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Uyyale
Directed by	N. Lakshminarayan
Based on	Uyyale by Chaduranga
Produced by	G. N. Lakshmipathy
Starring	Rajkumar Kalpana K. S. Ashwath Balakrishna
Cinematography	N. G. Rao
Edited by	P. Bhakthavatsalam
Music by	Vijaya Bhaskar
Production company	Bharath Enterprises
Release date	1969 (1969)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Uyyale (transl. The Swing) is a 1969 Kannada language romantic drama film directed by N. Lakshminarayan and starring Rajkumar and Kalpana. The film is a screen adaptation of the novel of the same name written by the novelist Chaduranga (Subramanyaraja Urs).^[1][2] The film presents a delicate tale of the extra-marital love of a woman neglected by her husband reflecting the social and moral laws of married life.^[3] Radha is the second wife of an extremely negligent Shesha. However, when Krishna, Shesha's cousin, enters her life, they form a unique bond with each other.

Besides writing the story, Chaduranga also wrote the dialogues for the film and won Karnataka State Film Award for the year 1979 for this story. The soundtrack and original score composed by Vijaya Bhaskar was widely acclaimed and appreciated. Produced by Gopal - Lakshman duo, the film fetched the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film award for the same year. The film was screened twice at the IFFI Retrospect - once in 1992 and once again in 2019 on the occasion of the 50th year of IFFI.^[4] In a small drama sequence, Rajkumar appears as Gautama Buddha and Leelavathi as Kisa Gotami.

• Rajkumar as Krishna Gowda
• Kalpana as Radha
• K. S. Ashwath as Seshu Rao, Radha's husband
• Leelavathi as stage actor (cameo)
• M. Jayashree as Krishna's mother
• Balakrishna as Seetapathi, Seshu's neighbour
• Ramadevi as Seetha, Seetapathi's wife
• Premalatha as Kanaka
• Papamma as Kanaka's mother
• N. K. Narasimhaiah
• Baby Girija as Prabha

The songs were composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.^[5]

• Karnataka State Film Awards^{[citation needed]}

1. Second Best Film
2. Best Story writer - Chaduranga

• Uyyale at IMDb