Sri Krishnadevaraya (film)


Sri Krishnadevaraya is a 1970 Indian historical drama film in Kannada language, produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. It stars Rajkumar as Krishnadevaraya, an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 16th century. R. Nagendra Rao, B. R. Panthulu, Narasimharaju and N. Bharathi appear in pivotal roles. The film was Rajkumar's first in color.
The film won three awards at the 1969–70 Karnataka State Film Awards - Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Music Director. The movie saw a theatrical run of 28 weeks.

Cast

composed the film's music and the lyrics for the soundtrack were written by K. Prabhakara Shastry and Vijaya Narasimha. The album has nine soundtracks.

Awards

;1969–70 Karnataka State Film Awards
; This film screened at IFFI 1992 B R Panthalu Homage section.