Naandi (1964)
January 1, 1964
Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Dr. Rajkumar
Murthy

Kalpana
Nirmala

Udaykumar

T. N. Balakrishna
Sitapathy

Harini
Ganga

Sorat Ashwath
Ramayya

Dinesh
Gopal Rao

N. Lakshminarayan
Director / Screenplay / Story

Jawahar
Producer

Rama
Actor

R.N. Jayagopal
Dialogue / Lyricist

Vijaya Bhaskar
Music Director

P. Vadiraj
Producer
Details.
Release Date
January 1, 1964
Original Name
ನಾಂದಿ
Status
Released
Running Time
2h 34m
Genres
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Wiki.
Naandi ( transl. Prologue) is a 1964 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by N. Lakshminarayan, making his directional debut. The film was produced by actor Vadiraj and Jawahar for Sri Bharathi Chitra studio. It stars Dr. Rajkumar and Harini along with Kalpana and Udaykumar in guest roles. Actor Dinesh made his debut in a ing role.
Upon its release, the film garnered wide appreciation and recognition for being the first to depict real-time struggles of individuals with hearing impairments in commercial cinema. The film also set a landmark by becoming the first Kannada film to be screened at an International film festival. It was featured in the 1992 Kannada cinema Retrospective at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). One critic has called it the first "offbeat" movie in Kannada cinema.