''Doctor Krishna'' is a 1989 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 ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

, directed and written by

Phani Ramachandra H. S. Phani Ramachandra is a Kannada film and television director. He is known for directing such classic Kannada comedy films as ''Ganeshana Maduve'' and ''Gauri Ganesha'' and the TV serial '' Danda Pindagalu''. His films mainly portray middl ...

. The film stars Vishnuvardhan in the title role, along with

Suman Ranganathan Suman Ranganath is an Indian model and actress. She has starred in Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films. Personal life Suman Ranganath was born in Tumakuru, Karnataka. She was married to Bunty Walia, an Indian film pr ...

and Tara in leading roles. The music of the film was composed by

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra were an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four de ...

. Produced by Vijaya Shankar Bhat under Satya Sai Movies banner, the film was released in 1989 and met with positive response from critics and audience. Actress Leelavathi won the State award for Best Supporting actress and the film was nominated under best film category.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Dr. Krishna *

as Swati * Tara as Chanchala *

Umashree Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...

* G. K. Govinda Rao * Leelavathi *

Ramesh Bhat Ramesh Bhat is a multiple-award–winning Indian actor. He has worked predominantly in Kannada films and television serials. Early life Ramesh Bhat was born in Kundapur. He completed his primary education at Manki and portrayed national leader ...

* Vijay Kashi * Kavya Krishnamurthy * Aparna

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by

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References

External links

* 1989 films 1980s Kannada-language films Indian romantic drama films 1989 romantic drama films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films directed by Phani Ramachandra {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub