Dashavathara (film)

Dashavathara
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Directed by	P. G. Mohan
Screenplay by	G. V. Iyer
Produced by	B. S. Ranga
Starring	Rajkumar Udaykumar Rajashankar Narasimharaju
Cinematography	B. Dorairaj
Edited by	P. G. Mohan Devendranath
Music by	G. K. Venkatesh
Production company	Vikram Productions
Distributed by	Vikram Productions
Release date	26 October 1960 (1960-10-26)
Running time	175 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Dashavathara (transl. The Ten Avatars) is a 1960 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by P. G. Mohan and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Rajashankar and Narasimharaju. The film has a musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.[1] This film had its climax scene in Eastmancolor.

Cast

• Udaykumar as Kamsa
• Rajkumar as Jaya/Hiranyakashipu/Ravana/Shishupala
• Rajashankar as Vishnu and his avataras
• Narasimharaju as Rahu/Makaranda
• K. S. Ashwath
• H. R. Shastry as Dharmaraya
• Eshwarappa
• Veerabhadrappa
• H. K. Shastry
• A. V. Subba Rao
• M. Bhagavathar
• Srikanth
• Kashinath
• Varadaraj
• Kuppuraj
• Rathnakar
• Rajendrakrishna
• Ganapathi Bhat
• Keshavamurthy
• R. Srinivasan
• Girimaji
• Leelavathi as Mandodari/Droupadi
• Advani Lakshmi Devi as Seethe/Rukmini
• Rajasree
• M. Jayashree
• Saroja
• B. Jaya
• Papamma as Shabari
• Baby Suma
• Lakshmikantham
• Mala

Production

The song Godavaridevi Maunavaagi is more popularly known as Vaidehi Enadalo since the opening words never repeat again in the song. BS Ranga, who planned to shoot a summary of Ramayana via a separate song with actress Jamuna as Seetha, had asked music director GK Venkatesh to check about the availability of actress Jamuna and to verify on the status, he sent a telegram with minimum words - Vaidehi Enadalo (meaning what happened to Seetha). Seeing this, Venkatesh decided to use the words in the lyrics after he was impressed by that phrase.[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh.[3] The song Vaidehi Enadalo - which is in kandapadya style - is a rare instance in Indian cinema where a song is picturized on the character of Lord Rama singing for other character - whereas usually songs are mostly picturized with other characters singing in praise of Rama.[2]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Vaidehi Yenadalo	P. B. Srinivas	G. V. Iyer	04:18
2	Onde Balliya hoovu	S. Janaki, A. P. Komala	G. V. Iyer
3	Baare Radhike Kopa Ethake	L. R. Eswari (credited as Rajeshwari), S. Janaki, chorus	G. V. Iyer
4	Keshava Maadhava Govinda	P. B. Srinivas	Purandara Dasa	03:50

References

1. "Dashavathara". chiloka.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
2. "ರಾಮಾಯಣದ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಕುರಿತು ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಒಂದು ನೋಟ.. | NS Sridhara Murthy". YouTube. 20 January 2024.
3. "Dashavathara Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

External links

• Dashavathara at IMDb