Hindi as ''[[School Master (1959 film)|School Master]]'' which was also directed by Panthulu. The movie was remade in Malayalam in 1964 as ''[[School Master (1964 film)|School Master]]'' by [[Puttanna Kanagal]] , in Telugu in 1972 as ''[[Badi Panthulu]]'' and in Tamil in 1973 as ''[[School Master (1973 film)|School Master]]''.


The Malayalam version ''[[School Master (1964 film)|School Master]]'' was released in 1964, directed by [[Puttanna Kanagal]] and starring [[Prem Nazir]], [[K. Balaji]], [[Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair]], [[Sivaji Ganeshan]], [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]], [[Ambika Sukumaran|Ambika]], [[Sowcar Janaki]], [[Aranmula Ponnamma]], and Bahadur.The film was a super hit.
It was the first Kannada movie to be remade in four languages and also the first Kannada movie to be remade in three other South Indian languages.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2020 |title=From 'School Master' to 'U Turn': A look at Kannada films remade in other Indian languages |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-school-master-to-u-turn-a-look-at-kannada-films-remade-in-other-indian-languages/articleshow/75161463.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030064513/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-school-master-to-u-turn-a-look-at-kannada-films-remade-in-other-indian-languages/articleshow/75161463.cms |archive-date=30 October 2020 |access-date=30 August 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The movie is based on 1937 English movie ''[[Make Way for Tomorrow]]'' <ref>{{Cite web |last=Biradar |first=Basav |date=22 April 2020 |title=Roopa Rao's Gantumoote: Is This The Dawn Of A New Era In Kannada Cinema? |url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/EBT7Y |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref> which has been adapted multiple times including in Japanese as ''[[Tokyo Story]]'' (1953), in Marathi as ''Oon Paus'' (1954), in Tamil as ''[[Varavu Nalla Uravu]]'' (1990), in [[Pakistan]]i as ''Samaj'' (1972) and twice in Hindi as ''[[Zindagi (1976 film)|Zindagi]]'' (1976) and ''[[Baghban (2003 film)|Baghban]]'' (2003).<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 December 2007 |title=E Bandhana review. E Bandhana Tamil movie review, story, rating |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/e-bandhana-review-tamil-movie-9315 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206132426/https://www.indiaglitz.com/e-bandhana-review-tamil-movie-9315 |archive-date=6 February 2022 |access-date=6 February 2022 |website=IndiaGlitz}}</ref>
 
In 1972, the movie was remade in Telugu as ''[[Badi Panthulu]]'', starring NTR. In 1973 the same story was again filmed in Tamil with the same name, ''[[School Master (1973 film)|School Master]]''.
 
It was the first Kannada movie to be remade in four languages.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 April 2020|title=From 'School Master' to 'U Turn': A look at Kannada films remade in other Indian languages|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-school-master-to-u-turn-a-look-at-kannada-films-remade-in-other-indian-languages/articleshow/75161463.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-30|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The movie is based on 1937 English movie ''[[Make Way for Tomorrow]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Biradar|first=Basav|date=2020-04-22|title=Roopa Rao’s Gantumoote: Is This The Dawn Of A New Era In Kannada Cinema?|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/kannada-features/roopa-raos-gantumoote-is-this-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-in-kannada-cinema/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Film Companion|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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=== Tamil version ===
=== Tamil version ===
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== Awards ==
== Awards ==
;[[National Film Awards]]<ref name="6thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|title=6th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=3 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|archivedate=20 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
;[[National Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 April 1959 |title=State Awards for Films |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=20 October 2012 |access-date=3 September 2011 |website=[[International Film Festival of India]]}}</ref>
* [[6th National Film Awards|1959]]&nbsp;– [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Third Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature film]]
* [[6th National Film Awards|1959]]&nbsp;– [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Third Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature film]]
* 1959&nbsp;– [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
* 1959&nbsp;– [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://chiloka.com/movie/school-master-1958 ''School Master''] on Chiloka
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School Master
Poster
Directed byB. R. Panthulu
Produced byB. R. Panthulu
Starring
Music byT. G. Lingappa
CinematographyW. R. Subba Rao
Karnan
Edited byR. Devarajan
Distributed byPadmini Pictures
Release date
  • 31 January 1958 (1958-01-31)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

School Master is a 1958 Indian Kannada language film, produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. The film starred B.R. Panthulu himself in the lead role along with Dikki Madhava Rao, M. V. Rajamma, Udaykumar, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi in important roles. It was the first Kannada film to complete a Silver Jubilee Celebration. This film had its children's dance drama in Gevacolor, taken by cinematographer W. R. Subba Rao. It was later remade in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi in spite of it being dubbed in Tamil and Telugu as Engal Kudumbam Perisu and Badi Pantulu, respectively.

In 1959, ALS Productions remade it in Hindi as School Master which was also directed by Panthulu. The movie was remade in Malayalam in 1964 as School Master by Puttanna Kanagal , in Telugu in 1972 as Badi Panthulu and in Tamil in 1973 as School Master.

It was the first Kannada movie to be remade in four languages and also the first Kannada movie to be remade in three other South Indian languages.[1] The movie is based on 1937 English movie Make Way for Tomorrow [2] which has been adapted multiple times including in Japanese as Tokyo Story (1953), in Marathi as Oon Paus (1954), in Tamil as Varavu Nalla Uravu (1990), in Pakistani as Samaj (1972) and twice in Hindi as Zindagi (1976) and Baghban (2003).[3]

Plot

The story revolves mostly around the producer/director B. R. Panthulu who plays the role of school master, and his wife. Uncommonly for Balkrishna, he plays a positive role in the film. Bustling actor Narasimharaju is also present.

