Mahishasura Mardini

Mahishasura Mardini
Mahishasura Mardini
	File:Mahishasura-Mardini-film-poster.jpg
Directed by	B. S. Ranga
Screenplay by	B. S. Ranga
Produced by	B. S. Ranga
Starring	Rajkumar; V. Nagayya; Udaykumar; Narasimharaju
Cinematography	B. S. Ranga
Edited by	P. G. Mohan; M. Devendranath
Music by	G. K. Venkatesh
Production; company	Vikram Productions
Distributed by	Vikram Productions
Release date	1959;
Running time	133 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Mahishasura Mardini (Kannada: ಮಹಿಷಾಸುರ ಮರ್ದಿನಿ) is a 1959 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Rajkumar, V. Nagayya, Udaykumar and Narasimharaju in the lead roles.

The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.^[1]^[2] It was dubbed in seven languages including Telugu under the same name. This was the first movie shot in Vikram Studios, Madras. Rajkumar sang a duet as a playback singer for the first time through the song Thumbithu Manava in this movie.

Cast

Rajkumar as Mahishasura
V. Nagayya
Udaykumar as Rambhesha
Narasimharaju as Vyaaghrasimha
K. S. Ashwath as Narada
Rajanala
Ganapathi Bhat
Sahukar Janaki as Gunavathi
Sandhya as Chamundeshwari
T. D. Kusalakumari
Suryakala
Ramadevi
Indrani as Goddess Durga
M. Lakshmidevi
Vasudeva Girimaji
Hanumantha Rao
Anilkumar
Suryakumar
Udayashankar as Vishnu
Sadashivaiah
Rajendra Krishna
Y. N. S. Swamy
Rangaswamy
Papamma
Shanthamma

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh.^[3]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Gaganadali Mugilaneri"	S. Janaki	Chi. Sadaashiviah	03:02
2	"Jaya Jagadeeswari"		Chi. Sadaashiviah	02:35
3	"Sree Hari Muraari Chakradhaari"	P. B. Srinivas	Chi. Sadaashiviah	02:49
4	"Sri Hari Narayana Vanamaali"	P. B. Srinivas	Chi. Sadaashiviah	02:54
5	"Thumbithu Manava"	Rajkumar, S. Janaki	Chi. Sadaashiviah	03:26

References

↑ "Mahishasura Mardini". chiloka.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
↑ "Mahishasura Mardini". nthwall.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Mahishasura Mardhini Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

External links

Mahishasura Mardini on IMDb
Mahishasura Mardini at YouTube

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[1] "Mahishasura Mardini". chiloka.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[2] "Mahishasura Mardini". nthwall.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[3] "Mahishasura Mardhini Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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