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Nagara Haavu

  • 1972
  • 3h 4m
IMDb RATING
9.0/10
1.2K
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Nagara Haavu (1972)
DramaMusical

This is the tale of an angry young man with flavours of Teacher-student relationship, the stubbornness of Ramachari(protagonist) and his attempts at having a romantic relationship.This is the tale of an angry young man with flavours of Teacher-student relationship, the stubbornness of Ramachari(protagonist) and his attempts at having a romantic relationship.This is the tale of an angry young man with flavours of Teacher-student relationship, the stubbornness of Ramachari(protagonist) and his attempts at having a romantic relationship.

  • Director
    • S.R. Puttana Kanagal
  • Writers
    • S.R. Puttana Kanagal
    • Ta. Ra. Subba Rao
    • Chi Udayashankar
  • Stars
    • Ambarish
    • Arathi
    • K.S. Ashwath
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    9.0/10
    1.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • S.R. Puttana Kanagal
    • Writers
      • S.R. Puttana Kanagal
      • Ta. Ra. Subba Rao
      • Chi Udayashankar
    • Stars
      • Ambarish
      • Arathi
      • K.S. Ashwath
    • 9User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ambarish
    Ambarish
    • Jaleela (debut)
    Arathi
    • Alamelu
    K.S. Ashwath
    • Chamaiah Maestru
    • (as Aswath)
    M.N. Lakshmi Devi
    • Mary
    Pratima Devi
    • Mother of Alamelu
    • (as Prathimadevi)
    Dheerendra Gopal
    • Thukaram
    Ramachandra Sastry H.R.
    • Shyam Iyengar the father of Alamelu (as: H. R. Sastry)
    Jayanthi
    • Vanakey Obavva
    M. Jayashree
    • Sonabai the mother of Ramachari (as: M. Jayashree)
    • (as Jayashree)
    Leelavathi
    • Thungamma the wife of Chamaiah Maestru
    Loknath
    • Shyamrao the College Principal
    Shakti Prasad
    • Naidu the uncle of Margaret
    M.P. Shankar
    • The town's Pailwan
    Shivaram
    Shivaram
    • Varada the brother of Alamelu. Their caste is Iyengar.
    Shubha
    Shubha
    • Margaret
    • (as Shobha)
    Vajramuni
    • Laxmu
    Vishnuvardhan
    Vishnuvardhan
    • Ramachari
    • Director
      • S.R. Puttana Kanagal
    • Writers
      • S.R. Puttana Kanagal
      • Ta. Ra. Subba Rao
      • Chi Udayashankar
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews9

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    7gsm1449

    Ramachari is a stubborn young man who only listens to his School Teacher. He has once given up his love as per his Teacher's request.Will he do it the second time?

    One of the Big hits during 70s. This movie introduced Vishnuvardhan to the Kannada Movie Industry.

    Ramachari is a stubborn young man.He is not good in studies, but he is man of virtue.He is very much fond of his School teacher.He falls in love with one of his friend's sister. But the girl's family does not like him. He agrees to forget her as per his teacher's request. Latter he finds a new love. But tragedy as it happens, the girl belongs to separate religion. Ramachari's parents want him to leave the girl. He wont listen to them.

    The movie is shot in chitradurga, the place in southern karnataka famous for its fortress.The movie also has a famous song narrating story of the legendary obbavva who saved the fortress falling in hands of HyderAli.The actress jayanti appeared as obbavva in the song.

    Vishnuvardan as ramachari is awesome in his first movie. Same with the heroines Arathi as Alamelu and Shobha as Margaret.Ashwath portrays the School Teacher character with excellence.

    The movie also has great supporting actor crew with ambharish,shivaram and others.
    10itsucksman-356-462035

    A Master-piece from the Late S.R Puttana Kanagal...!!

    A Story of an arrogant young student who falls in love with his friend's sister and the story ensues, portraying the issues that played a major role in the society like caste-ism, a take on human trafficking and such issues...the script and the dialogs are very gripping and powerful...!!And the actors have performed exceptionally well, which is needless to say, this being a Puttanna Kanagal movie!! And this is the first Kannada movie to use a slow motion camera. The Songs in the movie are well presented and arguably inspirational!!

    Overall, I think it safe to say that it's a master-piece...they don't make movies like these anymore!!! Old School is the best school and Puttana Kanagal is the headmaster of that school!!
    6sudeepchandrabs

    Great movie

    Best acting by Vishnu sir, Ambi Sir and all. Excellent direction by Puttanna Kanagal.
    10chethankb14

    Top!

    A beautifully made movie. Very strong characters involved as is common in Puttanna Kanagal's movies. My favourite part is how beautifully the relationship between student (Ramachari) and teacher (Chamaiah Maestru) is depicted in the movie.

    How badly i wish we had more movies from Puttanna Kanagal.
    10sumanth-05484

    Classic Evergreen Film

    Classic Movie , Evergreen Film.

    Great Direction by Puttanna Kanagal Sir.

    Dr. Vishnu Dada Completely give justice to the Ramachari Role.

    All Characters were so good.

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      References Aradhana (1969)

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    • Release date
      • December 29, 1972 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Kannada
    • Production company
      • Sri Eswari Productions
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      3 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
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