Kalahasti Mahatyam or Sri Kalahastiswara Mahatyam is a 1954 Telugu film directed by H. L. N. Simha starring Kannada Kantheerava Rajkumar

Rajkumar

Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...

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It is a musical hit film with some melodious Bhakti

Bhakti

In Hinduism Bhakti is religious devotion in the form of active involvement of a devotee in worship of the divine.Within monotheistic Hinduism, it is the love felt by the worshipper towards the personal God, a concept expressed in Hindu theology as Svayam Bhagavan.Bhakti can be used of either...

 songs written by Tholeti Venkata Reddy. The music score is provided by R. Goverdhanam and R. Sudarshanam. They are beautifully sung by M. L. Vasantha Kumari, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and P. Susheela.

Cast

Character	Actor / Actress
Thinnayya / Kannappa	Rajkumar Rajkumar Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...
Neela, wife of Thinnayya	K. Malathi
Young Thinnayya	Ratan
Young Neela	Kushala Kumari
Kailasanatha Sastry	Mudigonda Lingamurthy Mudigonda Lingamurthy Mudigonda Lingamurthy, shortly Lingamurthy is a famous Character actor in Telugu drama and cinema and writer in South India.,-Life sketch:...
Gowri, Wife of Kailasanath	Kumari Kumari (actress) Maddela Nagaraja Kumari , better known as Kumari, was famous South Indian Actress and playback singer. She is the first Indian actress to play duel-role in the films. ,...
Kasinatha Sastry, son of Kailasanath	B. Padmanabham B. Padmanabham Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao , popularly known as Padmanabham, was a Tollywood actor known for his comedian roles...
Lord Shiva	H. R. Ramachandra Sastry
Parvathi	Yellamma Devi
Srihari	Rushyendramani Rushyendramani Rushyendramani was a famous drama and film actress and playback singer from South India...
Chintamani	Rajasulochana Rajasulochana Pilliarchetty Bhakthavatsalam Naidu Rajeevalochana, better known as Rajasulochana is an South Indian classical dancer and film actress. She has acted in hundreds of films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films.-Brief lifesketch:...
Basavareddy	A. V. Subba Rao
	M. R. Dasappa
	Mani Aiyar
	M. R. Nanjappa
	Narayana
	S. R. Raju

Crew

• Director : H. L. N. Simha
• Producer : C. R. Basavaraju and Gubbi Veeranna
  Gubbi Veeranna
  Gubbi Veeranna was an Indian theatre director, one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre. He established the drama company, Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company that played a crucial role in promoting the Kannada theatre. Some of the stalwarts that have emerged out of this...
  
  
• Production Company : Gubbi Karnataka Films
• Studios : A.V.M. Studios
• Writer (dialogues and lyrics) : Toleti Venkat Reddy
• Photography : S. Maruthi Rao
• Dances : Dandayudhapani Pillai
• Art Director : H. Santaram
• Music : R. Sudarshanam and R. Goverdhanam
• Editor : K. Shanker
• Playback Singers : Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, A. M. Rajah
  A. M. Rajah
  Aemala Manmatharaju Rajah was a South Indian playback singer-music composer popular in the 1950s and the early 1960s in South India. He was popularly known as A. M. Rajah or Rajah. His songs were featured in numerous Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in the 1950s, early 1960s and early...
  
  , M. L. Vasantha Kumari, T. N. Bhagavathi, P. Susheela
  P. Susheela
  Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
  
  

Soundtrack

• Ashale... Vidhi Vratale Eduraye
• Chemma Chekka Ladadam
• Madhuram Shiva Mantram Madilo Maruvake O Manasa (Lyrics: Tholeti; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
• Mahesa Papavinasa Kailasa Vasa Eesa (Lyrics: Tholeti; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
• Mayajalamuna Munigevu Naruda
• Shri Kalahastiswara Swamy Jejelivi Gonuma
• Shri Parvathi Devi Chekove Shailakumari (Lyrics: Tholeti; Singer: P. Susheela
  P. Susheela
  Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
  
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Also See

• Kalahasti temple
  Kalahasti temple
  Srikalahasti Temple is located in the town of Srikalahasti, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the most famous Shiva temples in South India, and is said to be the site where Kannappa, one of the 63 Saivite Nayanars, was ready to offer both his eyes to cover blood flowing from the...
  
  
• Bedara Kannappa 1954 Kannada film.
• Bhakta Kannappa
  Bhakta Kannappa
  Bhakta Kannappa is a 1976 Telugu film directed by Bapu. It is based on the life of Saiva devotee, Kannappa Nayanar. The film is the remake of Kannada film Bedara Kannappa, the first film of legendary actor Dr. Rajkumar...
  
  1976 Telugu film.

External Links

• Sri Kalahastiswara Mahatyam at IMDb.