Santha Shishunala Sharifa

Santha Shishunala Sharifa (Kannada: ಸಂತ ಶಿಶುನಾಳ ಶರೀಫ) is a 1990 Indian Kannada biographical drama film directed and co-written by T. S. Nagabharana[1] and produced by Srihari Khoday and Mahima Patel for Yajaman Enterprises. The story is based on the life of acclaimed saint poet Shishunala Sharif who wrote several moral poems striving towards social reformation.[2] A collection of Sharif's poems are set to tunes by C. Ashwath, who also did the major playback singing. The soundtrack consisting of 16 poems was extremely popular upon release. The dialogues for this movie was written by Gopala Wajapayi, a well known theatre figure and translator of Bertolt Brecht's play The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Santha Shishunala Sharifa
Directed byT. S. Nagabharana
Produced bySrihari Khoday
Mahima Patel
Written byT. S. Nagabharana
C. Ashwath
Basavaraj
StarringSridhar
Girish Karnad
Hema Chaudhary
Suman Ranganathan
Master Jayanth
Music byC. Ashwath
CinematographyS. Ramachandra
Edited bySuresh Urs
Production
company
Yajaman Enterprises
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada and

The film's cast comprised Sridhar in the titular role along with Girish Karnad, Suman Ranganathan and H. G. Dattatreya, Hema Chaudhary among others.[3]

The film was widely appreciated by critics and audience upon release. It went on to win Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. The film also received multiple Karnataka State Film Awards including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories.

Plot

Shishunala Sharif (Shridhar) was born of Muslim parents in Shishuvinahala, a village in Dharwad district of Karnataka in 1829. Shocking both the Hindus and Muslims, he studied under the Hindu Guru Govinda Bhatta (Girish Karnad) and at the same time discovered that Vachana literature and the teaching of mystic saint Allama Prabhu. Under these influences, he composed devotional lyrics which are still sung today. His own philosophy based on Hindu-Muslim unity, discarding the inequalities of caste, creed and religion. Poverty and death of his wife (Suman Ranganathan) made him a wanderer and he toured the country singing his songs. He died in 1889 on his birthday. Today Hindus and Muslims throng to the grave of this saint, who belonged to both religions equally.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by C. Ashwath. All the 16 songs composed for this film have been from the literary work collection of poet Shishunala Sharif. The songs are rendered by popular Sugama Sangeetha singers with most of them sung by C. Ashwath himself.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Savaalondu Ninna Mela"Shishunala SharifYashwanth Halibandi 
2."Kukku Enuthide Belava"Shishunala SharifB. R. Chaya 
3."Haakida Janivaarava"Shishunala SharifShimoga Subbanna & B. R. Chaya 
4."Alabeda Thangi Alabeda"Shishunala SharifShimoga Subbanna 
5."Biddiyabbe Muduki"Shishunala SharifShimoga Subbanna 
6."Kodagana Koli Nungitha"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
7."Sneha Madabekinthavala"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
8."Mohada Hendathi Theerida Balika"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
9."Ellaranthavanalla Nanna Ganda"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
10."Soruthihudu Maneya Maaligi"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
11."Gudiya Nodiranna"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
12."Nadiyo Devara Chakarige"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
13."Tharavalla Thagi Ninna"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
14."Naana Embudu Naanalla"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
15."Dukh Me Pada Mann"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 
16."Hum Tho Dekha"Shishunala SharifC. Ashwath 

Awards

The film has won the following awards since its release.

Indian National Film Awards 1989

1989-90 Karnataka State Film Awards (India)

References
  1. TS Nagabharana Movies list
  2. The biography of Shishunala Sharif
  3. Cast and Crew
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