KOTI CHENNAYA (1973) is the first history-based Tulu cinema. The film was directed by Vishnu Kumar Music by Vijaya Bhaskar, The movie was produced by the late Katapady Muddu Suvarna. Subashchandra Padival played as Koti and Vaman Raj as Chennaya and Anand Ganiga
The movie Koti Chennaya has to its credit some of the famous songs like ‘Ekka Sakka’ song written by Prof B A Vivek Rai, ‘Jodu Nanda Deepa Belag-ndu Tuluva Nad-da Gundodu’ Sung by P;.B Srinivas and written by Amrut Someshwar, ‘Kemmaleta Brahma’, ‘Mokulu Veerer, Mokulu Shoorer’
Film dialogs are very famous and “Satyad batthinakleg thigaled saadi korpa, anyayad batthinakleg sooryad saadi korpa” (We will show the way for the honest and we will show knife to unjust) is immortal.
The shooting of the film was taken in Baraadi Boodu (Karkala), Padubidri, Moodbidri the 1,000-pillar basadi and the climax of the film where Koti and Chennayya die in combat at Bailoor (near Karkala).
The film ran for 150 days in Jyothi theatre in Mangalore and 125 days in Alankar theatre in Udupi. It also had a month-long run at Capitol in Mumbai and 75 days each in Moodbidri and Puttur.
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