Bara (film)

Bara
Directed by	M. S. Sathyu
Produced by	M. S. Sathyu
Written by	U. R. Ananthamurthy
Starring	Anant Nag; C. R. Simha ; Loveleen Madhu ; Pankaj Dheer ; Veeraj Byakod
Music by	Mysore Ananthaswamy ; Siddalingaiah
Cinematography	Ashok Gunjal
Edited by	Chakravarthy
Production; company	M. S. Sathyu Productions
Release date	October 1982;
Running time	117 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Bara (Kannada: ಬರ English: Drought) is a 1982 Kannada film directed and produced by M. S. Sathyu. It is based on the story written by eminent writer U. R. Ananthamurthy.[1] The film starred Anant Nag, C. R. Simha and Loveleen Madhu in lead roles. The film won many laurels upon release including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for its script of an incisive analysis of the socio-political situation in a drought affected district.[2] The film went on floors in 1980 and made its theatrical release in 1982. The Hindi version of the film Sookha was released in 1983. However, unlike the Kannada version, the film couldn't get a theatrical release, and was shown on Doordarshan.[3]

Cast

Anant Nag as Collector Satish Chandra
C. R. Simha as Bhimoji
Uma Shivakumar as Bhimoji's wife
Loveleen Madhu as Satish Chandra's wife
Veeraj Byakod as Satish Chandra's son
Shivaram
Nitin Sethi
M V Narayana Rao
Pankaj Dheer
vaijanath Biradar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mysore Ananthaswamy and Siddalingaiah with lyrics by K. S. Nissar Ahmed and Siddalingaiah.

Track listing
No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ninna Anuragave"	Mysore Ananthaswamy	Jayashree
2.	"Ondanondu Ooru"	Siddalingaiah	Janardhan

Awards

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada - 1981
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film - 1981-82

Filmfare Awards Kannada

Best Film - Bara (1982)
Best Director - M. S. Sathyu (1982)
Best Actor - Anant Nag (1982)

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References

Bara - Kannada Film by M.S.Satyu Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada
Gulazar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 646–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.

External links

Bara on IMDb

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[1] Bara - Kannada Film by M.S.Satyu Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[2] National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada

[GulazāraNihalani2003-3] Gulazar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 646–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.