''Mathadana'' ( kn, ಮತದಾನ) is a 2001 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 directed by T. N. Seetharam, based on S. L. Bhyrappa's novel of the same name, and starring

Anant Nag Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and Eng ...

, Tara,

Devaraj Devaraj (born 20 September 1953) is an Indian actor and theatre actor who works in Indian film industry. He has largely featured in Kannada films performing various roles as a lead character, supporting character and villainous character. He ha ...

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

and Hemanth Vasisht in pivotal roles. At the 48th National Film Awards, the film won the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

. At the 2000-01 Karnataka State Film Awards, Avinash won the award for Best Supporting Actor.

Cast

as Ramalinge Gowda * Tara as Lakshmi *

as Puttathammayya * Hemanth Vasisht as Dr. Shivappa *

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) ...

Mukhyamantri Chandru Honnasandra Narasimhaiah Chandrashekar (born 28 August 1953), known popularly as Mukhyamantri Chandru, is an Indian actor and politician. As an actor, he is known for his work in Kannada theatre and cinema. The sobriquet ''Mukhyamantri'' (Chief ...

Prakash Belawadi Prakash Belawadi is an Indian theatre artist, film director, television and media personality, who's also a teacher, activist and a journalist. He hails from Bangalore. He has participated in many seminars, conferences and festivals in India an ...

* Sudha Belawadi as Sunanda *

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 ...

Girija Lokesh Girija Lokesh is an Indian theatre and film actress and occasional film producer who works in Kannada cinema. She is wife of actor Lokesh, and is the mother of former actress Pooja Lokesh, and actor and television presenter Srujan Lokesh. In re ...

Sihi Kahi Chandru Chandrashekar (born 1962 23 July), known by his stage name Sihi Kahi Chandru, which literally means "sweet and bitter" Chandru, is an Indian Kannada film and television actor. Career His wife ''Sihi Kahi Geetha'' and he were the main protagoni ...

Lakshmi Chandrashekar Lakshmi Chandrashekar is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Lakshmi Chandrashekar as an actress include '' Atithi'' (2002), '' Avasthe'' (1987), '' S. P. Sangliy ...

Production

The film was based on the S. L. Bhyrappa's novel

Matadana ''Matadana'' ''(meaning: voting)'' is a 1965 novel written by the famous Kannada writer, philosopher, thinker S L Bhyrappa. An award winning Kannada movie ''Mathadana'' based on this novel, which was directed by T N Seetharam secured ' Best R ...

, and reports said the filming rights were bought from him, for a fee of between and .

Soundtrack

C. Aswath Channarayapatna Ashwath ( kn, ಸಿ. ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ್ , lit=C. Ashwath; 29 December 1939 – 29 December 2009) was an Indian music composer and exponent of Bhavageete ("expressive poetry") in the Kannada language. He was also a si ...

and V. Manohar composed the music for the film and the soundtracks. The soundtrack "Aluva Kadalolu Theli" was taken from a poem written by poet

Gopalakrishna Adiga Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga (1918–1992) was a modern Kannada poet. He is known by some commentators as the "pioneer of New style" poetry. The Hindu - 26 September 2002 Biography He was born in an orthodox brahmin family in coastal village of ...

and "Naayi Thalimyalina" by poet

H. S. Venkateshamurthy Doctor (title), Dr. Hodigere Srinivas Venkateshamurthyhttps://kn.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%8D.%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D.%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0 ...

. The album has seven soundtracks and was released in the form of audio cassettes in the second week of January 2001.

References

2001 films Films scored by C. Ashwath 2000s Kannada-language films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by V. Manohar Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners Films directed by T. N. Seetharam {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub