''Seetharamu'' is a 1979 Indian Kannada-language film directed by

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. The film stars Shankar Nag, Manjula and Thoogudeepa Srinivas. The film is based on a science fiction plot of a

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. 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 Chellapilla Satyam for the 1978 Telugu movie ''

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'', which incidentally was a remake of the 1977 Kannada movie '' Sahodarara Savaal''.

Cast

* Shankar Nag as Ramu * Manjula as Seetha * Thoogudeepa Srinivas * Kanchana * Dinesh *

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as Dr. Dayal * Shakti Prasad * Arikesari * Prabhakar *

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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