Sanaadi Appanna (1977)
Based on a novel of same name by K Puranik, which is loosely based on real life events of Appanna, a rural shehnai artist from Karnataka. Appanna, falls in love with a dancer, Basanti. But when Basanti dies, things changes a lot for Appanna.
- Released
- 1977-08-19
- Genres
- Music, Drama, Family
- Runtime
- 170 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Vijay Reddy, Chi. Udayashankar
- TMDB rating
- 10.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Dr. Rajkumar as Appanna
- Jaya Prada as Basanthi
- Ashok as Hanumanthu or Rao (Appanna's Son)
- T. N. Balakrishna as Apashruthi Ayyanna
- Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Shivaraya
- Honnavalli Krishna as Apashruthi Ayyanna's son
- Puneeth Rajkumar as Young Hanumanthu
- Bhatti Mahadevappa
- Sampath as Appanna's Uncle
- Shani Mahadevappa