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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Katha Sangama<br />
| image = Katha Sangama 1976.jpg<br />
| caption = DVD cover<br />
| director = [[Puttanna Kanagal]]<br />
| producer = C. S. Rajah<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = Puttanna Kanagal<br />
| story = Giraddy Govindaraja<br />Veena<br />Eshwara Chandra<br />
| based_on = {{based on|'''Hangu'''|Giraddy Govindaraja}}<br />{{based on|'''Athithi'''|Veena}}<br />{{based on|'''Munithayi'''|Eshwara Chandra}}<br />
| starring = [[Kalyan Kumar]]<br />[[Saroja Devi]]<br />[[Aarathi]]<br />[[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Gangadhar (Kannada actor)|Gangadhar]]<br />[[Kutty Padmini]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
| cinematography = B. N. Haridas<br />
| editing = V. P. Krishna<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = Vardhini Art Pictures<br />
| released = {{film date|1976|01|23|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 132 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Katha Sangama''''' ({{Translation|Confluence of tales}}) is a 1976 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[anthology film]], directed by [[Puttanna Kanagal]], based on three short stories;<ref>{{cite news |title= Puttanna's big feats |url= http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/06/03/stories/2005060303730100.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071001044214/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/06/03/stories/2005060303730100.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 1 October 2007 |date= 3 June 2005 |newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 8 March 2014}}</ref> ''Hangu'' by Giraddi Govindaraj, ''Athithi'' by Veena and ''Munithaayi'' by Eshwara Chandra. The film stars [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[B. Saroja Devi]] and [[Aarathi]] in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes [[Lokanath]], Vamana Rao, Shivaramaiah and [[M. S. Umesh|Master Umesh]]. The film won three awards at the 1975–76 Karnataka State Film Awards, including the award for [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Aarathi).<br />
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The 1984 Tamil film ''[[Kai Kodukkum Kai]]'' was an extended version of the '' Munithayi'' segment from this movie. Rajnikanth, who played the antagonist role in the Kannada movie, played the lead role in the Tamil version. The antagonist role of the Kannada movie was also an inspiration for Rajanikanth's characterization in the 1977 Tamil movie ''[[16 Vayathinile]]<br />
directed by debutant [[Bharathiraja]] who was an associate of Puttanna Kanagal.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />
*[[Aarathi]]<br />
*[[Rajinikanth]]<br />
*[[Kalyan Kumar]]<br />
*[[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]<br />
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==Hangu==<br />
The movie is based on a short story by the Kannada writer Giraddi Govindaraj. It is about a poor university professor with high moral values and integrity who is offered a bribe from a wealthy contractor to push some grace marks to his son in his exam paper so that he could get enough percentage to qualify for a medical college. This happens just when the professor's young son is critically ill and requires expensive medical treatment. Whether the professor succumbs to the circumstances or he let go of his integrity forms the crux of the story.<br />
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==Atithi==<br />
It tells the story of a middle-aged woman who is the warden of a girls hostel. When younger she had refused to marry the man who loved her because of her ideals about feminism. She had even decided to say unmarried her entire life. A chance encounter with the man, now happily married to someone else, makes her question her earlier decision of not accepting true love.<br />
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==Munithaayi==<br />
It has a story of wealthy man marrying a blind girl ([[Aarathi]]) out of pity, but in his absence she is raped by an adolescent youth and later blackmailed. The husband eventually "forgives" her. [[Aarathi]] plays the role of the blind girl and [[Rajinikanth]] plays a small role as the man who rapes her. Rajinikanth's characterisation in this movie went on to be used in the 1977 movie ''[[16 Vayathinile]]''.<br />
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The 1984 Tamil movie ''[[Kai Kodukkum Kai]]'' was based on this segment and was an extended version of the ''Munithaayi'' story.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Karnataka State Film Awards 1975–76<br />
** '''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film|Fourth Best Film]]'''<br />
** '''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]''' – [[Aarathi]]<br />
** '''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]''' – [[M. S. Umesh|Master Umesh]]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* The film was [[Rajinikanth]]'s first in [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada]] and his second overall.<br />
* Director [[Bharathiraja]] was one of the assistant directors of Puttanna Kanagal in this movie, he later became a great director in [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. He gave Rajini a very similar kind of role in ''[[16 Vayathinile]]''.<br/> The third part of this movie was later remade in Tamil as ''[[Kai Kodukkum Kai]]'', by [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]], with Rajinikanth in the lead role and [[Revathi]] playing the blind girl.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0214842}}<br />
{{Puttanna Kanagal}}<br />
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[[Category:1976 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Puttanna Kanagal]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
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