Thayi Karulu

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{{Infobox film

| name = Thayi Karulu

| image = Tayikarulu songbook ver.jpg

| caption = Songbook cover

| director = G. V. Iyer

| producer = G. V. Iyer

| writer = Nihar Ranjan Gupta

| screenplay = G. V. Iyer

| starring = Kalyan Kumar
Udaykumar
M. V. Rajamma

| music = G. K. Venkatesh

| cinematography =

| editing =

| studio =

| released = {{Film date|1962|df=y}}

| country = India

| language = Kannada

}}

Thayi Karulu ({{audio|Kn-ತಾಯಿ ಕರುಳು.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a 1962 Indian Kannada-language film directed and produced by G. V. Iyer. The film stars Kalyan Kumar, Udaykumar, and M. V. Rajamma in the lead roles with a musical score composed by G. K. Venkatesh.{{cite web|url=http://chiloka.com/movie/thayi-karulu-1962|title=Thayi Karulu|accessdate=2015-01-19|publisher=chiloka.com}} The film is based on the Bengali novel Ulka by Nihar Ranjan Gupta, which was later adapted in Tamil in 1969 as Deiva Magan.{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ulke1FGbJKs&feature=youtu.be|title = Tiger Prabhakar Tragic Story | ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಸ್ವಾರಸ್ಯಗಳು-Cinema Swarasyagalu Ep-17 | Hariharapura Manjuanth}} In 1965 G. V. Iyer and Kalyan Kumar remade the kannada film in Tamil as Thayin Karunai.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sivaji-ganesan-deiva-magan-turns-50/article29341412.ece|title = 50 Years of 'Deiva Magan': Why Sivaji Ganesan still matters…|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 September 2019|last1 = Raman|first1 = Mohan V.}}