Thayige Thakka Maga
Thayige Thakka Maga is a 1978 Indian Kannada sports action drama film directed by V. Somashekhar and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar. It is based on the story written by Anjaneya Pushpanand.
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| Directed by | V. Somashekhar |
| Produced by | Parvathamma Rajkumar |
| Written by | Anjaneya Pushpananda |
| Screenplay by | M. D. Sundar |
| Starring | Rajkumar Savitri Padmapriya Sowcar Janaki |
| Music by | T. G. Lingappa |
| Cinematography | P. S. Prakash |
| Edited by | P. Bhaktavatsalam |
Production company | Poornima Enterprises |
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Running time | 177 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The film starred Rajkumar as a boxer[1] along with Savitri, Padmapriya and Sowcar Janaki in lead roles.[2] Veteran Tamil-Telugu actress Savitri plays one of the title role of Thayi (Mother) in this film. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics are written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.[3]
The film was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by T. G. Lingappa considered chartbusters. It was remade in Telugu as Puli Bidda (1981) and in Hindi as Main Intequam Loonga (1982) starring Dharmendra.[4]
Cast
- Rajkumar as Boxer Kumar
- Master Lohith as young Kumar
- Savitri as Vishalakshamma, Kumar's mother
- Padmapriya as Mala
- Sowcar Janaki as Annapoorna, Kumar's adopted mother
- Balakrishna as Ramanagara Kuppuswamy a.k.a. writer Raku, Kumar's adopted father
- Shakti Prasad as Boxer Vishwanath, Kumar's father
- Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Villain 1
- Uma Shivakumar as Preethi, Rani's mother
- Prabhakar as Villain 2
- Mamatha Shenoy as Rani
- Rajanand as Manickkam, Rani's father
- Chi. Udaya Shankar as Doctor
Soundtrack
The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar.[5] All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.
All lyrics are written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Entha Sogasu" | Rajkumar | |
| 2. | "Suryana Kanthige" | Rajkumar, Kasthuri Shankar | |
| 3. | "Vishwanathanu Thandeyadare" | Rajkumar | |
| 4. | "Chali Chali" | Rajkumar, S. Janaki |