'''Jeevana Chakra'''


1985 157’ col Kannada
d/sc H.R. Bhargava pc Kalakrithi st Prabhakara
Reddy dial/lyr Chi. Udayashankar
c D.V. Rajaram m Rajan-Nagendra
lp Vishnuvardhan, Radhika, Vijayakashi,
Saroja, Ramesh Bhatt, C.R. Simha, Sudhir, Chi.
Udayashankar, Shankar Rao, Jayamalini,
Anuradha, Janaki, Jayashree, Bharani,
Sivaprakash, Suryakumar, BEML Somanna,
Janardan, Ramdas


Melodrama about a loyal subaltern’s selfless
service to his master. Ranga (Vishnuvardhan), a
‘rowdy’, is reformed by a woman (Radhika)
who materialises out of nowhere in order to
take charge of his life. Employed in a factory,
Ranga demonstrates his loyalty by forming a
pro-management union and persuading
workers to discard their red flags, thus saving
the company from bankruptcy. The proprietor
dies, leaving his wealth as well as his wife and
son to Ranga’s care. In old age, Ranga faces the
resentment of the proprietor’s grown-up son as
well as his own daughter’s ingratitude. When
his own wife dies, he hands over his wealth to
the proprietor’s son and leaves. The heroine’s
relation to the hero is structured as resembling
a female fan’s fantasy for her favourite star, not
uncommon in star-centered films.

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