Malaya Marutha is a 1986 Musical

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...

 Kannada film starring Vishnuvardhan, Saritha

Saritha

Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh and raise their two sons...

 and Madhavi

Madhavi (actress)

Madhavi is a South Indian film actress. She played lead roles for 17 years in seven languages: Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali, and Hindi. She has acted in more than 300 films.-Early life:...

 in the lead roles . The film has been directed and written by Lalitha Ravi and produced by C. V. L Shastry under "Shastry Movies" production house. Vijaya Bhaskar

Vijaya Bhaskar

Vijaya Bhaskar was a Kannada Music director. He was known for his songs composed in association with Puttanna Kanagal.-Career:...

 has composed the soundtrack and the background score. The film released in the year 1986 and was declared a block buster musical hit.

The film is one of the widely appreciated films of Kannada cinema for its rich soundtrack backed with strong Carnatic music

Carnatic music

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

 and Semi-classical music

Semi-classical music

In Pakistan, semi-classical music was derived from classical music combined with Pakistani film music and was specifically created for TV viewers. This generally refers to the music produced by Pakistan Television from 1964 to the late 1980s...

 sung by the Veteran singers of South India. The movie also uplifts the highly popular Keerthanams of music giants like Muthuswami Dikshitar

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Muthuswami Dikshitar is a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the Musical Trinity of Carnatic music...

, Thyagaraja, Kanaka Dasa

Kanaka Dasa

Kanaka Dasa was a great poet, philosopher, musician and composer from Karnataka. He is known for his Kirtanes and Ugabhoga compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music...

 and Purandara Dasa

Purandara Dasa

Purandara Dāsa is one of the most prominent composers of Carnatic music and is widely regarded as the "father of Carnatic Music". Purandara Dasa addressed social issues in addition to worship in his compositions, a practice emulated by his younger contemporary, Kanaka Dasa...

.

Plot

The story revolves around the 3 main leads of the film and their triangular love story. The entire film is shot among the picturesque locales of Shringeri

Shringeri

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 and Kolluru

Kolluru

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 in Karnataka.

Cast

• Vishnuvardhan
• Madhavi
  Madhavi (actress)
  Madhavi is a South Indian film actress. She played lead roles for 17 years in seven languages: Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali, and Hindi. She has acted in more than 300 films.-Early life:...
  
  
• Saritha
  Saritha
  Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh and raise their two sons...
  
  
• Umesh

Soundtrack

Vijaya Bhaskar

Vijaya Bhaskar

Vijaya Bhaskar was a Kannada Music director. He was known for his songs composed in association with Puttanna Kanagal.-Career:...

's music for the movie has been widely appreciated and is considered one of the evergreen classical chartbusters in Kannada Cinema.

Song Title	Singers	Lyrics
"Malaya Marutha Gaana"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,... , S. Janaki S. Janaki S. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...	Chi. Udhayashankar
"Yellelloo Sangeethave"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Chi. Udhayashankar
"Sharade Daye"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Chi. Udhayashankar
"Natana Visharada"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Kunigal Prabhakar Shastry
"Srinivasa Enna Bittu"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Purandara Dasa Purandara Dasa Purandara Dāsa is one of the most prominent composers of Carnatic music and is widely regarded as the "father of Carnatic Music". Purandara Dasa addressed social issues in addition to worship in his compositions, a practice emulated by his younger contemporary, Kanaka Dasa...
"Sangeetha Jananamu"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Thyagaraja
"Madhuramba Bhajare"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Muthuswami Dikshitar Muthuswami Dikshitar Muthuswami Dikshitar is a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the Musical Trinity of Carnatic music...
"Hindanagali Hidivadeda"	Vani Jayaram Vani Jayaram Vani Jayaram , the unmatched nightingle of India, is a prominent Indian female playback singer. She has recorded more than 8,000 songs in 14 different languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi... , K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Akka Mahadevi Akka Mahadevi Akka Mahadevi was a prominent figure of the Veerashaiva Bhakti movement of the 12th century Karnataka. Her Vachanas in Kannada, a form of didactic poetry are considered her greatest contribution to Kannada Bhakti literature. In all she wrote about 430 Vachanas which is relatively fewer than that...
"Ellaru Maaduvadu"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Kanaka Dasa Kanaka Dasa Kanaka Dasa was a great poet, philosopher, musician and composer from Karnataka. He is known for his Kirtanes and Ugabhoga compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music...
"Sakala Karya Karanige"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Vijaya Narasimha
"Adharam Madhuram"	Vani Jayaram Vani Jayaram Vani Jayaram , the unmatched nightingle of India, is a prominent Indian female playback singer. She has recorded more than 8,000 songs in 14 different languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi... , S. P. Balasubramanyam	Vallabha Acharya Vallabha Acharya Vallabhacharya was a devotional philosopher, who founded the Pushti sect in India, following the philosophy of Shuddha advaita ....
"Ee Sneha Ninade"	Vani Jayaram Vani Jayaram Vani Jayaram , the unmatched nightingle of India, is a prominent Indian female playback singer. She has recorded more than 8,000 songs in 14 different languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi... , S. P. Balasubramanyam	R. N. Jayagopal R. N. Jayagopal R. N. Jayagopal was an Indian lyricist of the Kannada film industry who wrote over 12000 film songs.-Death:He died on 19 May 2008 at the age of 72 following a cardiac arrest...
"Amma Ninna Nodidare"	S. P. Balasubramanyam	Chi. Udhayashankar
"Asathoma Sadgamaya"	Ravi	Chi. Udhayashankar
"Yam Shaivassampupasathe"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Chi. Udhayashankar