''Maha Prachandaru'' is a 1981 Indian

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heist film, directed by

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and produced by R. Thimmaiah, M. Krishna, Revanna and Shantha S. Karmore. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Kumari Vinaya and Halam in lead roles. The film had musical score by

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. The movie is based on novel ''Vigraha Choraru'' by Vijay Sasanur. The concept of the movie was later used in the 2008 film '' Navagraha''.

Plot

In the movie, the idol stealing gang tries to involve Vishnuvarshan but he gives the idol back to the temple from which they stole after plotting from a long time. The final fight between themselves sees Vishnuvardhan going back to the temple head's daughter who is a worshipper of the God and she would have died due to his betrayal but his love was real. Ambareesh (her brother) arrests Vishnuvardhan who accepts it as he is guilty of betraying her more than he stealing the idol.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Natraj * Ambareesh as Ajith *Kumari Vinaya *Halam * Tiger Prabhakar as Mohan *

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* Dinesh *

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*Chethan Ramrao *Hanumanthachar *Bangalore Nagesh *Jr. Narasimharaju *

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*Thipatur Siddaramaiah *Kunigal Ramanath

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Upendra Kumar.

References

External links

* * 1981 films 1980s Kannada-language films Films scored by Upendra Kumar {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub