Thayige Thakka Maga
Thayige Thakka Maga | |
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Directed by | V. Somashekhar |
Written by | Anjaneya Pushpananda |
Screenplay by | M. D. Sundar |
Produced by | Parvathamma Rajkumar |
Starring | Rajkumar Savitri Padmapriya Sowcar Janaki |
Cinematography | P. S. Prakash |
Edited by | P. Bhaktavatsalam |
Music by | T. G. Lingappa |
Production company | Poornima Enterprises |
Release date |
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Running time | 177 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Thayige Thakka Maga is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language sports action film directed by V. Somashekhar and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar. It is based on the story written by Anjaneya Pushpanand.
The film starred Rajkumar as a boxer[1] along with Savitri, Padmapriya and Sowcar Janaki.[2] Veteran Tamil-Telugu actress Savitri plays one of the title role of Thayi (Mother) in this film. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics are written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.[3]
The film was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by T. G. Lingappa considered chartbusters. It was remade in Telugu as Puli Bidda (1981) and in Hindi as Main Intequam Loonga (1982) starring Dharmendra.[4] It was one of the earliest Kannada films to be shot in Kashi.
Cast[]
- Rajkumar as Boxer Kumar
- Padmapriya as Mala
- Savitri as Vishalakshamma
- Sowcar Janaki as Annapoorna
- Master Lohith as young Kumar
- Balakrishna as Ramanagara Kuppuswamy
- Shakti Prasad as Boxer Vishwanath
- Thoogudeepa Srinivas
- Prabhakar
- Rajanand
- Chi. Udaya Shankar
- Uma Shivakumar
- Mamatha Shenoy
Soundtrack[]
The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar.[5] All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.
All lyrics are written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Entha Sogasu" | Rajkumar | |
2. | "Suryana Kanthige" | Rajkumar, Kasthuri Shankar | |
3. | "Vishwanathanu Thandeyadare" | Rajkumar | |
4. | "Chali Chali" | Rajkumar, S. Janaki |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Rajkumar Film List And Awards
- ^ Cast & Crew
- ^ "Archived copy". www.chitratara.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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- ^ Songs list
External links[]
- 1978 films
- Kannada-language films
- Indian films
- 1970s Kannada-language films
- 1970s sports films
- Kannada films remade in other languages
- Films scored by T. G. Lingappa
- Films directed by V. Somashekhar
- Indian boxing films
- Indian sports films
- Sports action films
- 1970s Kannada-language film stubs