Doorada Betta

Doorada Betta (transl. Faraway mountain) is a 1973 Kannada-language film directed by Siddalingaiah. The film starred Rajkumar and Bharathi Vishnuvardhan. It had Balakrishna, K. S. Ashwath and Sampath playing supporting roles. The film, along with Mooruvare Vajragalu (1973), was Rajkumar's last movie in black-and-white. However, this movie had a few sequences shot in colour. This was also the last film where Rajkumar and Bharathi were seen together. This was also Rajkumar's last collaboration with Siddalingaiah. The film is seen as a landmark in the career of Siddalingaiah. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.

Doorada Betta
Film poster
Directed by	Siddalingaiah
Produced by	Vikram Srinivas
Starring	Rajkumar Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Balakrishna
Cinematography	D. V. Rajaram
Edited by	N. C. Rajan
Music by	G. K. Venkatesh
Production company	KCN Movies
Release date	1973 (1973)
Running time	169 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Rajkumar as Shiva
• Bharathi Vishnuvardhan as Gowri
• Balakrishna
• K. S. Ashwath
• Sampath
• M. P. Shankar
• Dwarakish
• Chi. Udayashankar
• Loknath
• Leelavathi
• Bangalore Nagesh
• Joker Shyam
• H. R. Shastry
• Sathyan
• Kannada Raju
• Comedian Guggu
• Shani Mahadevappa
• Y. R. Ashwath Narayan
• Chaluvali Narayan
• Papamma as Bhadrakali
• Ramadevi
• Jorge Indira
• Basavaraj (credited as Master Basavaraj)
• Usha Chauhan

Soundtrack

Music for the film and its soundtrack was composed by G. K. Venkatesh, with lyrics for the soundtrack written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The soundtrack album includes tracks from P. Susheela, P. B. Sreenivas, A. Mothi and Asha Bhosle.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kaamanna Kattige"	G. K. Venkatesh	P. B. Sreenivas, A. Mothi	3:53
2.	"Preetine Aa Dyavaru Thanda"	G. K. Venkatesh	P. Susheela, P. B. Sreenivas	4:15
3.	"Savaalu haaki Solisi ellara"	G. K. Venkatesh; lyrics: Hunsur Krishnamurthy	Asha Bhosle, P. B. Sreenivas, Mothi	-

External links

• Doorada Betta at IMDb