Devara Kannu

Devara Kannu (transl. God's eye) is a 1975 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Y. R. Swamy. The film stars Lokesh, Aarathi, Anant Nag and Ambareesh, who were relative newcomers, in supporting roles. The film has musical score by T. G. Lingappa.[1][2] The film is based on a Bengali novel by Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The film was remade in Tamil as Annan Oru Koyil, in Malayalam as Ellaam Ninakku Vendi and in Telugu as Bangaru Chellelu[3] - making it the third Kannada movie to be remade in three other South Indian languages after School Master and Sampathige Savaal.

Devara Kannu
Directed byY. R. Swamy
Written byDr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta (Based on Bengali Novel)
StarringLokesh
Aarathi
Anant Nag
Ambareesh
CinematographyR. Chittibabu
Edited byP. Bhakthavathsalam
Music byT. G. Lingappa
Production
company
Sri Bhagavathi Productions
Distributed bySri Bhagavathi Productions
Release date
  • 3 December 1975 (1975-12-03)
Running time
129 min
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Plot

This is a murder mystery where in the hero (Lokesh) is on the run from the Police as he is accused of murdering the rapist ( Ambareesh) of his sister on the spot. His sister has amnesia and cannot remember the sequence of events. He meets his fiance Arathi in a lonely railway station. Together with the Psychologist Doctor (Anant Nag) they have to unravel the murder mystery and find out if :Lokesh was indeed the killer as alleged. Thrilling last minute confession by the sister ( Jayalakshmi) brings the film to a satisfactory end. Highly recommended movie based on a novel by a Bengali author Nihar Ranjan Gupta.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa.[4]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Naguvina Aluvina"K. J. YesudasVijaya Narasimha03:36
2"Ninna Neenu Maretharenu"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamChi. Udaya Shankar03:19
3"O Iniya Nee Yelliruve"P. SusheelaVijaya Narasimha03:12
4"Ninna Neenu Maretharenu"P. SusheelaVijaya Narasimha03:19
5"Ninne Sanje Alli Nodide"Vani JairamChi. Udayashankar03:28

References
  1. "Devara Kannu". chiloka.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. "Devara Kannu". nthwall.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. Raman, Mohan V. (5 September 2019). "50 Years of 'Deiva Magan': Why Sivaji Ganesan still matters…". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. "Devara Kannu Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.


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