Edakallu Guddada Mele

Edakallu Guddada Mele Kannada , English On top of the Edakallu Hills is a 1973 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal, based on a novel by Bharathisutha of the same name, and starring Jayanthi, Aarathi, Chandrashekar, Shivaram. The movie has evergreen songs like Viraha nooru taraha.

The movie begins with Sanskrit saying, Kaamaaturaanam nabhayam nalajja A lustful person knows neither fear nor shame, and the rest of the movie attempts to illustrate the same. Kama is one of the six moral weaknesses kama passionlust, krodha anger, lobha greed, moha attachment, madha pride and matsara envy.Jayanthi begins with a song expressing pangs of separation with her soldierhusband. The song Viraha, is a classic in Kannada movie lore, and is quite often interjected in banter to express estrangement. As the song ends with the return of her husband, it becomes evident that the war has not just crippled his leg. Subsequently, the trauma of a marriage bereft of a physical relationship is portrayed in singsong histrionics prevalent in movies of this period. The introduction of the brash, loud, motorbikeriding Nanjunda, infuses enthusiasm into a hitherto hurried and jarring narrative. Nanjunda, a fresh college graduate, also happens to be the Captains neighbor. A word on topography and coordinates is in order here. The movie appears to be depicting Kodagu Coorg as inferred by the frequently portrayed undulating hills, and typical Kodava dresses. The Captain and Nanjunda, own adjoining estates in this region. Nanjunda is on a visit, and seems to indulge in little but bikeriding and indolence. His dads estate is managed by his uncle, Shivaram, another stentorian voice that strains the eardrums. ........

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