Giri Kanye

Giri Kanye is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by the Dorai–Bhagavan duo. It is based on the novel Girikannika by Bharathisutha. The film stars Rajkumar, Jayamala and Vajramuni. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by Rajan–Nagendra considered evergreen hits. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks. Rajinikanth was initially selected to play the antagonist which was eventually played by Vajramuni. This was the first movie in which all the songs of the album were sung by Rajkumar.

Cast

 * Rajkumar as Chenna
 * Jayamala as Cheluvi
 * Vajramuni
 * Thoogudeepa Srinivas
 * Tiger Prabhakar
 * Sampath
 * Venkatraju
 * Shanthamma
 * B. Jaya

Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Rajan–Nagendra with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar. All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well. The song "Thai Thai Bangari" was remixed in Ashoka (2003) starring Shivarajkumar. Rajan-Nagendra reused the tune of Nagunagutha Nee Baruve for the 1979 Telugu movie Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi as Tholivalapu Tondarulu.