A humble school teacher with his two sons and a daughter arrives at a new place. He finds that the school building is in bad shape and his staff are not motivated to teach. He is a strict disciplinarian, which is shown in a humorous way.

His elder son gets into fight with a ruffian student, Vaasu. Vaasu is punished, but his innate goodness wins over his teacher. He is given special care, to become a good student.

The teacher has to fight against village politics, when he wishes to build a new building to the school. Undeterred, he motivates his students and villages to amass enough funds to build it.

However, henchmen in the village burn down his house. His pet student Vaasu gathers all his friends and builds a small house for his teacher.

Years pass and Vaasu tops his matriculation exams.

The teacher's sons get married, much against the wishes of their parents, but the teacher takes it in his stride. Their beautiful daughter is married to a simpleton business man.

When the teacher retires, his sons are averse to take their parents. With no savings of his own, the teacher has to rely on his sons to lead a retired life. The elder son takes his father, while the younger one takes his mother. The teacher is thus separated from his wife.

Things take such a bad turn, that teacher cannot even read his wife's letter, because his sons will not provide him with spectacles.

In the climax, the teacher's erstwhile house, which was painfully constructed by his students, has to be auctioned off. Vaasu (Sivaji Ganeshan), now the Superintendent of Police, happens to pass by in the car and notices the auction. Distraught with pain, he confides to his wife, this is the very house, he built with his fellow students for the teacher, who led him to the garden path. He is overcome by emotions, on seeing the auction. Vaasu's wife immediately removes all her jewellery and urges Vaasu to use them to stop the auction and pay the bank. Vaasu is filled with joy and does so.

The teacher is filled with happiness on seeing his once ruffian student becoming a role model. His journey of being a teacher has met a satisfactory end.

Soundtrack

The film's score was composed by T. G. Lingappa.

Kannada version

School Master Playback singers are A. M. Rajah, T. G. Lingappa, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, P. Susheela, A. P. Komala, K. Rani and K. Jamuna Rani.

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Ati Madhuraa Anu Raaga" A. M. Rajah & K. Jamuna Rani 03:27
2 "Ellaru Nammavare" A. P. Komala 03:06
3 "Raadhaa Maadhava Vinodha Haasa" T. G. Lingappa & P. Susheela 03:12
4 "Innenu Aananda" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 03:02
5 "Swami Devane Loka Paalane" T. G. Lingappa, A. P. Komala & K. Rani 02:39
6 "Bannirai Bannirai" A. P. Komala & K. Rani 02:58
7 "Naanu Neenu Jodi" Pithapuram Nageswara Rao & Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 03:23
8 "Bhaameya Nodalu" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 03:12
9 "Sompaada Sanjevele" T. G. Lingappa & P. Susheela 03:27
10 "" A. P. Komala & K. Rani 06:48

Tamil version

The Tamil version is titled Engal Kudumbam Perisu. Lyrics were by K. D. Santhanam, Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthy and Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam. Playback singers were T. M. Soundararajan, A. M. Rajah, T. G. Lingappa, S. C. Krishnan, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, P. Suseela, A. P. Komala, K. Rani and K. Jamuna Rani.

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Adhi Madhuraa Anu Raaga" A. M. Rajah & K. Jamuna Rani K. D. Santhanam 03:27
2 "Ellaarum Nammavare" A. P. Komala Ku. Saa. Krishnamurthi 03:06
3 "Raadhaa Maadhava Vinodha Raaja" T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela Ku. Saa. Krishnamurthi 03:12
4 "Ennaalum Kaanaadha Aanandhame" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam 03:02
5 "Somasekara Loga Paalane" T. G. Lingappa, A. P. Komala & K. Rani K. D. Santhanam 02:39
6 "Varugave Varugave Guru Sevaiye" A. P. Komala & K. Rani K. D. Santhanam 02:58
7 "Naanum Neeyum Jodi" S. C. Krishnan & Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi K. D. Santhanam 03:23
8 " " Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 03:12
9 "Sugamaana Andhi Velai" T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela Ku. Saa. Krishnamurthi 02:42
10 "Aahaa En Jaanakiyai" A. P. Komala & K. Rani K. D. Santhanam 06:48

Telugu version

The Telugu version is titled Badi Pantulu. Playback singers were P. B. Sreenivas, A. M. Rajah, T. G. Lingappa, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, P. Susheela, A. P. Komala, K. Rani and K. Jamuna Rani.

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Atimadhuram Anuraagam" A. M. Rajah & K. Jamuna Rani 03:27
2 "Rampaana Vadenaa" A. P. Komala 03:06
3 "Radhaa Madhava Vinodaleela" P. B. Sreenivas & P. Susheela 03:12
4 "Jaagela Ananda Mandeeyaraa" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 03:02
5 "Kshemasaagaraa Lokapaalanaa" T. G. Lingappa, A. P. Komala & K. Rani 02:39
6 "Padamdoy Padamdoy Padamdoy" A. P. Komala & K. Rani 02:58
7 "Neevu Nenu Jodu Ee Eddula Sakketa Choodu" Pithapuram Nageswara Rao & Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 03:23
8 "Bhaamanu Jerava Gopaalaa" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 03:12
9 "Undaali Sampaadana Jagati" P. B. Sreenivas & P. Susheela 02:42
10 "" A. P. Komala & K. Rani 06:48

Awards

National Film Awards[4]

References

  1. "From 'School Master' to 'U Turn': A look at Kannada films remade in other Indian languages". The Times of India. 15 April 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. Biradar, Basav (22 April 2020). "Roopa Rao's Gantumoote: Is This The Dawn Of A New Era In Kannada Cinema?". Film Companion. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. "E Bandhana review. E Bandhana Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz. 22 December 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  4. "State Awards for Films". International Film Festival of India. 28 April 1959. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.

External links

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