Amarashilpi Jakanachari (film)

Amarashilpi Jakanachari (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a 1964 Indian Kannada-language film directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. It stars Kalyan Kumar in the titular role of Amarashilpi Jakanachari, a sculptor from the 12th-century Hoysala Empire. The film also features B. Saroja Devi, Udaykumar and V. Nagayya. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.^[2][3] The film was the first Kannada feature film to be fully shot in colour.^[4][5] B. S. Ranga also directed a simultaneous Telugu version titled Amarasilpi Jakkanna, which featured Akkineni Nageswara Rao in the title role, along with Saroja Devi and Nagayya.