Bara (film)

Bara
Bara
Directed by	M. S. Sathyu
Written by	U. R. Ananthamurthy
Produced by	M. S. Sathyu
Starring	Anant Nag; C. R. Simha; Loveleen Madhu; Pankaj Dheer; Veeraj Byakod; M. V. Narayana Rao
Cinematography	Ashok Gunjal
Edited by	Chakravarthy
Music by	Mysore Ananthaswamy; Siddalingaiah
Production; company	M. S. Sathyu Productions
Release date	October 1982;
Running time	117 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Bara (Kannada: ಬರ English: Drought) is a 1982 Kannada film directed and produced by M. S. Sathyu. It is based on the novel of same name by U. R. Ananthamurthy.^[1]^[2] The film starred Anant Nag, C. R. Simha and Loveleen Madhu in lead roles. The film won many laurels upon release including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for its script of an incisive analysis of the socio-political situation in a drought affected district. The film went on floors in 1980 and made its theatrical release in 1982. The Hindi version of the film Sookha was released in 1983. However, unlike the Kannada version, the film could not get a theatrical release, and was shown on Doordarshan.^[3]

Cast[]

Anant Nag as Collector Satish Chandra
C. R. Simha as Bhimoji
Uma Shivakumar as Bhimoji's wife
Loveleen Madhu as Satish Chandra's wife
Veeraj Byakod as Satish Chandra's son
Shivaram
Nitin Sethi
M. V. Narayana Rao
Pankaj Dheer
Vaijanath Biradar

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by Mysore Ananthaswamy and Siddalingaiah with lyrics by K. S. Nissar Ahmed and Siddalingaiah.

Track listing
No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ninna Anuragave"	Mysore Ananthaswamy	Jayashree
2.	"Ondanondu Ooru"	Siddalingaiah	Janardhan

Awards[]

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada - 1981
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film - 1981-82

Filmfare Awards Kannada

Best Film - Bara (1982)
Best Director - M. S. Sathyu (1982)
Best Actor - Anant Nag (1982)

References[]

^ Khajane, Muralidhara (23 August 2014). "Celluloid faithfully celebrated his novels". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Bara - Kannada Film by M.S.Satyu". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ Gulazar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 646–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.

External links[]

Bara at IMDb

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[1] Khajane, Muralidhara (23 August 2014). "Celluloid faithfully celebrated his novels". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[2] "Bara - Kannada Film by M.S.Satyu". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[GulazāraNihalani2003-3] Gulazar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 646–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.

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