Mahakavi Kalidasa (1955)

Original title

ಮಹಾಕವಿ ಕಾಳಿದಾಸ

Directed by

K. R. Seetharama Sastry

Genre

biographical film, musical film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 20m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of a young aristocrat who is cursed by his teacher to become ignorant. He then overcomes this curse to become the great classical poet Kalidasa.

biographicalmusicalmelodramaticinspirationalperioddevotionalpoeticnostalgicearnest

What happens

Mahakavi Kalidasa () is 1955 Indian Kannada-language film directed by K. R. Seetharama Sastry, in his debut direction. The movie is based on the legends of the poet Kālidāsa. It stars Honnappa Bhagavatar as Kālidāsa, a Sanskrit poet who lived during the 4th and 5th Century CE and B. Saroja Devi (in her film debut) .It tells the story of how he, an aristocratic young man cursed by his guru with ignorance, goes on to become a great poet. B. Raghavendra Rao, Narasimharaju features supporting roles. K R Seetarama Sastry wrote the screenplay, dialogues and the lyrics. He scored the music too. It was remade in Telugu in 1960 as Mahakavi Kalidasu starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao in Tamil in 1966 as Mahakavi Kalidas starring Sivaji Ganesan. This Kannada film was dubbed into Tamil and released in 1956 as Mahakavi Kalidas. At the 3rd National Film Awards, the film won the award for Best Feature Film in Kannada. The film is seen as a landmark in Kannada cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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