--- title: 'Batasari (1961)' type: 'film' director: 'P. S. Ramakrishna Rao' released: '1961-01-01' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'India' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/batasari-1961' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259211/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Batasari (1961) 1961 · Drama · India Original title: கானல் நீர் ## Synopsis Batasari (transl. Wayfarer) is a 1961 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by Ramakrishna of Bharani Pictures. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Kaanal Neer (transl. Mirage). A remake of the 1957 Bengali film Bardidi, which itself is based on the eponymous novel by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, the film stars P. Bhanumathi and Akkineni Nageswara Rao, with music composed by Master Venu. Batasari was released on 30 June 1961, and Kaanal Neer on 21 July. Both versions did not succeed commercially. ## Credits - **Original Music Composer:** [Bhanumati Ramakrishna](https://cinepixo.com/people/bhanumati-ramakrishna), [Master Venu](https://cinepixo.com/people/master-venu) - **Producer:** [Bhanumati Ramakrishna](https://cinepixo.com/people/bhanumati-ramakrishna), [P. S. Ramakrishna Rao](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-s-ramakrishna-rao) - **Director:** [P. S. Ramakrishna Rao](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-s-ramakrishna-rao) - **Screenplay:** [P. S. Ramakrishna Rao](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-s-ramakrishna-rao), [Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarat-chandra-chattopadhyay) ## Cast - [Sowcar Janaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/sowcar-janaki) - [Devika](https://cinepixo.com/people/devika) - [Akkineni Nageswara Rao](https://cinepixo.com/people/akkineni-nageswara-rao) - [J. V. Ramana Murthi](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-v-ramana-murthi) - [Bhanumati Ramakrishna](https://cinepixo.com/people/bhanumati-ramakrishna) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/batasari-1961 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4868643); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.