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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Bhakta Dhruva<br />
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| director = Parshwanath Altekar<br />
| producer = U. L. Narayana Rao<br />
| writer =<br />
| screenplay = Devudu Narasimha Shastry<br />
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| starring = Master Muthu <br> T. Dwarakanath <br> T. Kanakalakshmamma <br> G. Nagesh<br />
| music = Harmonium Sheshadri Rao<br />
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| studio = Jayavani Talkies<br />
| distributor = Shaymprasad Movies<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1934|4|1}}<br />
| runtime = 142 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
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'''''Bhakta Dhruva''''' ({{lang-kn|ಭಕ್ತ ಧೃವ}}) is a [[List of Kannada films of the 1930s|1934]] Indian [[Kannada language]] [[mythology|Mythological devotional]] film directed by Parshwanath Altekar and produced by U. L. Narayana Rao. Although this was the very first talkie film to go under production, it released as the second film after ''[[Sati Sulochana]]'' in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chitraloka.com/history/3683-bhakta-dhruva-produced-by-kannadigas.html|title=History 9 - Bhakta Dhruva Produced By Kannadigas |publisher=Chitraloka|accessdate=7 August 2013}}</ref> The film was made at the Ajanta Studio in Mumbai and premiered at the "Select Cinema" hall in Bangalore.<br />
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Based on the play by Ratnavali Natak Company, the film was made by the Marathi stage and film director, as a tribute to the Karnataka theater personality, A. V. Varadachar, who died in 1933.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA289|year=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|page=1994}}</ref><br />
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The film cast consisted of Master Muthu, grandson of Varadachar, in the titular lead role along with T. Dwarkanath, G. Nagesh, H. S. Krishnamurthy Iyengar among others. The music was composed by Harmonium Sheshadri Rao.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film tells a mythological story about the child [[Dhruva]] who in utmost devotion towards Lord [[Vishnu]], ultimately finds a place in sky as the brightest star (Dhruva Nakshatra) and finds solace at the place.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* Master Muthu as [[Dhruva]]<br />
* T. Dwarkanath<br />
* H. S. Krishnamurthy Iyengar<br />
* T. Kanakalakshmamma<br />
* S. K. Padma Devi as Bhoo Devi<br />
* G. Nagesh<br />
* [[Devudu Narasimha Sastri|Devudu Narasimha Shastry]]<br />
* M. G. Mari Rao<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External sources==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0154221}}<br />
*[http://chiloka.com/movie/bhakta-dhruva-1934 Bhakta Dhruva on Chiloka.com ]<br />
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