Kittu Puttu

Kittu Puttu
Kittu Puttu
Directed by	C. V. Rajendran
Written by	S. Ramanathan
Produced by	Dwarakish
Starring	Vishnuvardhan; Manjula ; Vaishali Kasaravalli; Dwarakish
Cinematography	S. S. Lal
Edited by	Yadav Victor
Music by	Rajan-Nagendra
Production; company	Dwarakish Chitra
Release date	1977
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Kittu Puttu is a 1977 Indian Kannada comedy drama film directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Dwarakish. The film features Vishnuvardhan,^[1] Dwarakish, Manjula and Vaishali Kasaravalli in the lead roles.^[2] The film was widely appreciated for its songs and story upon release. The songs tuned by Rajan-Nagendra were huge hits.

The movie is based on the 1967 Tamil film Anubavi Raja Anubavi directed by K. Balachandar which was remade as Do Phool in Hindi in 1973. Kittu Puttu was again remade in Hindi in 1993 as Aankhen.^[3]

The dual role played by Nagesh in Tamil was reprised by Mehmood in Hindi and by Dwarakish in Kannada. Earlier, the triple role played by Nagesh in Panakkara Kudumbam was reprised by Mehmood in Hindi version (Humjoli) and by Dwarakish in Kannada version (Bhale Huduga).

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Rajan-Nagendra and lyrics written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The song "Nille Gowramma" and "Kaalvannu Thadeyoru" were received extremely well. The latter song was reused retaining the same lyrics and tune in the film Apthamitra (2004) by music director Gurukiran.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Nille Gowramma"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & K. J. Yesudas
2.	"Kaalavannu Thadeyoru"	K. J. Yesudas & S. Janaki
3.	"Maathonda Heluve"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki
4.	"Oh Johny Oh Sony"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5.	"Nillo Kaamanna"	P. Susheela & S. Janaki

References

External links

Kittu Puttu at IMDb

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[1] Vishnuvardhan films

[2] vie cast & crew

[3] Aankhen (1993) Lyrics

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