Baala Bandana

Baala Bandana
VCD cover
Directed byPeketi Sivaram
Screenplay byPeketi Sivaram
Based onJog Biyog
by Ashapurna Devi
Produced byA. L. Srinivasan
StarringRajkumar
Jayanthi
CinematographyV. Selvaraj
Edited byV. P. Krishnan, R. Shanmugham
Music byG. K. Venkatesh
Production
company
ALS Productions
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Baala Bandhana (transl. Bonding of a life time) is a 1971 Indian Kannada language drama film, directed by Peketi Sivaram. The film stars Rajkumar and Jayanthi. It is based on the Bengali novel Jog Biyog by Ashapurna Devi.[1][2]

Plot

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Orphaned as an infant, Ranga (played by Rajkumar) is brought up by his distant relative Chandrashekhar Rao Bahadur (Sampath) and his compassionate wife Parvathi (M Jayashree).

Chandrashekhar Rao heads a large family of three sons Ramnatha (Vajramuni),  Somanatha (Bengaluru Nagesh) and Vishwantha (Dwarakish), two daughters, the widowed Rajamma (Lakshmi Devi), their young children and Rajamma’ son. Parvathi promises her childhood friend Mayakka that she will take her daughter Lakshmi (Jayanthi) as her third daughter-in-law but ends up giving her in marriage to Ranga when her third son (he is in love with Lepakshi (B Jaya) refuses to marry her.

Life takes a cruel turn for Chandrashekhar Rao when he loses all his wealth in share market. His daughter's marriage is called off, his sons attitude change and he is forced to send Ranga and Lakshmi out. He dies heartbroken. Ranga with the help of Kotaiah (Balakrishna) finds a job in a factory owned by Rachappa (Mahadevappa) whose son is to have married Geetha. How Ranga sets right the turmoil in the family and reunites them forms rest of the story.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music of the film was composed by G. K. Venkatesh and lyrics for the soundtrack written by Ku.Ra.Sitaramashashtry and Vijaya Narasimha. All the songs were received very well. The duet "Chinnadanta Naadige" became hugely popular upon release.

Track list

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Title Singer(s)
"Chinnadanta Naadige" P. Susheela, P. B. Sreenivas
"Nijavanne Heluve Naanu" P. B. Sreenivas
"Baachi Baithale" P. B. Sreenivas
"Namma Mane" P. Susheela
"Kalikeye Jaana" P. Susheela
"Aapath Bandhava" K. J. Yesudas

References

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  1. ^ "Mehrban". MySwar. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ Puttaswamy, K. (27 May 2023). "100 years of NTR". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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