Ondu Premada Kathe

Ondu Premada Kathe
Directed byS. M. Joe Simon
Story byB. R. Lakshman Rao
Produced byH. Ramesh
T. B. R. Shivaram
T. Ravi
StarringL. V. Sharada Rao
Maanu
Ashok
CinematographyZ. A. Khan
Edited byP. U. S. Maniyam
Music byT. G. Lingappa
Distributed byR. S. R. Combines
Release date
  • 2 September 1977 (1977-09-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Ondu Premada Kathe (pronunciation transl. A story of love) is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written by B. R. Lakshman Rao and directed by S. M. Joe Simon.[1] This film is the first South Indian black and white CinemaScope. It stars L. V. Sharada Rao, Maanu and Ashok in the lead roles. Rao plays Lakshmi, the headmistress of a village school and Maanu as her husband is a teacher; Ashok as Chandrashekhar Rao plays a pivotal rolei. Rajinikanth appears in a supporting role as the chairman of the village panchayat.

Cast

  • L. V. Sharada as Lakshmi
  • Ashok as Chandrashekhar
  • Maanu as Kamalesh Nayar
  • Rajinikanth as Chairman of the village panchayat
  • Prema Karanth
  • Ashalatha as Margaret
  • Yashoda
  • Katte Ramachandra
  • Raju
  • Venkataram
  • Puttegowda

Production

This was the first Prema Karanth Film L. V. Sharada acted in.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Rajinikanth's Kannada movies one must watch on his birthday, today". The Times of India. 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ Nathan, Archana (23 March 2017). "'Television is like a government job'". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "Kannada chronicles: LV Sharada is no more, but Katyayini lives on". Bangalore Mirror.