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Baala Bandana
Baala Bandana
	VCD cover
Directed by	Peketi Sivaram
Screenplay by	Peketi Sivaram
Based on	Jog Biyog; by Ashapurna Devi
Produced by	A. L. Srinivasan
Starring	Rajkumar ; Jayanthi
Cinematography	V. Selvaraj
Edited by	V. P. Krishnan, R. Shanmugham
Music by	G. K. Venkatesh
Production; company	ALS Productions
Release date	1971;
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Baala Bandhana (transl. Bonding of a life time) is a 1971 Indian Kannada language drama film, directed by Peketi Sivaram. The film stars Rajkumar and Jayanthi. The film was a remake of 1953 Bengali film Jog Biyog ^[1] which was based on the novel of same name by Ashapurna Devi.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Jog Biyog was earlier remade in Tamil as Padikkadha Medhai, in Telugu as Aatma Bandhuvu and in Hindi as Mehrban. Though the Kannada version was hit, it could not meet the success of the Tamil and Telugu remake versions of the same Bengali movie.^[5]

Plot

Orphaned as an infant, Ranga (played by Rajkumar) is brought up by his distant relative Chandrashekhar Rao Bahadur (Sampath) and his compassionate wife Parvathi (M Jayashree).

Chandrashekhar Rao heads a large family of three sons Ramnatha (Vajramuni), Somanatha (Bengaluru Nagesh) and Vishwantha (Dwarakish), two daughters, the widowed Rajamma (Lakshmi Devi), their young children and Rajamma’ son. Parvathi promises her childhood friend Mayakka that she will take her daughter Lakshmi (Jayanthi) as her third daughter-in-law but ends up giving her in marriage to Ranga when her third son (he is in love with Lepakshi (B Jaya) refuses to marry her.

Life takes a cruel turn for Chandrashekhar Rao when he loses all his wealth in share market. His daughter's marriage is called off, his sons attitude change and he is forced to send Ranga and Lakshmi out. He dies heartbroken. Ranga with the help of Kotaiah (Balakrishna) finds a job in a factory owned by Rachappa (Mahadevappa) whose son is to have married Geetha. How Ranga sets right the turmoil in the family and reunites them forms rest of the story.

Cast

Rajkumar as Ranga
Jayanthi
Sampath as Chandrashekhar Rao
Dwarakish
T. N. Balakrishna
Vajramuni
Ganapathi Bhat
M. Jayashree
M. N. Lakshmi Devi
Bangalore Nagesh
B. Jaya

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by G. K. Venkatesh and lyrics for the soundtrack written by Ku.Ra.Sitaramashashtry and Vijaya Narasimha. All the songs were received very well. The duet "Chinnadanta Naadige" became hugely popular upon release.

Track list

Title	Singer(s)
"Chinnadanta Naadige"	P. Susheela, P. B. Sreenivas
"Nijavanne Heluve Naanu"	P. B. Sreenivas
"Baachi Baithale"	P. B. Sreenivas
"Namma Mane"	P. Susheela
"Kalikeye Jaana"	P. Susheela
"Aapath Bandhava"	K. J. Yesudas

References

^ Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
^ ரவிக்குமார், வா (5 August 2016). "திறந்த வெளி திரையரங்கத்தின் முன்னோடி!". The Hindu Tamil. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ "Mehrban". MySwar. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ Puttaswamy, K. (27 May 2023). "100 years of NTR". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ Saraswat, Sarthak (22 July 2016). "Blast from the PAST". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

External links

Baala Bandana at IMDb
Baala Bandana at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

[2] ரவிக்குமார், வா (5 August 2016). "திறந்த வெளி திரையரங்கத்தின் முன்னோடி!". The Hindu Tamil. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[3] "Mehrban". MySwar. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

[4] Puttaswamy, K. (27 May 2023). "100 years of NTR". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

[5] Saraswat, Sarthak (22 July 2016). "Blast from the PAST". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

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