Masanada Hoovu

1985 Indian film

B. S. Gayathri
S. P. Sarvotthama Kanagal

Starring

Jayanthi
Ambareesh
Hema Chaudhary
Aparna

CinematographyS. Maruthi RaoEdited byV. P. KrishnaMusic byVijaya BhaskarDistributed byAnugraha Movie Makers

Release date

1985 (1985)

Running time

133 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageKannada

Masanada Hoovu (transl. Graveyard Flower) is a 1985 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal, based on T. R. Subba Rao's novel of the same name.^[1] It stars Jayanthi, Ambareesh, Hema Choudhary and Aparna. It was Puttanna Kanagal's last as a director. His friend and long time associate, director K. S. L. Swamy, completed the film. Masanada Hoovu won multiple awards at the 1985-86 Karnataka State Film Awards including Best Actress (Jayanthi) and Best Supporting Actor.

Padma Vasanthi had originally been signed to play one of the roles and even learnt roller skating for the same.^{[citation needed]} After his death, the same role was enacted by Vijayalakshmi Singh and a bicycle replaced the roller skates. Chandrika who would become a lead actress in the 90s has played a small role in the movie under her real name Sribharathi.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Jayanthi as Taradevi
Ambareesh as Singaru
Hema Choudhary as Amba
Aparna as Parvati
Lokanath
Mukhyamantri Chandru
Doddanna
Vijayalakshmi Singh as Shanta
Sihi Kahi Geetha as Hema
Chandrika (credited as Sriharathi) as Saroja

Soundtrack

Track #	Song	Singer(s)
1	"O Gunvantha"	S. Janaki
2	"Kannada Nadina Karavali"	P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam
3	"Uppina Sagaraku"	P Jayachandran, Vani Jairam
4	"Yaava Kaanike Needali"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5	"Masanada Hoovendu Neeneke"	S P Balasubrahmanyam

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards 1985-86
- Best Actress – Jayanthi
- Best Supporting Actor – Ambareesh
- Best Dialogue Writer – T. G. Ashwatha Narayana
- Best Cinematographer – S. Maruthi Rao
- Best Sound Recording – C. D. Vishwanath
- Special Award (Art Director) – Arun D. Godgaonkar