Amrutha Ghalige

Amrutha Ghalige
Directed by	Puttanna Kanagal
Written by	Dodderi Venkatagiri Rao
Screenplay by	Puttanna Kanagal
Produced by	S. R. Rajan Bheema Rao K Nagarathna Puttanna Kanagal
Starring	Ramakrishna Padmavasanthi Sridhar
Cinematography	B. S. Basavaraj
Edited by	V. P. Krishna
Music by	Vijaya Bhaskar
Release date	1984 (1984)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Amrutha Ghalige (Kannada: ಅಮೃತ ಘಳಿಗೆ, The Auspicious Moment) is a 1984 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal, based on a novel named Avadhana by Dodderi Venkatagiri Rao, and starring Ramakrishna, Padmavasanthi and Sridhar in lead roles.

Plot

This movie deals with the cause and consequences of teenage pregnancy. The heroine (Padmavasanthi), hailing from a poor background, falls in love with an affluent young man (Ramakrishna). The young man impregnates her and leaves her in the lurch. The heroine's classmate (Sridhar) comes forward to marry her and give an identity to the child. Unfortunately, the classmate dies due to illness soon after. The young man comes back and unexpectedly meets his son. The classmate writes a letter that he had considered the heroine as his sister, and she was as pure as river Ganges. Finally the young man accepts the heroine. This movie has very good songs and great lyrics.

Cast

• Ramakrishna
• Padmavasanthi
• Sridhar
• Umashree
• B. K. Shankar

Soundtrack

All songs are composed by Vijaya Bhaskar and lyrics written by Vijaya Narasimha.

Amrutha
Soundtrack album by Vijaya Bhaskar
Released	1984
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Sangeetha

Track #	Song	Singer(s)	Duration
1	Mayuri Natya Mayuri	S. P. Balasubramanyam, B. R. Chaya
2	Hindustanavu Endu	Jayachandran
3	Hindustanavu Endu	B. R. Chaya
4	Parvathi Parashivana	S. P. Balasubramanyam, B. R. Chaya

Awards

• Karnataka State Film Awards 1983-84
  • Best Screenplay - Puttanna Kanagal
  • Best Cinematographer - B. S. Basavaraj
  • Best Editor - V. P. Krishna

External links

• Amrutha Ghalige at IMDb