Naandi (film)

Naandi
Directed by	N. Lakshminarayan
Written by	N. Lakshminarayan
Produced by	Vadiraj Jawahar
Starring	Rajkumar Harini Kalpana Udaykumar
Cinematography	R. N. K. Prasad
Edited by	P. S. Murthy
Music by	Vijaya Bhaskar
Production company	Sri Bharathi Chitra
Release date	1964 (1964)
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Naandi (Kannada: ನಾಂದಿ) is a 1964 Kannada romantic drama film directed and written by N. Lakshminarayan, making his first venture in film direction. The film was produced by actor Vadiraj and Jawahar for "Sri Bharathi Chitra" studio house. The film starred Rajkumar and Harini along with Kalpana and Udaykumar playing guest roles. Actor Dinesh made his debut through this film in a supporting role.

The film, upon release garnered wide appreciation and recognition for capturing the real-time plights of the deaf people for the first time in commercial cinema. The film, produced by Vadiraj, set a landmark by being the first ever film to screen in an International film festival. This film screened at IFFI 1992 Kannada cinema Retrospect.

Cast

• Rajkumar
• Harini
• Kalpana
• Sorat Ashwath
• Dinesh
• Balakrishna
• Vadiraj
• Ganapathi Bhat
• Hanumanthachar
• Udaykumar in a guest appearance

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar with lyrics by R. N. Jayagopal. All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Namma Thayi Bharathi"	R. N. Jayagopal	P. B. Sreenivas	03:16
2.	"Chandramukhi Pranasakhi"	R. N. Jayagopal	S. Janaki, Bangalore Latha	03:35
3.	"Haadonda Haaduve"	R. N. Jayagopal	P. B. Sreenivas	03:24
4.	"Udugoreyonda Thanda"	R. N. Jayagopal	S. Janaki	03:12
5.	"Sathyakke Endigu Jayavemba"	R. N. Jayagopal	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki
6.	"Namma Papa Muddu Papa"	R. N. Jayagopal	L. R. Eswari

External links

• Naandi at IMDb
• movie info