Edakallu Guddada Mele

Edakallu Guddada Mele (Kannada: ಎಡಕಲ್ಲು ಗುಡ್ಡದ ಮೇಲೆ, On top of Edakallu Hill) is a 1973 Kannada movie by Puttanna Kanagal starring Jayanthi, Aarathi, Chandrashekar, Shivaram. This movie is loosely based on an eponymous novel by Bharathi Suta. It has different layers to it, but the storyline is built around a couple and their young neighbour who get entangled in a complex relationship. The Kannada novel is an Indian adaptation of the famous English novel of D H Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover. The movie begins with Sanskrit saying, 'kaamaaturaaNam nabhayam nalajja (A lustful person knows neither fear nor shame),' and the rest of the movie attempts to illustrate the same. Kama is one of the six moral weaknesses: kama (passion/lust),...