Her screams alert Bhadra who gets into a fist fight with Siddappa, ending in beating him black and blue. Siddappa, who is passing by, sees her and attempts to molest her.

Mahalakshmi proceeds to the temple to bring him home and takes a circuitous route through the forest. One day, his mother falls sick and expresses her desire to see him. Bhadra enters Siddappa's house and threatens to really molest Durga in his presence. Enraged, Vishwa drives Bhadra out of their house. Siddappa reports the matter to Bhadra's mother and brother stating that Bhadra had molested his daughter Durga.

On another occasion, he cuts a few strands of Durga's hair using a sickle. He humiliates Siddappa in front of the village gathering at a festival, which does not sit well with the latter. Bhadra, on the other hand, angers Siddappa, his daughter Durga ( Manjula) and his accountant Puttappa ( Balakrishna) at every opportunity he gets. Vishwa requests Siddappa for financial help as the day of his wedding approaches. Both the children grow up into hardworking men but, Vishwa works for Siddappa and stays in his good books while Bhadra grows into an easy going man with scant respect for Siddappa. Siddappa is however unconcerned and drives them away, which would go on to influence Veerabhadra ('Bhadra') hugely as he grows up. Rajamma) approaches Siddappa with her two children (Vishwa and Veerabhadra) and requests him to pay for the funeral expenses. The tree breaks at the stem and falls on him, killing him instantly. He works for Siddappa ( Vajramuni), a village landlord. The film opens to a woodcutter chopping down a tree. The film was remade in Telugu in 1975 as Thota Ramudu starring Chalam, in Tamil in 1975 as Pudhu Vellam starring Sivakumar and in Malayalam in 1976 as Themmadi Velappan starring Prem Nazir - making it the second Kannada movie to be remade in three other South Indian languages after School Master.

He would then go on to sing regularly for his films. Rajkumar became popular as a playback singer with the track Yaare Koogadali from the film which became an instant hit among the audiences. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the tracks composed by G. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics for the soundtracks were written by Chi. The film stars Rajkumar, Vajramuni and Manjula. Murthy, based on the play Saahukaara written by B. A Challenge to Wealth) is a 1974 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by A.

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