Shri Shaila Mahathme

Sri Shaila Mahathme is a 1961 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by  Aroor Pattabhi and produced by Neerlahalli Thalikerappa. The film stars Rajkumar, Dikki Madhavarao, Balakrishna and Hanumanthachar. The film has musical score by T. A. Kalyanam. The movie was dubbed and released in Telugu as Srisaila Mahatyam. It marked Jayalalithaa's Indian film debut, having previously worked in an English film Epistle (1961). Her moonlight performance for one of the song sequence became a sensation of today's times. As it was Jayalalithaa's mother who accompanied the daughter for every rehearsal. While Sarot Ashwath wrote the dialogues, T. N. Balakrishna was specially credited for comedy dialogues. Mahalinga Bhagavathar played a small role in the movie.

Cast

 * Rajkumar
 * Dikki Madhava Rao
 * Balakrishna
 * Hanumanthachar
 * Jayalalitha
 * Anil Kumar
 * Gopala Krishna
 * Vimalananda Das
 * Upendrachar
 * Mahalinga Bhagavathar
 * Krishnakumar
 * Srinivasa Pille
 * Vasudeva Girimaji
 * Rajendra Krishna
 * Krishna Kumari
 * Sandhya
 * Sheshakumari
 * Lakshmidevi
 * Shantha
 * Kumari Jayalakshmi
 * Kumari Ganga
 * Kumari Suma
 * Papamma
 * Rajalakshmi
 * Saroja
 * Kamalesh Kumari
 * Indrani

Soundtrack
The music was composed by T. A. Kalyanam.