''Bhairava'' is a 1994 Indian

Kannada language 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 sp ...

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action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

written and directed by Raj Kishor and produced by N. Kumar. The film stars

Jaggesh Jaggesh is an Indian politician, actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the Kannada film industry. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 2022 and the spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnata ...

in the role of a speech impaired young man, Bhairava "Bhaira" , enslaved by his uncle and

Vajramuni Sadananda Sagar (11 May 1944 – 5 January 2006), better known by his stage name Vajramuni, was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. He portrayed negative characters during most of his career and was considered one of Kannada cinema's ...

as the tyrannical uncle, Nanjegowda. Nandini Singh played the female lead while Doddanna and

Pramila Joshai Pramila Joshai is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the films of Pramila Joshai as an actor include '' Saheba'' (2017), '' Thayi'' (2008), ''Apthamitra'' (2004). She was credited as Parimalam in her debut Tamil film ''Vaid ...

played other key roles. The film has a musical score 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 ...

. The film portrays the life of Bhairava, a speech impaired man, almost enslaved and tortured by his uncle and considered to be an expendable by the villagers. His life takes a turn after he falls in love with a doctor and in the process gets to know certain shocking secrets which forces him to unite the villagers and rebel against his master. The film bombed at the box office failing to repeat the success of Jaggesh - Raj Kishor duo's previous ventures: ''

Bhanda Nanna Ganda ''Bhanda Nanna Ganda'' (Kannada: ಭಂಡ ನನ್ನ ಗಂಡ) is a 1992 Indian Kannada film directed by Raj Kishor. In this film Jaggesh played his first lead role, and sung his first song ''′Anthintha Gandu Nanalla′'' in his career. Ca ...

'' and ''Beda Krishna Ranginata''.

Cast

*Nandini Singh *

Doddanna Doddanna (born 11 November 1949) is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a theatre actor. During this time, he entered the Kannada film industry as a character actor. Early lif ...

*Killer Venkatesh *Ratnakar

Soundtrack

Chandana Seere Chandana
Love Lovuve
Kannada Mandidinu

Reception

References

Indian action comedy films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani 1990s Kannada-language films 1994 action comedy films {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub