Malaya Marutha - 1986 DD 5.1 DVD $7.99

Movie : Malaya Maaruta
Year : 1986
Cast : Vishnuvardhan, Madhavi, Sarita, Umesh
Music : Vijaya Bhaskar
Direction : KSL Swamy (Ravee)
Producer : C.V.L.Shastry
Genre : Drama

DVD Info

DVD9-English Subtitles-Dolby Digital-All Regions-NTSC

Movie Info

Malaya Maatrutha is One of the best movies of Dr. Vishnuvardhan & Madhavi. This film not only has a lot of melodious Carnatic/semi-classical numbers sung in the rich voices of Dr.KJY, SPB, Vani Jayaram & S.Janaki, but also has made use of lesser heard ragas like Bhavapriya (MadhurAmbAm Bhajare-originally the Dikshitar piece is set to Sthavaraj, as per texts)& NAmanArAyaNi-used in the second verse of the title song. A lot of Carnatic music info is also contained in the film. Though it does move between the natural & supernatural-it is not contrived & the story is very moving, with Sringeri & Kolluru & such other beautiful temples forming the backdrop.We hope to see more such films in Kannada-focused on our rich cultural(particularly musical)heritage of India-& South India in particular.