Driver Hanumanthu is an 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 ...

film released in 1980, starring

Shivaram S. Shivaram (28 January 1938 – 4 December 2021), popularly known simply as Shivaram or Shivaramanna, was an Indian actor, producer and director whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. He has played roles including lead hero p ...

and with guest appearances by Vishnuvardhan in the role of a classical singer and

Ambareesh Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted in ...

in the role of a Church father. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''

Sadhu Mirandal ''Sadhu Mirandal'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by the duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam. It was produced by A. Bhimsingh, who also wrote the screenplay based on a real incident about a man being murdered for money ...

''.

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924–2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 600 fe ...

. The album has four tracks.

Reception

The film failed commercially.

References

External links

* 1980 films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Films directed by K. S. L. Swamy Kannada remakes of Tamil films {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub