Annapoorna is a 1964 Indian Kannada language film directed by Aaroor Pattabhi and produced by actress Pandari Bai. Besides Pandari Bai herself in the title role, the film starred K. S. Ashwath, Mynavathi and Balakrishna in other main roles. Popular star Kalyan Kumar made a brief appearance in the first half of the film while Rajkumar makes an entry after one and a half hour into the movie. He appeared in the role of a lawyer for the first time on-screen. Chi. Udayashankar became full-fledged lyricist for the first time by writing all the songs of this movie. The movie is a remake of Pandari Bai's 1959 Tamil film Aval Yaar which had not performed well at the box-office.
Cast
K. S. Ashwath as Shivashankar
Pandari Bai as Annapoorna
Mynavathi as Ashadevi
Balakrishna as Kailas
Ganapathi Bhat
B. Ramadevi
K. M. Rathnakar
Rajkumar as Krishna
Kalyan Kumar as Mohan Ram (cameo) R. Nagendra Rao in a guest appearance Ravikala as (Baby Ravikala) as Krishna Music Director Vijaya Bhaskar (credited as Bhaskar) as Shashikanth singing "Kannadave Taynudiyu" and '"Hrudayaveene Nudiye Taane" in the voice of P. B. Srinivas
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Rajan–Nagendra, with lyrics for the soundtrack written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.