Mahakavi Kalidasa

Mahakavi Kalidasa
Directed by K. R. Seetharama Sastry
Produced by Honnappa Bhagavathar
Screenplay by K. R. Seetharam Shastry
Starring Honnappa Bhagavatar
B. Raghavendra Rao
Narasimharaju
B. Saroja Devi
Music by K. R. Seetharama Sastry
Background score:
CS Sarojinidevi Lalithakala Vadya Goshti
Cinematography A. N. Paramesh
Edited by P. L. A. Narayan
Production
company
Lalithakala Films Ltd.
Release date
 1955
Running time
 140 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada

Mahakavi Kalidasa (Kannada: ಮಹಾಕವಿ ಕಾಳಿದಾಸ) is 1955 Indian Kannada film directed by K. R. Seetharama Sastry, in his debut direction.The movie is based on the legends of the poet Kālidāsa. It stars Honnappa Bhagavatar as Kālidāsa, a Sanskrit poet who lived during the 4th and 5th Century CE. It tells the story about how he, aristocratic young man cursed by his guru with ignorance, goes on to become a great poet. B. Raghavendra Rao, Narasimharaju and B. Saroja Devi, in her first film, feature in supporting roles.

It was remade in Telugu in 1960 as Mahakavi Kalidasu starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and in Tamil in 1966 as Mahakavi Kalidas starring Sivaji Ganesan.

At the 3rd National Film Awards, the film won the award for Best Feature Film in Kannada.[1] The film is seen as a landmark in Kannada cinema.[2]

Cast

Awards

3rd National Film Awards

References

  1. ↑ "3rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  2. ↑ K. Moti Gokulsing; Wimal Dissanayake (17 April 2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-77284-9.

See also

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