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Dharmasere (Kannada: ಧರ್ಮಸೆರೆ, lit. 'The Religious Bind') is a 1979 Indian Kannada-language romance film, based on the novel of the same name by Jada Bharatha. It was adapted into a screenplay by Puttanna Kanagal and produced by actress Aarathi under the banner Sri Amba Films. The film stars Aarathi as Tunga, Srinath as Maadhu and Sathyapriya as Leela. The film tells the story of a mute girl who gets married off to her sister's husband and live the solitary life.
The theme of the film is based on a poignant portrayal of young dumb women of that era, the scorn, humiliation and neglect they faced from the society. It has cinematography by S. Maruti Rao, and editing by V. P. Krishnan. The original score and songs were composed by Upendra Kumar, with lyrics by Vijaya Narasimha, and songs featuring the voices of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki.
Upon release, the film was critically acclaimed and also was commercially successful. At the 27th Filmfare Awards South, the film won three awards including Best film and Best actress for Aarathi and also Best director for Kanagal. Aarathi was also awarded Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of deaf and dumb woman.




Plot


This movie explores the plight of a dumb young woman Tunga. Maadhu the hero falls in love with Tunga's younger sister Leela. But the father of the girls is in the "Dharmasere" (the religious bind) that he can't get his younger daughter married even as the elder daughter is unmarried. So he requests Maadhu to marry both of them even if it is a symbolic marriage to the elder dumb girl. As fate would have it, the younger one fails to beget offspring. Desperate for an offspring, Maadhu turns to Tunga and she promptly begets a child.




Cast


Aarathi as Tunga
Srinath as Maadhu
Sathyapriya as Leela
Seetharam as Govardhana Raaya
Sathyabhama as Ramabai
Jayashree
Baby Nandini
Musuri Krishnamurthy
Shivaram
Chandrashekar
Jai Jagadish
Dikki Madhava Rao




Soundtrack



The music was composed by Upendra Kumar and the lyrics were written by Vijaya Narasimha.




Awards


Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress - Aarathi
Filmfare Award for Best Film - Kannada - Aarathi
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada - Puttanna Kanagal
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada - Aarathi




References






External links


Dharmasere at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dharmasere
• Aarathi
• Puttanna Kanagal
• List of Kannada-language films
• Vijaya Naarasimha
• Sathyapriya
• G. B. Joshi
• Srinath (Kannada actor)
• Upendra Kumar
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada