Anuradha (Kannada: ಅನುರಾಧ) is a 1967 Indian Kannada film, directed by Aruru Pattabhi and produced by Pandari Bai. The film stars Raja Shankar, Jayanthi, K. S. Ashwath and Pandari Bai in lead roles. The film had musical score by Rajan Nagendra.
, 2h19 Directed byS. K. Bhagavan ActorsRajkumar, Jayanthi, K. S. Ashwath, T. R. Narasimharaju, Udaykumar, M. P. Shankar Rating84% Rajkumar plays a CID Police Agent, who is code-named as "999". The story revolves around the attempt to stop a formula which can convert any metal into gold reaching the hands of hooligans. Uday Kumar plays the honcho of the villain gang.
GenresRomance ActorsRajkumar, K. S. Ashwath, Jayanthi, Pandari Bai, M. P. Shankar, Udaykumar Rating18% Bandit, played by Udaykumar kidnaps pregnant wife of City Cop, K S Ashwath. Cop's wife delivers a baby boy under the Bandit's custody. However, Bandit's wife conceives a baby girl, hands it over to Ashwath. Before dying, she urges Ashwath to bring her daughter, away from her father.
This socially relevant movie explores the darkness of female sexuality on the screen. The lead protagonist Leelavathi (Jayanthi) is shown as a bold girl to a doting father (K. S. Ashwath) who is completely outright in wearing revealing attires and expressing her views about the pre-marital sexual acts. She also comes under many experimental circumstances in her life which makes the rest of the world highly critical about her. She is shown to finally succumb to the moral trappings of the time and her father is also ridiculed for being bringing her up more liberally.