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{{Infobox film
|name = Chalisuva Modagalu
|image = Chalisuva Modagalu.jpg
|caption = Film poster
|native_name = {{film name|Kannada|ಚಲಿಸುವ ಮೋಡಗಳು}}
|director = [[Singeetham Srinivasa Rao]]
|producer = [[Parvathamma Rajkumar]]
|writer = [[Singeetham Srinivasa Rao]]<br>(dialogues by [[Chi. Udayashankar]])
|screenplay =[[Chi. Udaya Shankar]]<br>[[Singeetham Srinivasa Rao]]
|starring = [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]]<br>[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br>[[Saritha]]<br>[[Puneeth Rajkumar|Master Lohith]]
|music = [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
|cinematography = [[B. C. Gowrishankar]]
|editing = P. Bhaktavatsalam
|studio = Vaishnavi Movies
|distributor =
|released = {{Film date|df=y|1982|10|29}}
|runtime = 157 minutes
|country = India
|language = Kannada
}}

'''''Chalisuva Modagalu''''' ({{translation|Moving Clouds}}) is a 1982 Indian Kannada-language film directed by [[Singeetham Srinivasa Rao]]. The film stars [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]], [[Saritha]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] and [[K. S. Ashwath]] in the lead roles. The movie is well known for its evergreen songs which were composed by the musical duo [[Rajan–Nagendra]]. The film was a major success at the box office upon its release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chitratara.com/showCelbProfile.asp?newsid=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717135525/http://www.chitratara.com/showCelbProfile.asp?newsid=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2007|date=7 April 2007|title=Raja of Chalanachitra|last=chitratara}}</ref> The movie was remade in Telugu in 1983 as ''Rajakumar'' starring [[Sobhan Babu]] with [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] reprising her role.

==Plot==
Mohan and Sheela are in love, but due to circumstances, Mohan ends up marrying Leela. After several years, Sheela lands up in jail on charges of murdering her husband. Mohan is defending her and has to argue against Leela, who is the public prosecutor. The rift caused between Mohan and Leela form the rest of the plot.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] as Mohan
*[[Saritha]] as Leela
*[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Sheela
*[[K. S. Ashwath]] as Vishwanath Rao
*[[Pandari Bai]] as Sheela's mother
*[[Thoogudeepa Srinivas]] as Sheela's father
*Thimmaiah
*[[Advani Lakshmi Devi]] as Mohan's mother
*[[Shringar Nagaraj]] as Murthy, Mohan's friend
*[[Honnavalli Krishna]]
*K. V. Manjayya
*Police Mahadev
*Papamma as Leela's mother
*[[Puneeth Rajkumar]] as Ramu (credited as Master Lohith)<ref>{{cite news|date=14 April 2012|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/242077/in-starry-footsteps.html|title=In Starry Footsteps|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|accessdate=25 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[Vijay Raghavendra]] as a child judge in song "My Lord Nanna Vaada" (credited as Master Raghavendra)
*[[Shivaram]] as judge
*Mamatha Shenoy
}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
|name = Chalisuva Modagalu
|type = [[Soundtrack]]
|artist = [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
|released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">1982</div>
|recorded = 1982
|genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
|length = 24:29
|label = Sangeetha Music
|language = Kannada
}}

The music and background score was composed by [[Rajan–Nagendra]] and the lyrics were penned by [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]]. All the songs were received extremely well and were instant hits. The song "Kaanadante Maayavadanu" was remixed in ''[[Anna Bond]]'' (2012) starring Puneeth who also sang the remix version.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Track #!!Song!!Singer(s)
!Length
|-
|1||"My Lord"||[[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]], [[S. Janaki]]
|5:49
|-
|2||"Neenello Naanalle"||Rajkumar, S. Janaki
|4:17
|-
|3||"Kaanadante Maayavadanu"||[[Puneeth Rajkumar|Master Lohith]]
|4:55
|-
|4||"Jenina Holeyo"||Rajkumar, Sulochana
|4:41
|-
|5||"Chandira Thanda"||Rajkumar, S. Janaki
|4:24
|-
|}

==Box office==
''Chalisuva Modagalu'' garnered positive response from the people. The movie was a phenomenal success in A, B and C centres. The movie had a theatrical run of 40 weeks in Hubli and certain other parts of [[Uttara Karnataka]] while completed 175 days of run in several other centres. Chalisuva Modagalu became the first movie to complete 100 days theatrical run in two centres in Mysore city where it sold around 7.5 lakh tickets which would amount to 4 to 4.5 crores at the current rate breaking the previous record of [[Dr Rajkumar]]'s [[Haalu Jenu]] which had sold 6.5 lakh tickets. The movie completed 100 days of run in all the 16 first release centres and 100 days in [[Bengaluru]]. The movie which ran for 85 days in Sampige theatre held the record of longest running movie in that theatre for almost 15 years until the release of [[Nammoora Mandara Hoove]].Chalisuva Modagalu earned a profit of {{INR}}23.75 lakhs within the first five weeks which was the highest for a [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] movie between [[List of Kannada films of 1982|1982]] and [[List of Kannada films of 1984|1984]] with [[Haalu Jenu]], [[Kaviratna Kalidasa]] and [[Samayada Gombe]] being the other top ventures. The movie was an ''All Time Blockbuster'' at the box office.

==Awards==
;[[Karnataka State Film Awards]]
*Best Child actor - [[Puneeth Rajkumar|Master Lohith]]
*Best Sound recording - N. Pandurangan

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0371602}}

{{Singeetam Srinivasa Rao}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra]]
[[Category:Films directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian legal films]]
[[Category:Indian courtroom films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Chi. Udayashankar]]

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