Namma Makkalu Explained

Namma Makkalu
Director:	R. Nagendra Rao
Producer:	Harini
Screenplay:	R.N. Jayagopal
Starring:	K. S. Ashwath Pandari Bai KM Jayashree (Rohini) Chandrashekar Amarnath
Music:	Vijaya Bhaskar
Cinematography:	V. Manohar
Editing:	P. S. Murthy
Studio:	Vijaya Bharathi
Distributor:	Vijaya Bharathi
Runtime:	122 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	Kannada

Namma Makkalu (Kannada: ನಮ್ಮ ಮಕ್ಕಳು) is a 1969 Indian Kannada film, directed by R. Nagendra Rao and produced by Harini. The film stars Chandrashekar,^[1] K. S. Ashwath, Pandari Bai, KM Jayashree, and Amarnath in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• K. S. Ashwath
• Pandari Bai
• Chandrashekar
• KM Jayashree
• Amarnath
• Balakrishna in Guest Appearance
• Adavani Lakshmidevi
• Kalpana in Guest Appearance
• Nagaraj
• Rajaram
• Saroja
• Sarvamangala
• R. Nagendra Rao
• Ramadevi
• Vadiraj
• Indrani
• Rajashekar
• Shivaram in Guest Appearance
• Lilitha
• Nagesh
• B. Jaya
• Niyogi
• Anuradha
• Govinda
• N. S. Vaman in Guest Appearance
• Rajananda
• Bhaskar
• Ramakrishnaraju

Awards

• The film won Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada (1969)^[4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar. All the songs were sung by S Janaki which is a landmark^[5]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Manase Nagaleke"	S. Janaki	R. N. Jayagopal	03:02
2	"Tharegala Thotadinda"	S. Janaki	R. N. Jayagopal	03:33
3	"Ninnolume Namagirali Tande"	S. Janaki, B. K. Sumitra	R. N. Jayagopal	03:33

Notes and References

1. News: Impassioned actor's exit. Khajane. Muralidhara. The Hindu. 1 February 2018. 24 August 2021.
2. Web site: Namma Makkalu. 24 August 2021. chiloka.com.
3. Web site: Namma Makkalu. 20 January 2015. nthwall.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150120183340/http://www.nthwall.com/ka/crew/Namma-Makkalu-1969-cast-and-crew/9219801943. 20 January 2015. dmy-all.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=1969+Namma+ Collections
5. Web site: Namma Makkalu Songs. 20 January 2015. raaga.com.