Allama
Allama
Allama is a 2017 Indian Kannada musical drama Historical film directed by T. S. Nagabharana.
Allama - A 2017 Kannada Historical feature film narrates the story of the rebellious thinker - 12th century metaphysician Allama, popularly known as Allama Prabhu. This was the last production venture by Srihari Khoday under his banner “Yajaman enterprises”. The film casted Dhananjay and Meghana Raj in the lead roles. Directed by T.S.Nagabharana and music rendered by Bapu Padmanabha.
Awards and accolades
* 64th National Film Awards Best Music Direction - Background Score - Bapu Padmanabha
* Best Make up – N.K.Ramakrishna
* 65th Filmfare Awards
* South Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South - Dhananjay
* The film was nominated as India's entry for the International Council for Film, Television and Audio-visual Communication (ICFT) UNESCO Gandhi Medal.
CAST & CREW
Allama Prabhu
Dhananjaya
Dhananjaya is an Indian film and theatre actor working in the Kannada film industry. After acting in a host of theater acts, he made his feature film debut in Director's Special in 2013.
Maya Devi
Meghana Raj
Meghana Sunder Raj is an Indian film actress who works in Malayalam and Kannada Cinema along with a few Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in the 2009 Telugu film.
Mother
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy is an Indian film actress from Karnataka and a classical dancer, qualified in Bharatanatyam. She is mainly acted in Malayalam Films and few Tamil and Kannada films.
Basavanna
Sanchari Vijay
Sanchari Vijay is an Indian theatre and film actor who primarily works in Kannada cinema, in addition to having worked in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi cinema.
Director
T. S. Nagabharana
He is Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry and a pioneer of the parallel cinema. He is one of the few film directors to have straddled the mainstream and parallel cinema worlds.
Music
Bapu Padmanabha
Bapu Padmanabha, also known as Bapu Flute, is a musician and composer who performs Hindustani classical music on his bansuri. Bapu is noted for experimenting with Mantra sounds.