Miss Leelavathi

Miss Leelavathi
Directed byM. R. Vittal
Written byKorati Srinivasa Rao
Produced byK. S. Jagannath
Starring
Cinematography
  • S. V. Srikanth
  • Kumar
Edited by
  • S. P. N. Krishna
  • T. P. Velayudham
Music byR. Sudarsanam
Distributed bySri Rajarajeshwari
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
162 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Miss Leelavathi (Kannada: ಮಿಸ್ ಲೀಲಾವತಿ) is a 1965 Indian Kannada language film directed by M. R. Vittal and written by Korati Srinivasa Rao. It stars Jayanthi as the protagonist, along with Udaykumar, K. S. Ashwath, Ramesh and others. The film won the National Award for second best film in Kannada.[1]

The film was talked about for its bold portrayal of women and was accredited of being the first Kannada feature film showing the leading lady wearing a swimsuit.[2] The film was a musical hit with R. Sudarsanam as the composer.

Cast

  • Jayanthi as Leelavathi
  • K. S. Ashwath as Govindachar
  • Udaykumar as Kapanipathi Rao (cameo)
  • Vanisri
  • M. Jayashree as Ganga
  • Papamma as Kanaka
  • Sooryakala
  • Revathi
  • R. T. Rama as Raji
  • Suma (credited as Baby Suma) as young Leelavathi
  • Nataraj (credited as Master Nataraj)
  • Yogindra Kumar (credited as Master Yogindra Kumar)
  • Ramesh as Shamanna
  • Narasimharaju as Sudhakara
  • Basavaraj
  • Arunkumar
  • Ramakrishna
  • B. Hanumanthachar
  • Comedian Guggu
  • Suresh

Soundtrack

Title Singers Lyrics
"Nodu Baa Nodu Baa" S. Janaki Vijaya Narasimha
"Doni Saagali" S. Janaki, Ramachandra Kuvempu
"Hiriya Naagara" P. Jayadev Vijaya Narasimha
"Bayake Balli" P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki Vijaya Narasimha
"Neerinalli Neenu" P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki Vijaya Narasimha

Awards

This film screened at IFFI 1992 Kannada cinema Retrospect.

References

  1. ^ "13th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Miss Leelavathi 1965". The Hindu. 31 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008.


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