Ranganayaki (1981)

02/06/1981 (IN) • 2h 57m

Drama

Based on the novel by Ashwattha

Overview

The movie explores the nuance of Oedipus Complex. The heroine, a popular theatre artist, falls in love with a rich, young man. They eventually get married and beget a child. But the heroine is bored of married life and wants to dabble in acting. The husband refuses and leaves the town with his child. The heroine gets a lucky break in cinema and becomes a household name. Years later, as fate had it, a young man falls in love with the heroine and she reciprocates his love, but as a mother. She always gives him affection and loves like a mother. She encounters her ex-husband and pleads him to show her son just for once. But as fate has it doesn t happen, and she goes in deep depression and commits suicide, too late for the young lover who realizes that he had fallen in love with his own mother.

Top Billed Cast

Aarathi

Ranganayaki/Mala

Ashok

Nagaraj Shetty

Ambareesh

Ramanna


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Status

Released

Original Language

Kannada

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

stage actress

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