Paropakari

Paropakari (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a 1970 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film written and directed by Y. R. Swamy. It stars Rajkumar and Jayanthi. It revolves around the story of a self respecting young man who wins a wager with his wealthy father. The film was produced under Bhagavathi Productions. It had a very successful soundtrack composed by Upendra Kumar.

Paropakari
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Directed by	Y. R. Swamy
Screenplay by	Y. R. Swamy
Starring	Rajkumar Jayanthi
Cinematography	R. Chittibabu
Edited by	P. Bhaktavatsalam
Music by	Upendra Kumar
Production company	Bhagavathi Productions
Release date	1970 (1970)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Rajkumar played dual role in a small portion of the movie where the second character appears only for thirty seconds on-screen in an important plot twist. Paropakari was the first film to be released at Nataraj theatre, Bangalore.^[1]

Plot

Mohan, played by Dr Rajkumar, leaves his father's home after betting that he would return home after one year, after earning Rs 25,000 by legal means. He meets Shami, played by Jayanti, a runaway orphan, on the way. The two start living together, but face several hurdles like Mohan being accused of a murder. He earns the money, only to decide to spend it on the cancer treatment of his teacher. Mohan survives an attempt on his life by his cousin. Mohan returns to his father, along with Shami in the end.

Cast

• Rajkumar as Mohan / Ramanna
• Jayanthi as Shami
• Rathna
• Sampath as Veeranna, Mohan's father
• H. R. Shastry
• Pandari Bai as Mohan's mother
• Ganapathi Bhat
• Papamma as Ramanna's mother
• Vijayalalitha
• Nagappa as Jayanna
• G. V. Swarnamma
• Comedian Guggu
• Tiger Prabhakar
• Sundarashree

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Upendra Kumar and lyrics for the soundtrack written by Chi. Udaya Shankar and R. N. Jayagopal.^[2] All the songs were received very well and the cabaret track "Jokey Naanu Balliya Minchu" sung by L. R. Eswari created a rage and became a chartbuster. That song was remixed in films like Nan Hendthi Maduve (2003) and Kalla Malla Sulla (2011). The song was also recreated by Ravi Basrur in KGF: Chapter 1.^[3]

Title	Singer(s)
"Kannu Reppe Ondanondu Marevude"	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki
"Ice cream Beke"	P. B. Sreenivas
"Guttondu Heluve"	P. B. Sreenivas
"Jokey Naanu Balliya Minchu"	L. R. Eswari
"Hodare Hogu Nanagenu"	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki

Legacy

The core concept of the hero being taunted for spending his father's earnings and challenged to earn a decided sum of money at the end of a fixed period on his own without revealing his family background, leading to the hero leaving his bungalow wearing a suit, went on to be seen in future movies like Arasu (2007).