Kulavadhu

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{{Infobox film

| name = Kulavadhu

| image = Kulavadhu (1963).jpg

| caption =

| director = T. V. Singh Takur

| producer = A. C. Narasimha Murthy & Friends

| writer = Krishnamoorthy Puranik (Based on Novel Kulavadhu)

| screenplay = Shilashree Sahithya Vrunda

| starring = Rajkumar
Leelavathi
Balakrishna
Narasimharaju
K. S. Ashwath

| music = G. K. Venkatesh

| cinematography = B. Dorairaj

| editing = Venkatram
Raghupathi

| studio = Shailashree Productions

| distributor = Shailashree Productions

| released = {{Film date|1963|05|21|df=y}}

| runtime = 132 min

| country = India

| language = Kannada

}}

Kulavadhu ({{audio|Kn-ಕುಲವಧು.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a 1963 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by T. V. Singh Takur and produced by A. C. Narasimha Murthy & Friends. The film stars Rajkumar, Leelavathi, Balakrishna, Narasimharaju and K. S. Ashwath. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The famous Ugadi song Yuga Yugadi Kaledaru from this movie is a still hit song.{{cite web|url=http://chiloka.com/movie/kulavadhu-1963|title=Kulavadhu|accessdate=2015-01-20|publisher=chiloka.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nthwall.com/ka/Kulavadhu-1982/9219801571|title=Kulavadhu|accessdate=2015-01-20|publisher=nthwall.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120192727/http://www.nthwall.com/ka/Kulavadhu-1982/9219801571|archive-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead}} The movie is based on the novel of same name by Krishnamoorthy Puranik.{{Cite web|url=https://www.udayavani.com/cinema/balcony-sandalwood-news/raj-festival-a-mirror-of-the-grooms-novel-films|title = ರಾಜ್‌ ಹಬ್ಬ: ವರನಟನ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಕನ್ನಡಿ}} This was Rajkumar's second movie to be based on a novel - the first being Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu (1962). Both the movies were based on novels by Krishnamoorthy Puranik.{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZregrcmfFig&feature=youtu.be|title = ಅಣ್ಣಾವ್ರ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಕಥೆ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದವರು ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನ CM ಆಗಿದ್ದ ಅಣ್ಣಾದುರೈ..! | Naadu Kanda Rajkumar Ep 108|website = YouTube| date=11 February 2022 }}