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Naandi (film)
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'Naandi' is a 1964 Kannada romantic drama film directed and written by N. Lakshminarayan, making his first venture in film direction.[http://www.bharatmovies.com/director/n-lakshminarayan-movies.htm N.Lakshminarayan movies list] The film was produced by actor Vadiraj and Jawahar for 'Sri Bharathi Chitra' studio house. The film starred Dr. Rajkumar and Harini along with Kalpana and Udaykumar playing guest roles. Actor Dinesh made his debut through this film in a supporting role.
The film, upon release garnered wide appreciation and recognition for capturing the real-time plights of those with hearing impairments for the first time in commercial cinema.[http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3857-history-44-naandi-gets-international-recognition.html History 44 - Naandi Gets International Recognition] The film set a landmark by being the first ever Kannada film to be screened at an International film festival.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040316075610/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/07/stories/2004020701180400.htm Comedian Vadiraj is dead] This film was screened at IFFI 1992 Kannada cinema Retrospect. It is considered by one critic to be the first "offbeat" movie in Kannada cinema.
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The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar with lyrics by R. N. Jayagopal.[http://www.raaga.com/channels/kannada/album/K0001063.html Naandi songs] All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs.
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