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| Directed by | B. Vittalacharya |
| Produced by | Sundarlal Nahatha Doondi |
| Starring | Rajkumar T. N. Balakrishna Udaykumar R. Nagendra Rao |
| Cinematography | Ravi |
| Edited by | N. S. Prakasham |
| Music by | Ghantasala |
Production company | Rajalakshmi Productions |
| Distributed by | Rajalakshmi Productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Veera Kesari is a 1963 Indian Kannada-language swashbuckler film directed by B. Vittalacharya and produced by Sundarlal Nahatha and Doondi. The film stars Rajkumar, T. N. Balakrishna, Udaykumar and R. Nagendra Rao. The film has musical score by Ghantasala.[1][2] S. Siddalingaiah was the assistant director of this movie.[3][4] B. Vittalacharya shot the movie simultaneously in Telugu as Bandipotu, with N. T. Rama Rao.
Critics have called it a "clever adaptation of the adventures of Robin Hood" [5] with the core theme of the romantic portion inspired by William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.[6] The film had its climax scene in Eastmancolor.[7] The film was a major box office success. Midway through the movie, Vittalacharya, who suffered from typhoid, asked his friend, M. R. Vittal to complete the shoot. Vittal completed a major portion of the shoot including the song Mellusire Savigaana, but refused to be credited as the director.[8]
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