Haalu Jenu

Haalu Jenu
Poster
Kannadaಹಾಲು ಜೇನು
Directed bySingeetham Srinivasa Rao
Written byP. Padmaraju (dialogues by Chi. Udayashankar)
Screenplay bySingeetham Srinivasa Rao
Produced byParvathamma Rajkumar
StarringRajkumar
Madhavi
Roopa Devi
CinematographyS. V. Srikanth
Edited byP. Bhaktavatsalam
Music byG. K. Venkatesh
Production
company
Poornima Enterprises
Release date
  • 27 May 1982 (1982-05-27)
[1]
Running time
157 min
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Haalu Jenu (censor certified: Halu Jenu; transl. Milk and Honey) is a 1982 Indian Kannada-language tragicomedy film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, starring Rajkumar, Madhavi and Roopa Devi.[2] The movie is famous for its evergreen songs, which were composed by G. K. Venkatesh.[3] The movie was remade in Telugu in 1985 as Illale Devata.

Parvathamma Rajkumar paid ₹1 lakhs for the story when a movie based on that story which was supposed to star Anant Nag failed to go on floors.[4] Haalu Jenu was known for its 70-foot (21 m)-tall cutout poster of Rajkumar placed in the Santosh Theatre in Majestic, Bangalore. The film was a major success at the box office upon its release and had a theatrical run of 35 weeks.[5] The movie, however, was removed from some cinemas after 22 weeks (150 days) to make room for Chalisuva Modagalu which was also directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and starred Rajkumar.[6][7]

The tabloid Trade Guide started by Taran Adarsh's father[8] had published a report calling Rajkumar a Junior Hitler for the alleged theatre unavailability for Amitabh Bachchan's Namak Halaal [9] which released around the same time, enraging Kannada movie buffs.[10] Finally, Amitabh Bachchan flew down to Bangalore and met Rajkumar [11] to clear the air of misunderstandings.[12]

Saritha, who had earlier worked with Rajkumar on Keralida Simha and Hosa Belaku, dubbed for Madhavi in some parts in this movie.[13] Saritha went on to dub a Telugu movie by the same director - Mayuri.[14] Saritha was one of the lead heroines in Rajkumar - Singeetham's immediate next movie Chalisuva Modagalu which released in the same year.

This was also Singeetham Srinivasa Rao's directorial debut in Kannada. He went on to work with Rajkumar in six more movies including his 200th movie, and was also the director of the debut movies of his two sons.[15]

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  2. ^ "Halu Jenu Cast & Crew, Halu Jenu Kannada Movie Cast, Actor, Actress, Director – Filmibeat". Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Haalu Jenu, Haalu Jenu Songs, Download Haalu Jenu songs by GK. Venkatesh. Raaga.com Kannada Songs – Raaga.com – A World Of Music". Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ^ Parvathamma Rajkumar. "Parvathamma Rajkumar Column 28". Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ chitratara (7 April 2007). "Raja of Chalanachitra". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007.
  6. ^ "This Day, That Year: Dr. Rajkumar's iconic 'Haalu Jenu' turns 39". The Times of India.
  7. ^ sandalwoodking (13 August 2012). "100 days films of Kannada actors in main theatre". Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  8. ^ Adarsh, Taran [@taran_adarsh] (27 March 2023). "PRICELESS MEMORIES… Received the screenshot of an article that I wrote *exactly* 36 years ago, covering #Hukumat *Day 1* response across #India [28 March 1987]… Was Editor, #TradeGuide then, the trade magazine founded by my father. #Nostalgia #Memories #Dharmendra #AnilSharma https://t.co/pBi7xhRb5z" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Rewind mode: When Amitabh Bachchan was banned in Karnataka".
  10. ^ ನೃಪತುಂಗ [@ShivannaFandom] (8 January 2023). "Haalu Jenu - 1982 (7/N) https://t.co/7O3HHiDW2Q" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 April 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Bengaluru big in Bachchan's story". 25 September 2019.
  12. ^ Khajane, Muralidhara (10 October 2019). "Amitabh Bachchan had asked Dr Rajkumar to do a cameo in 'Coolie'". The Hindu.
  13. ^ prajavani (11 May 2017). "^2^".
  14. ^ "^1^". Telugucinema.com. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.
  15. ^ "Did you know? All the three debut films of the Rajkumar clan were made by bonafide Telugu directors". The Times of India.