Simhada Mari Sainya

1981 Indian film

Arjun Sarja
Amrish Puri

CinematographyPrathap Singh PrakashEdited byKarthik BaluMusic bySatyam

Production
company

S. R. S. Productions

Distributed byVaruna Films

Release date

31 July 1981 (1981-07-31)

Running time

142 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageKannada

Simhada Mari Sainya is a 1981 Indian Kannada language children's film directed by Rajendra Singh Babu.^[1] It stars Arjun Sarja (credited as Master Arjun Sarja), Amrish Puri, Baby Indira, Baby Rekha and an ensemble of other child actors. It won two awards at the 1981–82 Karnataka State Film Awards — Best Editor (K. Balu) and Best Female Child Actor (Baby Rekha). The film is notable for a scene that involves Arjun Sarja clinging onto a helicopter hovering at a height of 500 feet above the ground.^[2]^[3] The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Aaj Ke Sholey.^[4]

Plot

A group of children, led by James and Arjun, journey into a forest to rescue the two daughters of their friend's sisters kidnapped by an evil man played by Amrish Puri.

Cast

Arjun Sarja
Amrish Puri
Jayanthi
Manjula (Cameo)
Dwarakish (Cameo)
Shivaram (Cameo)
Baby Indira
Master Bhanuprakash
Master Prasanna Kumar
Baby Rekha
Master Arjun
Sundar Krishna Urs
Fighter Shetty

Soundtrack

Simhada Mari Sainya
Soundtrack album by Satyam
Released	1981
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Saregama

Satyam composed the background score and the music for the soundtracks in the album.

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Idly Vade Sambar"		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2.	"Simhada Mari Sainya"		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
3.	"Nane Rama Neene Lakshmana"		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
4.	"Doora Yake Ninthihe"	Hunsur Krishnamurthy	S. Janaki

References

^ "Innovative and bold explorations". The Hindu. 7 August 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^ "When stars are struck…". The Hindu. 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "From 'Simhada Mari Sainya' to 'Attahasa': Here's a look at the top five Kannada films of Arjun Sarja". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=f6w2zOwBOJ31y27w&v=zcy57_NEk0M&feature=youtu.be