Chalisuva Modagalu

Chalisuva Modagalu
Chalisuva Modagalu
Soundtrack album by Rajan–Nagendra
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:29
Language	Kannada
Label	Sangeetha Music

Chalisuva Modagalu
Chalisuva Modagalu
	File:Chalisuva Modagalu.jpg Film poster
Directed by	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Written by	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao; (dialogues by Chi. Udayashankar)
Screenplay by	Chi. Udaya Shankar; Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
Starring	Rajkumar; Ambika; Saritha; Master Lohith
Music by	Rajan–Nagendra
Cinematography	B. C. Gowrishankar
Edited by	P. Bhaktavatsalam
Production; company	Vaishnavi Movies
Release date	29 October 1982;
Running time	157 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

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Chalisuva Modagalu (transl. Moving Clouds) is a 1982 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. The film stars Rajkumar, Saritha, Ambika and K. S. Ashwath in the lead roles. The movie is well known for its evergreen songs which were composed by the musical duo Rajan–Nagendra. The film was a major success at the box office upon its release.^[1] The movie was remade in Telugu in 1983 as Rajakumar starring Sobhan Babu with Ambika reprising her role.

Plot[edit]

Mohan and Sheela are in love, but due to circumstances, Mohan ends up marrying Leela. After several years, Sheela lands up in jail on charges of murdering her husband. Mohan is defending her and has to argue against Leela, who is the public prosecutor. The rift caused between Mohan and Leela form the rest of the plot.

Cast[edit]

Rajkumar as Mohan
Saritha as Leela
Ambika as Sheela
K. S. Ashwath as Vishwanath Rao
Pandari Bai as Sheela's mother
Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Sheela's father
Thimmaiah
Advani Lakshmi Devi as Mohan's mother
Shringar Nagaraj as Murthy, Mohan's friend
Honnavalli Krishna
K. V. Manjayya
Police Mahadev
Papamma as Leela's mother
Puneeth Rajkumar as Ramu (credited as Master Lohith)^[2]
Vijay Raghavendra as a child judge in song "My Lord Nanna Vaada" (credited as Master Raghavendra)
Shivaram as judge
Mamatha Shenoy

Soundtrack[edit]

The music and background score was composed by Rajan–Nagendra and the lyrics were penned by Chi. Udaya Shankar. All the songs were received extremely well and were instant hits. The song "Kaanadante Maayavadanu" was remixed in Anna Bond (2012) starring Puneeth who also sang the remix version.

Track #	Song	Singer(s)	Length
1	"My Lord"	Rajkumar, S. Janaki	5:49
2	"Neenello Naanalle"	Rajkumar, S. Janaki	4:17
3	"Kaanadante Maayavadanu"	Master Lohith	4:55
4	"Jenina Holeyo"	Rajkumar, Sulochana	4:41
5	"Chandira Thanda"	Rajkumar, S. Janaki	4:24

Box office[edit]

Chalisuva Modagalu garnered positive response from the people. The movie was a phenomenal success in A, B and C centres. The movie had a theatrical run of 40 weeks in Hubli and certain other parts of Uttara Karnataka while completed 175 days of run in several other centres. Chalisuva Modagalu became the first movie to complete 100 days theatrical run in two centres in Mysore city where it sold around 7.5 lakh tickets which would amount to 4 to 4.5 crores at the current rate breaking the previous record of Dr Rajkumar's Haalu Jenu which had sold 6.5 lakh tickets. The movie completed 100 days of run in all the 16 first release centres and 100 days in Bengaluru. The movie which ran for 85 days in Sampige theatre held the record of longest running movie in that theatre for almost 15 years until the release of Nammoora Mandara Hoove.Chalisuva Modagalu earned a profit of ₹23.75 lakhs within the first five weeks which was the highest for a Rajkumar movie between 1982 and 1984 with Haalu Jenu, Kaviratna Kalidasa and Samayada Gombe being the other top ventures. The movie was an All Time Blockbuster at the box office.

Awards[edit]

Karnataka State Film Awards

Best Child actor - Master Lohith
Best Sound recording - N. Pandurangan

References[edit]

↑ chitratara (7 April 2007). "Raja of Chalanachitra". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007.
↑ "In Starry Footsteps". Deccan Herald. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

External links[edit]

Chalisuva Modagalu on IMDb

[1] tratara (7 April 2007). "Raja of Chalanachitra". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007.

[2] "In Starry Footsteps". Deccan Herald. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

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