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Amarashilpi Jakanachari/ Amarashilpi Jakanna
1964 161’ col Kannada/Telugu? d/c B.S. Ranga pc Vikram Prod. s/co-lyr[Te] Samudrala Raghavacharya co-lyr[Te] Dasarathi, Kosaraju, C. Narayana Reddy dia/lyr[K] Chi. Sadashivaiah m Saluri Rajeshwara Rao lp Kalyana Kumar[K]/A. Nageshwara Rao[Te], B. Saroja Devi, Udaya Kumar [K]/ Chittor V. Nagaiah[Te], Narasimhraju, Rama Devi, Girija, Pushpavalli, H.P. Saroja, Relangi Venkatramaiah[Te]
The first Kannada colour movie is a costume spectacle about the sculptor Jakanachari (K. Kumar/Nageshwara? Rao) who is apparently responsible for the impressive 12th C. temple sculptures of Belur and Halebid during the reign of the Hoysala King Vishnuvardhana, now a major Karnataka tourist attraction. The sculptor is shown to be inspired by his love for Manjari (Saroja Devi), who is seperated from him by a political conspiracy. Later, Jakanachari has a contest with a young sculptor unaware that the youth is his own son. Kalyana Kumar’s best-known screen role.