| Ondu Premada Kathe | |
| Director: | S. M. Joe Simon |
| Producer: | H. Ramesh T. B. R. Shivaram T. Ravi |
| Story: | B. R. Lakshman Rao |
| Starring: | L. V. Sharada Rao Maanu Ashok |
| Music: | T. G. Lingappa |
| Cinematography: | Z. A. Khan |
| Editing: | P. U. S. Maniyam |
| Distributor: | R. S. R. Combines |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Kannada |
Ondu Premada Kathe is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written by B. R. Lakshman Rao and directed by S. M. Joe Simon.[1] This film is the first South Indian black and white CinemaScope. It stars L. V. Sharada Rao, Maanu and Ashok in the lead roles. Rao plays Lakshmi, the headmistress of a village school; Maanu as her husband and teacher; and Ashok as Chandrashekhar Rao, an acquaintance of Lakshmi. Rajinikanth as the chairman of the village panchayat, and Ashalatha as Margaret, a student in the school, feature in supporting roles.
L. V. Sharada Rao was fifteen when she acted in this film and played an age appropriate role.[2] [3]