Thayi Karulu (Kannada: ತಾಯಿ ಕರುಳು) is a 1962 Indian Kannada film, directed and produced by G V Iyer. The film stars Kalyan Kumar, Udaykumar and M. V. Rajamma in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
Directed byGanapathi Venkatrama Iyer OriginInde GenresDrama, Biography ThemesFilms about religion ActorsMithun Chakraborty, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, Pradeep Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Mammootty Rating70% The film mainly captures the events of Vivekananda's life from his birth to 1897, when he returned to India from the West. The film begins with the birth of Narendranath Datta (pre-monastic name of Swami Vivekananda) and shows the neighbors and relatives of Datta family celebrating the event. It immediately moves to the scene where Narendranath sees his father Vishwanath Datta is donating money, clothes, food to poor and distressed people. Seeing this, young Narendranath asks his father to give him something too, and his father tells him to go and look at mirror and find what he had already given him. Following his father's suggestion, Narndranath goes to the room, sees his image in the mirror.