Boothayyana Maga Ayyu

Boothayyana Maga Ayyu (1974)

ಬೂತಯ್ಯನ ಮಗ ಅಯ್ಯು

Following the death of his ruthless landlord father, Ayyu earns the wrath of his villagers. But his biggest enemy is Gulla, who tries to stand against him in order to protect the locals.

Date of release
1974-03-07
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 35m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Siddalingaiah

Casting

Interesting facts

Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu is 1974 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Siddalingaiah, who also wrote the screenplay based on Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar's short story of the same name from his novel, Vayyari. The film stars Vishnuvardhan and Lokesh with M. P. Shankar, Jayamala, Rushyendramani and Balakrishna all acting in supporting roles. The film revolves around the enmity between two villagers, Ayyu and Gulla and how they mend their relationship.

Production

Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu was a 12-page short story in a compilation of stories by Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar. Film director S. Siddalingaiah saw the potential of the story and wanted to adapt it into film. He went to Iyengar's house along with producer S. P. Varadappa to buy the rights to the story.

From the beginning Siddalingah decided not to included any big stars in the cast. After his two successful films (Doorada Betta and Bangarada Manushya) people around him attributed the success of his films to matinee idol Rajkumar, the star in both the films. He wanted to prove his ability as a director without the help of star value.

The film was shot extensively at Kalasapur, Dharmasthala, and Talakadu. This film was shot in Kalasapura village, near Chikmagalur town. Siddalingaiah had a particular attachment with this location. His other landmark movie Bangarada Manushya was also shot (partly) in the same village. The twenty-minute climax was an adaptation of one paragraph from the novel.

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