Nagara Hole (1977)

Directed by

Rajendra Singh Babu

Genre

children's film

Country

India

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of children go on an adventure in a forest. They have fun and solve problems together based on Enid Blyton style stories.

lightheartedadventurousplayfulchildlike wonderupbeatinnocent

What happens

Nagarahole () is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language children's adventure film written by H. V. Subba Rao, with screenplay and direction by Rajendra Singh Babu. Produced under Varuna Pictures, the film starred Bharathi, Master Prasad Tagat, Master Bhanuprakash, Master Sathisha and Baby Indira in the lead roles along with Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh and Shivaram in key supporting roles. The music for the film was composed by Satyam and cinematography was by P. S. Prakash. Inspired by Enid Blyton’s childhood adventure tales, Babu conceived the story as a forest-set children's film. Upon release, the film met with positive response from critics and audience. It went on to win the Karnataka State Award for Best Child Actor to all the children who played the lead characters. The film was dubbed in 11 languages including in Malayalam as Kaadu Njangalude Veedu, in Tamil as Yaanai Engal Thozhan and in Hindi as Bahadur Bachhe. Director Babu revealed that the base plotline was inspired by the books of Enid Blyton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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