Baala Bandana
Baala Bandhana is a 1971 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film, directed by Peketi Sivaram. It stars Rajkumar and Jayanthi in the lead roles. It was produced under ALS Productions.[1] It had a very successful soundtrack composed by G. K. Venkatesh. The film was a remake of A. Bhimsingh's Tamil film Padikkadha Medhai (1960) which itself was a remake of 1953 Bengali film Jog Biyog [2] based on the novel of same name by Ashapoorna Devi.[3] It could not meet the success of the Tamil and Telugu versions. The reason attributed was that the audience felt Sampath could not match the performance of S. V. Ranga Rao.[4]
| Baala Bandhana | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Peketi Sivaram |
| Produced by | A. L. Srinivasan |
| Screenplay by | Peketi Sivaram |
| Story by | A. Bhimsingh |
| Starring | Rajkumar Jayanthi |
| Music by | G. K. Venkatesh |
| Cinematography | V. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | V. P. Krishnan, R. Shanmugham |
Production company | ALS Productions |
Release date | 1971 |
Running time | 164 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Cast
- Rajkumar
- Jayanthi
- Sampath
- Dwarakish
- Balakrishna
- Vajramuni
- Ganapathi Bhat
- B. Jayashree
- Lakshmidevi
- Bangalore Nagesh
- B. Jaya
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by G. K. Venkatesh and lyrics for the soundtrack written by Ku.Ra.Sitaramashashtry and Vijaya Narasimha. All the songs were received very well. The duet "Chinnadanta Naadige" became hugely popular upon release.
Track list
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chinnadanta Naadige" | P. Susheela, P. B. Sreenivas |
| 2 | "Nijavanne Heluve Naanu" | P. B. Sreenivas |
| 3 | "Baachi Baithale" | P. B. Sreenivas |
| 4 | "Namma Mane" | P. Susheela |
| 5 | "Kalikeye Jaana" | P. Susheela |
| 6 | "Aapath Bandhava" | K. J. Yesudas |
See also
- Kannada films of 1971
- Padikkadha Medhai
References
- Shivram, Pekati (1 January 2000). "Bala Bandhana". IMDb. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ரவிக்குமார், வா (5 August 2016). "திறந்த வெளி திரையரங்கத்தின் முன்னோடி!". The Hindu Tamil. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-youngworld/Blast-from-the-PAST/article14501528.ece