Giri Kanye

Giri Kanye
Directed byDorai–Bhagavan
Written byBharathisutha (Girikannika novel)
Produced byA. Dwarakanath
StarringRajkumar
Jayamala
Vajramuni
CinematographyR. Chittibabu
Edited byP. Bhaktavatsalam
Music byRajan–Nagendra
Production
company
Padmashree Enterprises
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Giri Kanye is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by the Dorai–Bhagavan duo. It is based on the novel Girikannika by Bharathisutha.[1][2] The film stars Rajkumar, Jayamala and Vajramuni. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by Rajan–Nagendra considered evergreen hits. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.[3] Rajinikanth was initially selected to play the antagonist which was eventually played by Vajramuni.[4] This was the first movie in which all the songs of the album were sung by Rajkumar.[5]

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