Chandra Kumara
1963 film
Chandra Kumara () is a 1963 Indian Kannada-language film directed by N. S. Varma and produced by T Madar. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Rajashankar and Narasimharaju. The musical score was composed by T. Chalapathi Rao and M. Venkataraju.
Plot
The plot centers around a man who faces numerous challenges in his life and learns the hard way that neither fate nor destiny can be changed by human efforts. Udaykumar played the titular character Chandrakumara, while Rajkumar portrays his father in law Prachanda. Krishnakumari played the role of Rajkumar's daughter. This is the only film in which Rajkumar played the role of father in law to Udaykumar.
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