Sanaadi Appanna

Sanaadi Appanna Kannada is a 1977 Indian Kannada film directed by Vijay, based on a novel of the same name by Krishnamoorthy Puranik, and starring Rajkumar and Jaya Prada in lead roles. The supporting cast features Ashok, Balakrishna, R. Sampath, Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Papamma and Madhavi credited as Baby Madhavi.

Sanaadi translates to shehnai in the Kannada language. The films deals with the life of a rural shehnai artiste Appannna played by Rajkumar. In early 1977, Bismillah Khan flew from Varanasi with his tenmember troupe to Prasad Studios in Madras now Chennai and spent nine days working on the film.The background score for the film and soundtrack were composed by G. K. Venkatesh. The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks, which includes a Shehnai solo played by Bismillah Khan. ........

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