Sri Purandara Dasaru

Sri Purandara Dasaru (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a 1967 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by C. V. Raju and produced by Smt Jayalakshmi. The film stars K. S. Ashwath, R. Nagendra Rao, Udaykumar and Rajashankar. The musical score was composed by C. N. Pandurangan. This film is the third Kannada film based on the life of Purandara Dasa, following the 1937 film Purandaradasa and the 1964 film Navakoti Narayana.

Sri Purandara Dasaru
Directed by	C. V. Raju R. Ramamurthy
Screenplay by	C. V. Raju
Produced by	Smt Jayalakshmi
Starring	K. S. Ashwath R. Nagendra Rao Udaykumar Rajashankar
Cinematography	Rajaram Meenakshi Sundaram
Edited by	C. V. Raju
Music by	C. N. Pandurangan
Production company	Sri Hamsa Chithra
Distributed by	Sri Hamsa Chithra
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	171 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• K. S. Ashwath
• R. Nagendra Rao
• Udaykumar
• Rajashankar
• Balakrishna
• Narasimharaju
• Venkatesh
• Raghavendra Rao
• Vadiraj
• Rathnakar
• Ganapathi Bhat
• Master Sridhar
• Chittibabu
• Ramachandra Shastry
• Dwarakish
• Bangalore Nagesh
• Rajendra Krishna
• Kuppuraj
• Srikanth
• Niranjan
• Lakshmaiah
• Dinesh
• Shivaram
• Dattharaj
• Iyengar
• Bapayya
• Swamy
• Pandari Bai
• Harini
• Mynavathi
• L. Vijayalakshmi
• Ramadevi
• Papamma
• Saroja
• Janaki
• Shanthamma
• Kutty Padmini

Soundtrack

The music was composed by C. N. Pandurangan.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Aadidano Ranga"	M. L. Vasanthakumari	Purandaradasa	03:06
2	"Aparadhi Nanallaa"	P. B. Sreenivas	Purandaradasa	03:14
3	"Chandrachooda"	M. Balamuralikrishna	Purandaradasa	03:02
4	"Jagadodharana"	M. Balamuralikrishna	Purandaradasa	03:16
5	"Kandu Kandu Nee Yenna"	M. Balamuralikrishna	Purandaradasa	03:26
6	"Sakalagrahabala"	P. B. Sreenivas	Purandaradasa	03:03
7	"Sri Gananatha"	M. Balamuralikrishna, Sarojini	Purandaradasa	05:56

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "If for nothing else, the music would make the Kannada film [Sri Purandara Dasaru] worth the while."