Mullina Gulabi (Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳಿನ ಗುಲಾಬಿ) is a 1982 Kannada film directed by Vijay and produced by Vijaya Reddy. The story is written by M. D. Sundar. The film starred Ananth Nag and Aarathi in the lead roles.
The film had musical score by Satyam whilst the lyrics and dialogues were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The film performed average at the box-office.
, 2h17 Directed byB.S. Ranga ActorsPuneeth Rajkumar, Jai Jagadish, Aarathi, T. N. Balakrishna, K. S. Ashwath, Rajkumar Rating78% The movie stars and revolves around the life of Krishna (Puneeth Rajkumar) who is considered as an unlucky person and is shunned by most of his family members except his grandfather and his brother's wife.
, 2h8 Directed byPuttanna Kanagal GenresDrama ActorsAarathi, Srinath, Sathyapriya, Jai Jagadish, Musuri Krishnamurthy, Shivaram Rating65% This movie explores the plight of a dumb young woman (Aarathi). Srinath the hero falls in love with Aarathi's younger sister. 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 Srinath 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, Srinath turns to Aarathi and she promptly begets a child. This movie is a poignant portrayal of young dumb women of that era, the scorn, humiliation and neglect they faced from the society.
, 1h48 Directed byT. S. Nagabharana ActorsSmita Patil, Anant Nag, Girish Karnad, T. N. Balakrishna, Ramesh Bhat Rating73% In the mid-1980s, Shaam (Anant Nag) and Revati (Smita Patil) live in a ‘vothaara’ with a host of other families and two little girls. A ‘vothara’ is a set of houses that are usually owned by one person and inhabited by many families. Shaam works for a travel agency while Revati is a school teacher. Both are working hard to make ends meet in a social structure that has been making it increasingly difficult for the middle class. There is a lot of affection and love in this family that lives under the prying nose of old, perverted and goofy men who are married to nosy, loud and annoying women. Day in and day out the couple follows a standard routine which involves everyday chores of getting the kids ready for school, making breakfast and heading off to work. The house is locked all day until they all return in the evening.
, 2h21 GenresDrama ActorsRajkumar, T. N. Balakrishna, Jayanthi, Aarathi, Dwarakish, Vajramuni Rating12% Rajkumar plays an upright Panju, who stays in Bankapura with his mother. Due to evil policies of crown prince Vajramuni and princess Jayanti, Panju and villagers are at the risk of losing their lands. When much pleading does not work, Panju leads farmers agitation to the palace, where he is captured, put to jail and tortured. Panju escapes from the prison, kidnaps Jayanti to his village to teach her civic norms and show her the harsh realities normal people face each day. He gets the entire village relocated across adjoining river, so that royal soldiers cannot trace them. He is able to turn the princess to appreciate the normal way-of-life, but faces the wrath of Palace and administration. Can he turn the tides and win his biggest battle? The film also stars Arathi as a village girl who is in love with Panju, but before anything could occur she is killed by Vajramuni as she opposed his advances.