''Appaji'' is a 1996 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language action drama film starring Vishnuvardhan and

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. The film was directed by

D. Rajendra Babu D. Rajendra Babu (30 March 1951 – 3 November 2013) was an Indian filmmaker and screenplay writer in Kannada cinema. He has directed over 50 films in various genres, most of them being sentimental films. He wrote and directed numerous blockbust ...

, written by

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and produced under Surya International banner. The music was scored by

M. M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma ...

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Appaji and Shakthi (dual role) *

as Lakshmi Desai *

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as Arjun * Sharanya as Rekha * Sihi Kahi Chandru as Boda *

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as Home Minister *Keerthi as Ranadheer Desai *Krishne Gowda as Shankar Rao *Lakshman as Captain *M. S. Karanth as IAS officer

Music

All the songs are composed and scored by

. The song "Yaava Deva" was reused from Keeravani's own Telugu song "Sirichandanapu" from ''

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''.

Release

The movie was released on 4 January 1996.

References

1996 films 1990s Kannada-language films Indian action drama films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani 1990s action drama films 1990s masala films Films directed by D. Rajendra Babu 1996 drama films {{1990s-action-film-stub