''Janapada'' is a 2007 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 ...

-language

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written and directed by

Baraguru Ramachandrappa Baraguru Ramachandrappa (born 18 October 1947) is an Indian essayist, lyricist, screenwriter, film director, socialist, writer, novelist, predominantly works in Kannada language and President of the Textbook Revision Committee, in Karnataka Text ...

. The film was produced by G. Panju Poojari under the banner Sri Bhagirathi Enterprises. It features Raghav and

Radhika Kumaraswamy Radhika Kumaraswamy (born 1 November 1986), credited as Radhika and as Kutty Radhika in Tamil films, is an Indian actress. She has primarily appeared in Kannada films. Career Radhika started her acting career with the Kannada film ''Neela Megh ...

in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Nandini, Radha Ramachandra and Vathsala Mohan. The score and soundtrack for the film is 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 ...

and the cinematography is by Nagaraj Advani.

Cast

* Raghava as Chandranna *

* Nandini * Radha Ramachandra * Vathsala Mohan * Pushpa Swamy * Shobhina * M. S. Umesh * Sharath Lohithashwa *

Sundar Raj Sundar Raj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry (Sandalwood). Some of the notable films of Sundar Raj as an actor include ''Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane'', ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'', ''Chandanada Gombe'', '' Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu'' (2001) ...

Karibasavaiah Karibasavaiah (1959 – 3 February 2012) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada cinema and a theatre personality. He has acted in over 120 films. He died on 3 February 2012 after a road traffic accident in Bangalore. He made his debut ...

* HMT Nanda

Soundtrack

The film's background score and soundtrack were composed by

. The music rights were acquired by

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Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "the film is below par".https://www.chitraloka.com/movie-reviews/723-janapada-review.html

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

- Best Male Playback Singer –

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References

External links

* 2000s Kannada-language films 2007 drama films 2007 films Indian drama films {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub