''Bhagirathi'' ( kn, ಭಾಗೀರಥಿ) is a 2012 Indian

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written and directed by

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. The film stars

Bhavana ''Bhāvanā'' (Pali;Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 503, entry for "Bhāvanā," retrieved 9 December 2008 from "U. Chicago" a Sanskrit: भावना, also ''bhāvanā''Monier-Williams (1899), p. 755, see "Bhāvana" and "Bhāvanā", retriev ...

and Kishore in the lead roles with

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, Tara, Hema Choudhury and Padma Vasanthi in the supporting role. The film is based on a folktale from

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, "Kerege Haara", which glorifies the sacrifice of a young woman for the sake of her village and her heart-broken husband.

Plot

Bhagirathi (

) dreams of a tank for her village and inspired by her, Maadevaraya ( Kishore), the son of Mallanagowda (

), convinces his father to construct one for the community. When Maadevaraya and Bhagirathi fall in love, class differences come in the way. But when they decide to end their lives, Mallanagowda is moved to solemnise their marriage on the tank's site. As fate would have it, the tank remains dry and the priest advises Mallanagowda to sacrifice of one of his daughters-in-law. The lot falls on Bhagirathi. On learning what has happened to his young wife, Maadevaraya ends his life in the tank.

Cast

as Bhagirathi * Kishore as Mahadevaraya *

as Mallanagowda * Tara * Hema Choudhury * Padma Vasanthi * Shivadhwaj * Ravishankar * Vatsala Mohan

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album of the film was released on 20 November 2011 by actor

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. The album consists of six tracks, lyrics for which were written by

for music composed by V. Manohar, who also scored the film's background music.

Review

IBN Live reviewed the movie and said, "Bhagirathi' is a one time watch". The Hindu review the movie and said "Bhagirathi - Bringing alive a Kannada folktale". The movie completed 100 days of show.

Awards

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress The Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language film actresses. Since its inception, the award was wo ...

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films. Superlative Winners Award winners The following ...

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours female singers for their work Kannada language films. Super ...

Archana Udupa Archana Udupa is an Indian singer. She sings devotional, classical and film songs. She is graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. She won Zee TV TVS Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest of singing in 1998. Archana Udupa is the first person of south ...

Udaya Film Awards The Udaya Film Awards is the most prominent award ceremony for Kannada films presented annually by Udaya TV, a Kannada-language division of the Sun Network, from the South India, south-Indian state of Karnataka. The awards ceremony has been inst ...

for Best Supporting Actress - Tara

References

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