Mahishasura Mardini
Mahishasura Mardini is a 1959 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Rajkumar, V. Nagayya, Udaykumar and Narasimharaju in the lead roles. This is the first pan India movie with release in 8 languages.
The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. It was dubbed in seven languages including Telugu under the same name. This was the first Pan India Movie. This was the first movie shot in Madras Vikram Studios.Rajkumar sung a song with S Janaki in this movie for first time.Cast
- Rajkumar as Mahishasura
- V. Nagayya
- Udaykumar as Rambhesha
- Narasimharaju as Vyaaghrasimha
- K. S. Ashwath as Narada
- Rajanala
- Ganapathi Bhat
- Sahukar Janaki as Gunavathi
- Sandhya as Chamundeshwari
- T. D. Kusalakumari
- Suryakala
- Ramadevi
- Indrani
- M. Lakshmidevi
- Vasudeva Girimaji
- Hanumantha Rao
- Anilkumar
- Suryakumar
- Udayashankar as Vishnu
- Sadashivaiah
- Rajendra Krishna
- Y. N. S. Swamy
- Rangaswamy
- Papamma
- Shanthamma
Soundtrack
The music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh.