Jedara Bale


Jedara Bale is a 1965 Kannada language spy thriller film directed by Dorai-Bhagavan starring Rajkumar, Jayanthi, K. S. Ashwath, Narasimharaju and Udayakumar. The music of the film was composed by G. K. Venkatesh.
The film is the first movie in the CID 999 Franchise created along the lines of the James Bond and James Bond - styled films.
The success of this movie led to 3 sequels - Goa Dalli CID 999, Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999 and Operation Diamond Racket.
This was the first James Bond - styled spy thriller movie in India. Rajkumar was the first actor in India to enact a role which was based on James Bond in a full-fledged manner.
Bhagwan made the film after going through 11 books on James Bond. The movie was made with a budget of less than 3 lakhs and the makers recovered 2 lakhs from sale of dubbing rights alone.
This movie is credited to have inspired a desi Bond genre in a full-fledged manner which lead to Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries attempting to replicate the Kannada spy movie genre. The grand success of this movie led to several such attempts in other south Indian languages with top stars - Jaishankar in Tamil; Krishna in Telugu and Prem Nazir in Malayalam. It was also the first south Indian movie to use the miniature faking technique for a car blasting sequence.
The CID 999 Franchise was also the first Indian movie franchise to have four installments and was the first character based trilogy in India. Rajkumar was also called the James Bond of India.

Plot summary

plays a CID Police Agent, who is code-named as 999. The story revolves around the attempt to stop a formula which can convert any metal into gold reaching the hands of hooligans. Uday Kumar plays the honcho of the villain gang.

Cast