Thayigintha Devarilla (Kannada: ತಾಯಿಗಿಂತ ದೇವರಿಲ್ಲ) is a 1977 Indian Kannada film, directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by Lakshmi Vajramuni. The film stars Srinath, Jayanthi, Manjula and Lokanath in lead roles. The film had musical score by Rajan-Nagendra.
, 2h58 GenresDrama, Action, Historical ActorsRajkumar, Manjula, K. S. Ashwath, Vajramuni, T. N. Balakrishna, Manjula Vijayakumar Rating87% The film opens in Kanchi with Mayura, a Brahmin youth challenging an arrogant wrestler and defeating him. Mayura had never been formally trained and had only learned techniques of wrestling by observing other wrestlers. As a Brahmin, he was required to study Vedas, yet he was deeply interested in martial arts and after this wrestling encounter, Ranga Jetti (M. P. Shankar), the premier wrestler in Kanchi, takes him under his wing and trains him. After becoming proficient in all the martial arts, one day, while observing the training of Pallava princes, Mayura accidentally gets into a fight with and gives a thrashing to Vishnugopa (Vajramuni), the Pallava prince, thereby earning his enmity.
Directed byS.V. Rajendra Singh Babu GenresDrama, Adventure ActorsAmrish Puri, Shankar Naag, Vajramuni, Srinath, Lakshmi Narayan, Jayamalini Rating20% The films opens to a visual narration with a series of ancient paintings, of a wealthy kingdom named Bherunda that existed around 700 years ago at the erstwhile Mysore State (present-day Karnataka), ruled by king Aditya Devanarayana. As a battle with the kingdom's enemies approached, he ordered that all the kingdom's wealth be transported and stored in a faraway island, in a cave. Having won the battle, the enemies returned empty-handed. But, the location of the wealth remained a mystery for centuries.