Chandavalliya Thota

Chandavalliya Thota
DVD cover
Directed byT. V. Singh Thakur
Written byT. R. Subba Rao
Based onChandavalliya Thota
by T. R. Subba Rao
Produced byPals & Company
StarringRajkumar
Udaykumar
Jayanthi
Rajasree
CinematographyB. Dorairaj
Edited byVenkatram
Raghupathy
Music byT. G. Lingappa
Production
company
Pals & Co.
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Chandavalliya Thota is a 1964 Indian Kannada language film, directed by T. V. Singh Thakur.[1] It stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar and Jayanthi. Film was released on 24 June 1964 and ran for a hundred days at Prabhat Cinema in Bangalore.[2] The film won many laurels upon release including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for its Gandhian theme treatment of the poverty in rural Indian villages.[3] The movie is based on the novel of same name by Ta.Ra.Su.[4][5] This movie was the debut movie of singer K. J. Yesudas in Kannada. The movie was a huge hit.[6]

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  2. ^ "'ಚಂದವಳ್ಳಿಯ ತೋಟ'ಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗ 56 ವಸಂತ!". Prajavani.net (in Kannada). 24 June 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ "12th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  4. ^ "ರಾಜ್‌ ಹಬ್ಬ: ವರನಟನ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಕನ್ನಡಿ".
  5. ^ "Meet the man who was the inspiration behind great Kannada films".
  6. ^ Bharadwaj, K. V. Aditya (26 July 2021). "Veteran multilingual actor Jayanthi passes away at 76". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 May 2024.