Nagarahole (film)

Nagarahole is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language children's film written by H. V. Subba Rao, with screenplay and direction by S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu, starring Vishnuvardhan, Bharathi and Ambareesh. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as Kaadu Njangalude Veedu[1] and in Hindi as Bahadur Bachhe.[2][3][4] Director Babu had revealed that the base plotline was inspired by the books of Enid Blyton. He had also revealed that the movie was dubbed in 11 languages including Russian, Japanese & French.[5]

Nagarahole
Directed byS. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Written byH. V. Subba Rao
Screenplay byS. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Produced byS. N. Parthanath
R. F. Manik Chand
C. H. Balaji Singh
StarringVishnuvardhan
Bharathi
Master Prasad Tagat
Baby Indira
Ambareesh
CinematographyP. S. Prakash
Edited byBal G. Yadav
Music bySatyam
Production
company
Mahatma Productions
Distributed byVaruna Pictures
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Plot

A school trip to the Nagarhole National Park turns dangerous for the children. The teachers are caught in a bind. The trip turns lucky for the principal (Bharathi) when she meets her lost husband (Vishnuvardhan).

Cast

Production

Rajendra Singh Babu wanted to make a children's adventure film completely set in a forest being inspired by the books written by Enid Blyton. He approached celebrated Kannada writer H. V. Subba Rao who went for a recce to Nagarahole for 15 days with the added sub plot of naxalites lurking around the forest. H. V. Subba Rao wrote the film's story and dialogues.[6]

The character of Ambareesh was based on a real life driver whom Babu met during the stay there. Babu revealed that the team struggled hard to shoot scenes like a tiger carrying a little boy and manchan scene, which took around 75 takes.[6] The climax sequence were shot on the Sakleshpura Bridge with 13 tunnels at 165 ft in height and it was Asia's highest bridge. The film which began production in 1974 was not released until 1977 due to lack of takers.[6]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Sathyam.[7][8] The title song and "Ille Swarga Ille Naraka" sung by Ravi became hugely popular. The song "Ille Swarga" was remixed in 2011 film Paagal.[9]

  1. "Ee Notake Mai Maatake" singers: Bharathi, Vishnuvardhan lyrics: Chi Udayashankar
  2. "Ille Swarga Ille Naraka" singer: Ravi lyrics: Chi Udayashankar
  3. "Hey Hey Piltu Hey Hey Chiltu" singers: P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki, lyrics: R. N. Jayagopal
  4. "Naagaraholeyo Ammaale" singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, lyrics: Vijaya Narasimha

Release

The film was dubbed in Hindi and released in Mumbai and all over India and became very popular among kids of that generation.[6]

Accolades

It Won Karnataka State Film Awards for 'best child actor' 1976-1977 for Prasad Tagat, Bhanuprakash, Sathish and Baby Indira

References
  1. "Naagara Holeyo song || Kaadu Njangalude Veedu Malayalam Movie Songs || S.Janaki". YouTube.
  2. "S.Janaki SPB Hindi Song || Bahaddur Bacchey Movie || Aaj Kari Hai Maa Tune Daya || Satyam || Avadhi". YouTube.
  3. "Vishnuvardhan Hindi hits || Dil Loot Ke Mera". YouTube.
  4. "Bahaddur Bacchey Hindi movie songs || He Pintoo He Chintoo". YouTube.
  5. ಅಣ್ಣಾವ್ರಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದೆ ಇದು ಮಾಸ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಈ ತರ ಕ್ಯಾರೆಕ್ಟರ್ ನಿಮಗೆ ವರ್ಕೌಟ್ ಆಗಲ್ಲ ಅಂತ ! | Rajendra Singh Babu, retrieved 22 March 2023
  6. "Innovative and bold explorations". The Hindu. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023.
  7. staff. "Nagara Hole". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  8. staff (3 October 1977). "Nagara Hole Audio Songs". Musicmazaa. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  9. Rajapur, Vijaysarathy (4 December 2011). "Paagal Kannada Movie Review by Vijay Sarathy". Now Running. Retrieved 31 March 2023.


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