| Mayor Muthanna | |
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| Directed by | Siddalingaiah |
| Story by | Basumani |
| Produced by | Ambuja Dwarakeesh |
| Starring | Rajkumar M. P. Shankar Bharathi Balakrishna Kanchana Thoogudeepa Srinivas |
| Cinematography | P. S. Prakash |
| Edited by | Bal G. Yadav |
| Music by | Rajan–Nagendra |
Production company | Sri Venkateshwara Cinetone |
| Distributed by | Dwaraka Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Mayor Muthanna is a 1969 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Siddalingaiah. The film stars Rajkumar and Bharathi. The film was Siddalingaiah's debut as a director and actor Dwarkish's first independent production venture who had earlier co- produced the 1966 movie Mamatheya Bandhana with 2 other people under Thunga Pictures.[1] The sub-plot of the film regarding the salvaging of the sub-standard grain was inspired by the 1886 novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.[2] The movie was remade in Telugu in 1974 as Chairman Chalamayya starring Chalam.[3]