Mahakavi Kalidasa is a Kannada movie made in 1955 by K. R. Seetarama with Kalidasa role played by then famous singer of Karnataka Honnappa Bhagavatar of Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

. Honnappa Bagavatar introduced B. Sarojadevi to the world of film. B. Sarojadevi later became a very well known actress in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. The movie, Mahakavi Kalidasa contained some very ear catching songs like chaluvayya chaluvo, etc. Bhagavatar acted in this Kannada movie in the main role of the poet Kalidasa.