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Director
  
B. R. Panthulu

Country
  
India

8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
Kannada

Release date
  
24 February 1961 (1961-02-24)

Kitturu Chennamma (Kannada: ಕಿತ್ತೂರು ಚೆನ್ನಮ್ಮ) is a 1961 Indian historical drama film in Kannada language, directed and produced by B. R. Panthulu. It stars B. Saroja Devi as Kittur Chennamma, an Indian freedom fighter who led an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824, and died in captivity in 1829.

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At the 9th National Film Awards, the film was awarded the Best Feature Film in Kannada. This film screened at IFFI 1992 B R Panthalu Homage section.

Cast

  • B. Saroja Devi as Kittur Chennamma
  • M. V. Rajamma as Rudrambe
  • Leelavathi as Veeravva
  • Chindodi Leela as Kalavathi
  • Ramadevi as Mahantavva
  • Rajkumar as Raja Mallasarja
  • Dikki Madhavarao
  • Narasimharaju
  • Balakrishna
  • B. Hanumanthachar
  • Eshwarappa
  • K. S. Ashwath
  • Rajashankar
  • Veerappa Chinchodi

    • Soundtrack

    The music for the film was composed by T. G. Lingappa and lyrics for the soundtrack penned by G. V. Iyer. The songs "Kolu Thudiya Kodagananthe" and "Thanukaragadavaralli Pushpava" were taken from the poems of Akka Mahadevi, a poet who lived in the 12th century Karnataka.

    References

    Kittur Chennamma (film) Wikipedia
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    Kittur Chennamma (film) IMDb Kittur Chennamma (film) themoviedb.org