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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kitturu Chennamma<br />
| image = Kittur-Chennamma-(film)-poster.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[B. R. Panthulu]]<br />
| producer = B. R. Panthulu<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = [[G. V. Iyer]]<br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --><br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />[[M. V. Rajamma]]<br />[[Dr. Rajkumar]]<br />
| music = [[T. G. Lingappa]]<br />
| cinematography = W. R. Subba Rao <br /> [[M. Karnan]]<br />
| editing = R. Devarajan<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = Padmini Pictures<br />
| released = {{Film date|1961|2|24|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 164 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kitturu Chennamma''''' ({{lang-kn|ಕಿತ್ತೂರು ಚೆನ್ನಮ್ಮ}}) is a 1961 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[Historical drama|historical drama film]] directed and produced by [[B. R. Panthulu]]. It stars [[B. Saroja Devi]] as [[Kittur Chennamma]], an Indian freedom fighter who led an armed rebellion against the [[British East India Company]] in 1824, and died in captivity in 1829.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=369 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-year=1994}}</ref> [[Dr Rajkumar]] played the role of Raja Mallasarja whereas [[Raja Shankar]] played the role of his son for the only time in his career. <br />
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At the [[9th National Film Awards]], the film was awarded the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=9th National Film Awards |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=2 December 2016 |publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]] |accessdate=9 May 2014}}</ref> This film screened at IFFI 1992 B R Panthalu Homage section.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
{{No plot|date=September 2021}}<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[B. Saroja Devi]] as [[Kittur Chennamma]]<br />
* [[M. V. Rajamma]] as Rudrambe<br />
* [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]] as Veeravva<br />
* [[Chindodi Leela]] as Kalavathi<br />
* Ramadevi as Mahantavva<br />
* [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] as Raja Mallasarja<br />
* [[Dikki Madhava Rao]]<br />
* [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)|Narasimharaju]]<br />
* [[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]] as Harana Setty<br />
* B. Hanumanthachar<br />
* Eshwarappa<br />
* [[K. S. Ashwath]]<br />
* [[Rajashankar]]<br />
* Veerappa Chinchodi<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music for the film was composed by [[T. G. Lingappa]] and lyrics for the soundtrack penned by [[G. V. Iyer]]. The songs "Kolu Thudiya Kodagananthe" and "Thanukaragadavaralli Pushpava" were taken from the poems of [[Akka Mahadevi]], a poet who lived in the 12th century [[Karnataka]].<br />
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=== Track list ===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)<br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| "Hoovina Hantha Hatthuva Jane"<br />
| [[S. Janaki]], Kamala<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Nayanadali Doreyiralu Yara Kanali"<br />
| [[P. Susheela]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Aalakke Hoovilla"<br />
| S. Janaki, [[A. P. Komala]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Kolu Thudiya Kodagananthe"<br />
| S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Thanukaragadavaralli Pushpava"<br />
| P. Susheela<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Kitthura Raniyu Hetthalu Puthrana"<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Devaru Devaru Devarembuvaru"<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| "Sanne Eneno Maadithu Kannu"<br />
| [[P. B. Sreenivas]], S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 9<br />
| "Ahorathri Niladodi"<br />
| P. B. Sreenivas<br />
|-<br />
| 10<br />
| "Thayi Deviyanu Kaane"<br />
| [[P. Kalinga Rao]]<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0250471|Kittur Chennamma}}<br />
{{B. R. Panthulu}}<br />
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[[Category:1961 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in the 19th century]]<br />
[[Category:History of India on film]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by T. G. Lingappa]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by B. R. Panthulu]]<br />
[[Category:1960s biographical films]]<br />
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