Bettada Huli
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Genre Musical Cinematography K. Janakiram | Director A. V. Sheshgiri Rao Music director T. G. Lingappa Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1965 (1965) Genres Drama, Action Film, Musical Cast Similar movies Rajkumar and Pandari Bai appear in Bettada Huli and Mahasathi Anasuya |
Bettada huli
Bettada Huli (Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಹುಲಿ) is a 1965 Kannada action drama film directed and written by A.V. Sheshagiri Rao.
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Plot
Bandit, played by Udaykumar kidnaps pregnant wife of City Cop, K S Ashwath. Cop's wife delivers a baby boy under the Bandit's custody. However, Bandit's wife conceives a baby girl, hands it over to Ashwath. Before dying, she urges Ashwath to bring her daughter, away from her father.
Bandit instills in the little boy, that he is Bandit's son and his own mother is his maternal aunt. Cop's son is brought up to be a Bandit, much against his will. Bandit's daughter, though has a chaste upbringing, is always in awe of robbers and thieves, admiring them for their dare-devilry.
Due for his first robbery, Son meets his biological father in a fare and has unexplained attraction towards him. He has to rob jewels from Cop's daughter Jayanthi, but he hesitates to do it. Jayanthi herself offers all the jewels and plays coy, before her father.
As the movie proceeds, son, increasingly known as Bettada Kalla is pitted against the father and only one can survive. Will the son know the truth and unite his parents? This forms the crux of the movie.
Cast
Soundtrack
The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa with lyrics by Geethapriya. All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.
References
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