''Mahakshatriya'' () is a 1994 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

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 ...

directed by

Rajendra Singh Babu S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu (born 22 October 1952) is an Indian filmmaker and occasional actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He was born and brought up in Mysore. His father Shankar Singh produced many films under the banner Mahatma Pict ...

, starring Vishnuvardhan, Sonu Walia,

Ramkumar Ramkumar is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in Peraala's 1990 action film '' Aavesha''. The same year, he played a brief role in Rajendra Singh Babu's war film '' Muthina Haara'' ...

Sudha Rani Jayashree, known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and a former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films.she also acted in a few Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam films. At the age of three, Rani was chosen as ...

and B. C. Patil.

won Best Director Filmfare award.

Plot

The story revolves around a young man who is short-tempered but good at heart who goes to prison for committing a murder. The prison officer helps him in becoming a good man.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan * Sonu Walia *

* B. C. Patil *

Rahul Dev Rahul Dev (born 27 September 1968) is an Indian actor and former model who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films and few Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi and Odia flims. Early life Ra ...

* Shankar Ashwath * Sushma Veer * Sadashiva Brahmavar * M. V. Vasudev rao * Kunigal Nagabhushan * Shankar Patil * Gururaj Hosakote

Soundtrack

This film is well known for the hugely popular philosophical song "Ee Bhoomi Bannada Buguri", sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. Hamsalekha composed the lyrics and music for this song. This song has also been picturised very well in the film. * "Ee Bhoomi Bannada Buguri" – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam * "Tavare Kendavare" –

K. S. Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various In ...

, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam * "Yenaithi Olage Yenaithi" –

Malgudi Subha Malgudi Subha (born 17 October 1965; also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded songs in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. In a career spanning two decades, she sang more than 3000 songs. She began ...

, Gururaj Hosakote * "Chumbana Chumbana" – K. S. Chitra * "O Prema O Prema" – K. S. Chitra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

External links

An official website on VishnuVardhan

References

1994 films 1990s Kannada-language films Films scored by Hamsalekha Films directed by Rajendra Singh Babu Indian action films {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub