Bara (film)

Bara (Kannada: ಬರ English: Drought) is a 1982 Kannada film directed and produced by M. S. Sathyu. It is based on the story written by eminent writer U. R. Ananthamurthy.[1] The film starred Anant Nag, C. R. Simha and Loveleen Madhu in lead roles. The film won many laurels upon release including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for its script of an incisive analysis of the socio-political situation in a drought affected district.[2] The film went on floors in 1980 and made its theatrical release in 1982. The Hindi version of the film Sookha was released in 1983. However, unlike the Kannada version, the film couldn't get a theatrical release, and was shown on Doordarshan.[3]

Bara
Directed byM. S. Sathyu
Produced byM. S. Sathyu
Written byU. R. Ananthamurthy
StarringAnant Nag
C. R. Simha
Loveleen Madhu
Pankaj Dheer
Veeraj Byakod
Music byMysore Ananthaswamy
Siddalingaiah
CinematographyAshok Gunjal
Edited byChakravarthy
Production
company
M. S. Sathyu Productions
Release date
  • October 1982 (1982-10)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mysore Ananthaswamy and Siddalingaiah with lyrics by K. S. Nissar Ahmed and Siddalingaiah.

Track listing
No.TitleMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Ninna Anuragave"Mysore AnanthaswamyJayashree 
2."Ondanondu Ooru"SiddalingaiahJanardhan 

Awards

Filmfare Awards Kannada

References
  1. Bara - Kannada Film by M.S.Satyu Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada
  3. Gulazar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 646–. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.


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