Dashavathara (film)

Dashavathara is a 1960 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by P. G. Mohan and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Rajashankar and Narasimharaju. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. This film had its climax scene in Eastmancolor.

Cast

 * Udaykumar as Kamsa
 * Rajkumar as Jaya/Hiranyakashipu/Ravana/Shishupala
 * Rajashankar as Vishnu and his avataras
 * Narasimharaju as Rahu/Makaranda
 * K. S. Ashwath
 * H. R. Shastry as Dharmaraya
 * Eshwarappa
 * Veerabhadrappa
 * H. K. Shastry
 * A. V. Subba Rao
 * M. Bhagavathar
 * Srikanth
 * Kashinath
 * Varadaraj
 * Kuppuraj
 * Rathnakar
 * Rajendrakrishna
 * Ganapathi Bhat
 * Keshavamurthy
 * R. Srinivasan
 * Girimaji
 * Leelavathi as Mandodari/Droupadi
 * Advani Lakshmi Devi as Seethe/Rukmini
 * Rajasree
 * M. Jayashree
 * Saroja
 * B. Jaya
 * Papamma as Shabari
 * Baby Suma
 * Lakshmikantham
 * Mala

Production
The song Godavaridevi Maunavaagi is more popularly known as Vaidehi Enadalo since the opening words never repeat again in the song. BS Ranga, who planned to shoot a summary of Ramayana via a separate song with actress Jamuna as Seetha, had asked music director GK Venkatesh to check about the availability of actress Jamuna and to verify on the status, he sent a telegram with minimum words - Vaidehi Enadalo (meaning what happened to Seetha). Seeing this, Venkatesh decided to use the words in the lyrics after he was impressed by that phrase.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh. The song Vaidehi Enadalo - which is in kandapadya style - is a rare instance in Indian cinema where a song is picturized on the character of Lord Rama singing for other character - whereas usually songs are mostly picturized with other characters singing in praise of Rama.