''Maya'' is a 1999 trilingual devotional film, produced and directed by

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. The film featured Napolean alongside

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, while

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plays a supporting role. The venture was simultaneously shot in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, with the other versions being titled as ''Gurupoornima'' and ''Jayasurya'' respectively, with scenes overlapping. The Tamil version was dubbed in Hindi as ''Sai Tere Maya''. The films, which had music composed by R. R. G, opened in January, 1999.

Cast

* Napolean as Prathap (Suriya in Kannada) *

as Lakshmi *

as Bomma Rangan *

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* T. P. Gajendran * Rami Reddy as Bangaar Rao *

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as Anitha *

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as Jayasurya

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by R. R. G.

Release

The Tamil and Kannada versions were released in 1999, with the Telugu version released shortly thereafter.http://www.bharatmovies.com/director/rama-narayanan-movies.htm

References

External links

1999 films 1990s Tamil-language films Indian multilingual films Indian fantasy films Films directed by Rama Narayanan Hindu devotional films 1990s Telugu-language films 1990s Kannada-language films 1999 fantasy films 1999 multilingual films {{India-film-stub