Movie

Ranganayaki

“Based on the novel by Ashwattha”

★ 8.0(2)19812h 57m

Drama

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Ranganayaki is streaming on Sun Nxt in Mexico. Availability checked 13 June 2026.

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Good to know

Director: S.R. Puttanna Kanagal
Release date: 1981-02-06
Runtime: 2h 57m
Language: Kannada
Status: Released
Country: India
Studio: Sri Ashok Arts

About Ranganayaki

Ranganayaki is a 1981 movie in the Drama genre, directed by S.R. Puttanna Kanagal, starring Aarathi, Ramakrishna and Ashok. It has a runtime of 2 hours 57 minutes. It holds an average rating of 8.0/10 from 2 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Ranganayaki in Mexico — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

The movie explores the nuance of Oedipus Complex. The heroine, a popular theatre artist, falls in love with a rich, young man. They eventually get married and beget a child. But the heroine is bored of married life and wants to dabble in acting. The husband refuses and leaves the town with his child. The heroine gets a lucky break in cinema and becomes a household name. Years later, as fate had it, a young man falls in love with the heroine and she reciprocates his love, but as a mother. She always gives him affection and loves like a mother. She encounters her ex-husband and pleads him to show her son just for once. But as fate has it doesn t happen, and she goes in deep depression and commits suicide, too late for the young lover who realizes that he had fallen in love with his own mother.