''Seetharamu'' is a 1979 Indian

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-language film directed by V. Somashekhar. The film stars

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and

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. The film is based on a science fiction plot of a brain transplant. The movie was remade in Telugu as ''Seethe Ramudaithe'', starring Shankar Nag in his Telugu debut, and in Hindi in 1995 as '' Diya Aur Toofan''. The song ''Ee Roopave Nannee Baalina'' was earlier used by

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for the 1978 Telugu movie '' Annadammula Savaal'', which incidentally was a remake of the 1977 Kannada movie ''

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''.

Cast

as Ramu *

as Seetha *

* Kanchana *

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* Sundar Krishna Urs as Dr. Dayal *

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* Arikesari *

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* B. Jaya

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Sathyam, with lyrics by Chi Udayashankar.

References

1979 films 1970s Kannada-language films Films scored by Satyam (composer) Films directed by V. Somashekhar Kannada films remade in other languages Indian science fiction action films 1970s science fiction action films {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub