The movie is based on the play Saahukaara written by B. P. Dhuttharagi. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the tracks composed by G. K. Venkatesh considered evergreen hits. Rajkumar became popular as a playback singer with the track Yaare Koogadali from the film which became an instant hit among the audiences. He would then go on to sing regularly for his films. The film was remade in Telugu in 1975 as Thota Ramudu starring Chalam, in Tamil in 1975 as Pudhu Vellam starring Sivakumar and in Malayalam in 1976 as Themmadi Velappan starring Prem Nazir.
A.V. Seshagiri Rao
Director
Dr. Rajkumar
Veerabhadra
Vajramuni
Siddappa
T. N. Balakrishna
Puttappa
Manjula
Durga
Rajashankar
Vishwa
M. V. Rajamma
Parvathi, Vishwa & Veerabhadra's mother
H. R. Shastry
Temple Priest
Shani Mahadevappa
C. K. Kalavathi
Mahalakshmi
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