''Bevu Bella'' () is a 1993 Indian

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written and directed by

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. The film was produced by J. Girija in the banner of Jyothi Krishna Movies. The film stars Jaggesh and Ragini

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in the lead roles while Lokesh, Ajay Kumar, director S. Narayan himself, and Shobharaj essay other important characters. The film has a musical score by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

. The title of the film is taken from the 1963 film starring Uday Kumar. The film opened to largely positive reviews and became a ''

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''. The film is considered to be one of the best films of director S. Narayan.

Cast

* Jaggesh * Ragini *

Lokesh Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada plays and films. His wife Girija Lokesh is an actress and film director. His father was Subbaiah Naidu, who is credited to be first hero of Kannada silent m ...

*Ajay Kumar *

* Shobharaj *Janakamma *Padma Kumata

Soundtrack

Release

''Bevu Bella'' produced by Bangalore based film production company Jyothi Krishna Movies received a U certificate with 4 cuts from the

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, the certificate dated 21 September 1993. The film received a positive response and became a big commercial success catapulting S. Narayan and Jaggesh to immense fame in the

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. Jaggesh tweeted in

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that the film played a significant part in his life. He mentioned that the remuneration he got for the film helped him buy a piece of land in

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and construct his dream house in

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. Popular makeup artist Uma Maheshwar mentioned that in his initial struggling days he happened to meet Jaggesh and work in his films. In the process, he met senior make-up artist Mysore Venkatesh and happened to learn from him. He added that he received an amount of 100 per day which was a huge amount as he used to work for just 10 per day.

Reference

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