Mahishasura Mardini (1959)
Mahishasura Mardini is a 1959 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Rajkumar, V. Nagayya, Udaykumar and Narasimharaju. It was dubbed in seven other languages and is retrospectively identified as amongst the first major Pan-India films.
Director:
B. S. Ranga
Writer:
B. S. Ranga
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Dr. Rajkumar as Mahishasura |
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Sowcar Janaki as Gunavathi |
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T. R. Narasimharaju as Vyaghrasimha |
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Udaykumar as Rambhesha |
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K. S. Ashwath as Narada |
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Chittoor V. Nagayya as Shukracharya |
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Rajanala Nageswara Rao as Indra |
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B. Ramadevi as |
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M.N. Lakshmi Devi as Kalini |
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Sandhya as Tripurasundari |
| Directing | B. S. Ranga | Director |
| Sound | G. K. Venkatesh | Music |
| Production | B. S. Ranga | Producer |
| Writing | B. S. Ranga | Screenplay |
| Writing | Chi Sadashivaiah | Lyricist |
| Writing | Chi Sadashivaiah | Dialogue |