title: Sri Purandara Dasaru
text: # Sri Purandara Dasaru
  
  Sri Purandara Dasaru is a 1967 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by C. V. Raju and produced by Smt Jayalakshmi. The film stars K. S. Ashwath, R. Nagendra Rao, Udaykumar and Rajashankar. The film has musical score by C. N. Pandurangan. This was the third Kannada movie on the life of Purandara Dasa after the 1937 movie Purandaradasa and the 1964 movie Navakoti Narayana.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * K. S. Ashwath
  * R. Nagendra Rao
  * Udaykumar
  * Rajashankar
  * Balakrishna
  * Narasimharaju
  * Venkatesh
  * Raghavendra Rao
  * Vadiraj
  * Rathnakar
  * Ganapathi Bhat
  * Master Sridhar
  * Chittibabu
  * Ramachandra Shastry
  * Dwarakish
  * Bangalore Nagesh
  * Rajendra Krishna
  * Kuppuraj
  * Srikanth
  * Niranjan
  * Lakshmaiah
  * Dinesh
  * Shivaram
  * Dattharaj
  * Iyengar
  * Bapayya
  * Swamy
  * Pandari Bai
  * Harini
  * Mynavathi
  * L. Vijayalakshmi
  * Ramadevi
  * Papamma
  * Saroja
  * Janaki
  * Shanthamma
  * Kutty Padmini
  
  ## Soundtrack
  
  The music was composed by C. N. Pandurangan.
  
  | No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | "Aadidano Ranga" | M. L. Vasanthakumari | Purandaradasa | 03:06 |
  | 2 | "Aparadhi Nanallaa" | P. B. Sreenivas | Purandaradasa | 03:14 |
  | 3 | "Chandrachooda" | M. Balamuralikrishna | Purandaradasa | 03:02 |
  | 4 | "Jagadodharana" | M. Balamuralikrishna | Purandaradasa | 03:16 |
  | 5 | "Kandu Kandu Nee Yenna" | M. Balamuralikrishna | Purandaradasa | 03:26 |
  | 6 | "Sakalagrahabala" | P. B. Sreenivas | Purandaradasa | 03:03 |
  | 7 | "Sri Gananatha" | M. Balamuralikrishna, Sarojini | Purandaradasa | 05:56 |
  
  ## Reception
  
  The Indian Express wrote, "If for nothing else, the music would make the Kannada film [Sri Purandara Dasaru] worth the while."
  
  