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'Nanda Deepa' is a 1963 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film, directed by M. R. Vittal, making his first venture in film direction.[http://www.bharatmovies.com/director/mr-vittal-movies.htm M.R. Vittal movies list] The film was produced and written by actor Vadiraj and co-produced by Jawahar for 'Sri Bharathi Chitra' studio house in its debut production. The film stars Rajkumar and Harini, along with Leelavathi and Udaykumar playing other pivotal roles.

The film, upon release garnered wide appreciation and recognition and won the prestigious National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 10th National Film Awards.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150929062243/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx 10th National Film Awards] The movie was remade in Gujarati in 1964 as 'Ramat Ramade Ram' - making this the first Kannada movie to be remade in that language. The movie starred Tarla Mehta and Mahesh Kumar in the lead role with popular actor Sanjeev Kumar reprising the role of Udaykumar. While the Kannada version won the National Award, the Gujarati version won eight State awards.

Cast



* Rajkumar as Shankar

* Udaykumar as Ravi

* Harini

* Leelavathi

* K. S. Ashwath

* Sorat Ashwath

* Narasimharaju

* Vadiraj

* Ganapathi Bhat

* Hanumanthachar

* Balakrishna in a guest appearance

Soundtrack



The music was composed by M. Venkataraju, with lyrics by Sorat Ashwath.[http://www.raaga.com/channels/kannada/moviedetail.asp?mid=k0000784 Nandaa Deepa songs] All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.

Awards



* '10th National Film Awards'

# Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film

References




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