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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = ''Bangaarada Panjara''<br />
| image = Bangarapanjara.jpg<br />
| alt = Yes<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[V. Somashekhar]]<br />
| based_on = ''Ekta Jeev Sadashiv'' by [[Vasant Sabnis]]<br />
| producer = {{unbulleted list|[[Raja Shankar]]|A. L. Balu}}<br />
| screenplay = V. Somashekhar<br />
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Dr. Rajkumar]]|[[Aarathi]]|[[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]]|[[K. S. Ashwath]]}}<br />
| music = G. K. Raghu<br />
| cinematography = {{unbulleted list|Annayya|Mallik}}<br />
| editing = P. Bhaktavatsalam<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = Raja Productions<br />
| released = {{Film date|1974|||df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 167 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| budget = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--><br />
| gross = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--><br />
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'''''Bangaarada Panjara''''' ({{audio|Kn-ಬಂಗಾರದ ಪಂಜರ.ogg|pronunciation}} {{translation|Golden Cage}}) is a 1974 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by debutant [[V. Somashekhar]] and co-produced by actor [[Raja Shankar]]. It starred [[Dr. Rajkumar]] in the lead role along with [[Aarathi]], [[K. S. Ashwath]], [[Pandari Bai]] and [[Lokanath]].<ref name="book 1">{{cite book|last1=staff|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1135943189|pages=186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="book 2">{{cite book|last1=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Research and Reference Division|title=Mass Media in India|year=2000|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|pages=681|isbn=9788123008141|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPHZAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sandalwoodking.rocks/threads/all-time-blockbusters-posters-data.3742/page-9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111173619/http://www.sandalwoodking.rocks/threads/all-time-blockbusters-posters-data.3742/page-9|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 November 2018|title = All-Time Blockbusters Posters & Data}}</ref><br />
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The core plot of the movie is based on the [[Vasant Sabnis]]'s Marathi play ''Ekta Jeev Sadashiv'' which had earlier been adapted into a 1972 Marathi movie ''[[Ekta Jeev Sadashiv|of the same name]]'' starring [[Dada Kondke]]. The 2000 Hindi movie ''[[Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain]]'' is based on the Marathi movie and this movie. The movie was remade in Telugu in 1978 as ''Dudu Basavanna'' starring [[Chalam (actor)|Chalam]] with [[Pandari Bai]] reprising her role.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=smCGskTW-ML3CCYX&v=j6fGvt1GZuA&feature=youtu.be | title=Do Do Basavanna &#124; Telugu Full Movie &#124; Chalam &#124; Deepa &#124; Anjali Devi &#124; V9 Videos | website=[[YouTube]] | date=30 August 2018 }}</ref> This was actor Chalam's fourth remake of Rajkumar movie after ''[[Bhale Jodi (1970 film)|Bhale Jodi]]'', ''[[Mayor Muthanna]]'' and ''[[Sampathige Savaal]]''.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Beera is an innocent, young shepherd who loves his parents Nanjamma and Junjappa. One day Janaki, a middle aged woman comes to Beera's village with her husband and brother. It is revealed that Janaki is the biological mother of Beera and that Nanjamma and Junjappa were childless, raised Beera like their own son. Janaki asks Nanjamma and Junjappa to hand over their son back to her. They reluctantly agree and Beera is forcefully taken to a sophisticated house in Bangalore where he has 2 elder brothers, sisters-in-law and a younger brother. Everything in the house is new to him including the sophisticated way of living, food, even household equipments. Many comical incidents take place when Beera begins to explore things in the new house and the city. He also discovers his brother's illegitimate affair with a woman. Beera undergoes emotional turmoil due to the contrast manners and way of dealing things in the city. Unable to tolerate this, he finally returns to his foster parents and marries Mallamma whom he liked in the village.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
* [[Dr. Rajkumar]] as Beera<br />
* [[Aarathi]] as Mallamma<br />
* [[M. V. Rajamma]] as Nanjamma, Beera's Foster Mother<br />
* [[K. S. Ashwath]] as Junjappa, Beera's Foster Father<br />
* [[Pandari Bai]] as Janaki, Beera's Biological Mother<br />
* [[Lokanath]]<br />
* [[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]]<br />
* [[Shivaram]]<br />
* [[Shani Mahadevappa]]<br />
* [[Vajramuni]]<br />
* [[Thoogudeepa Srinivas]]<br />
* [[Shakti Prasad]] <br />
* [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Reshma<br />
* [[B. Jaya (actress)|B. Jaya]]<br />
* [[Vaishali Kasaravalli]] as Pallavi<br />
* [[Shylashri]] as Seema<br />
* [[Raja Shankar]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music of the film was composed by G. K. Raghu with lyrics for the soundtrack written by [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]].<br />
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===Track list===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)<br />
|- <br />
| 1<br />
| "Bittare Sigadone"<br />
| [[P. B. Sreenivas]], [[S. Janaki]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Kariya Kambali"<br />
| P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Come And Meet Me"<br />
| P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Suy Anno Gaali"<br />
| P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Sloka"<br />
| [[Dr. Rajkumar]]<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|1407940}}<br />
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