{{Short description|1966 Kannada film directed by Y. R. Swamy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Katari Veera | image = KatariVeeraFilmPoster.jpg | caption = | director = Y. R. Swamy | producer = T. Vasanna<br>S. Heera | writer = | screenplay = Y. R. Swamy | starring = Dr. Rajkumar<br>Udaya Chandrika<br>Udaykumar<br>Narasimharaju<br>Balakrishna | music = Upendra Kumar | cinematography = R. Madhu | editing = R. Hanumantha Rao | studio = Saraswathi Films | distributor = Saraswathi Films | released = {{Film date|1966|02|26|df=y}} | country = India | language = Kannada }}
'''''Katari Veera''''' ({{audio|Kn-ಕಠಾರಿ ವೀರ.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a 1966 Indian Kannada-language swashbuckler film directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by T. Vasanna and S. Heera. The film stars Dr. Rajkumar, Udaya Chandrika, Udaykumar, Narasimharaju, Balakrishna and Vanisri . This is the first Kannada film of actress Udaya Chandrika and was also the debut movie of Nagappa – who went on to become one of the popular villains of his time.<ref name=":HP">{{cite web | url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=3O5gRH9bdTpOjdxc&v=dQXD5KR5ctY&feature=youtu.be | title=ರಂಭೆಯಂತಿದ್ದ ಮೋಹಕ ನಟಿ ಉದಯಚಂದ್ರಿಕ ಈಗ ಎಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ..? | Cinema Swarasyagalu | ಸಂಚಿಕೆ 108ರ ಮರುಪ್ರಸಾರ | via=YouTube | date=15 September 2023 }}</ref> The film has musical score by Upendra Kumar who also made his debut in Kannada movies through this movie.<ref name=":HP" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nthwall.com/ka/movie/Katari-Veera-1966/9219801487|title=Katari Veera|accessdate=2015-01-12|publisher=nthwall.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112182316/http://www.nthwall.com/ka/movie/Katari-Veera-1966/9219801487|archive-date=12 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chiloka.com/movie/katari-veera-1966|title=Katari Veera|accessdate=2015-01-12|publisher=chiloka.com}}</ref>
==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *Dr. Rajkumar *Udaykumar *Narasimharaju *Balakrishna *Rathnakar *Nagappa *Kuppuraj *Nagappa *Srikanth *Shyamsundar *D. T. Shashiraj *Udaya Chandrika *Vanisri *Shobharani alias Shymala Shetty *Papamma *Baby Sunitha *Vidyashree *Janaki {{div col end}}
==Soundtrack== The music was composed by Upendra Kumar. The song "Changu Changendu Haaruva", sung by P. Susheela is a huge hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://play.raaga.com/kannada/album/Katari-Veera-K0001004|title=Katari Veera Songs|accessdate=2015-01-12|publisher=raaga.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss) |- | 1 || "Haayaada Ee Sangama" || S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas || Sorat Ashwath || 03:33 |- | 2 || "Jhan Jhana" || L. R. Eswari || Sorat Ashwath || 03:22 |- | 3 || "Changu Changendu" || P. Susheela || Sorat Ashwath || 03:30 |}
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==External links== * {{YouTube|id=OaeKFxD4_Us|title=Katari Veera}}
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Category:1966 films Category:1966 Kannada-language films Category:1966 Indian films Category:Films directed by Y. R. Swamy
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