Sharapanjara

Sharapanjara
Poster
Directed byPuttanna Kanagal
Written byTriveni
Screenplay byPuttanna Kanagal
Based onSharapanjara
by Triveni
Produced byC. S. Rajah
StarringKalpana
Gangadhar
Leelavathi
K. S. Ashwath
CinematographyD. V. Rajaram
Edited byV. P. Krishna
Music byVijaya Bhaskar
Production
company
Vardhini Art Pictures
Distributed byVardhini Art Pictures
Release date
  • 4 April 1971 (1971-04-04)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Sharapanjara (English: Cage of Arrows) is a 1971 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal, based on a novel by Triveni of the same name, and starring Kalpana and Gangadhar in lead roles. This film is considered one of the best Kannada movies ever made. Triveni's novel was richly visual and Puttanna not only stayed faithful to the novel on screen but also retained most of the novel's dialogues and credited Triveni for them.

The film won the award for Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 20th National Film Awards in 1972.[1] It also won three awards at the 1970-71 Karnataka State Film Awards including the award for First Best Film.

The film was later remade in Telugu as Krishnaveni (1974) starring Vanisri.[2][3]

  1. ^ "20th National Film Awards (1972)" (PDF). International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Remembering Kannada cinema legend Puttanna Kanagal - The Hindu".
  3. ^ "Krishnaveni (1974)".