| Santha Shishunala Sharifa (movie) | |
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| Directed by | T. S. Nagabharana |
| Written by | T. S. Nagabharana C. Ashwath Basavaraj |
| Produced by | Srihari Khoday Mahima Patel |
| Starring | Sridhar Girish Karnad Hema Chaudhary Suman Ranganathan Master Jayanth |
| Cinematography | S. Ramachandra |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | C. Ashwath |
Production company | Yajaman Enterprises |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Santha Shishunala Sharifa (Kannada: ಸಂತ ಶಿಶುನಾಳ ಶರೀಫ) is a 1990 Indian Kannada biographical drama film directed and co-written by T. S. Nagabharana[1] and produced by Srihari Khoday and Mahima Patel for Yajaman Enterprises. The story is based on the life of acclaimed saint poet Shishunala Sharif who wrote several moral poems striving towards social reformation.[2] A collection of Sharif's poems are set to tunes by C. Ashwath, who also did the major playback singing. The soundtrack consisting of 16 poems was extremely popular upon release. The dialogues for this movie was written by Gopala Wajapayi, a well known theatre figure and translator of Bertolt Brecht's play The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
The film's cast comprised Sridhar in the title role along with Girish Karnad, Suman Ranganathan and H. G. Dattatreya, Hema Chaudhary among others.[3]
The film was widely appreciated by critics and audience upon release. It went on to win Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. The film also received multiple Karnataka State Film Awards including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories.