Director: P.Y. Altekar; Writer: Ratnavali Natak Co.; Cast: Master Muthu, T. Dwarkanath, H.S. Krishnamurthy Iyengar, G. Nagesh, M.G. Mari Rao, T. Kanakalakshamma
Summary: Story: From a play by the Ratnavali Natak Co.
Regarded as the first Kanna feature, though Sati Sulochana (1934) was released earlier. Pauranic mythological about the child Dhruva (Muthu) who eventually finds solace when he becomes a star in the heavens. The film was made by the Marathi stage and film director Altekar, of the Natyamanwantar group, as a tribute to the Kannada theatre personality A.V. Varadachar who died in 1933. Varadachar's grandson played the lead, surrounded by several actors from his grandfather's Ratnavali company.
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