''Simha Gharjane'' () is a 1983 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 film, directed by

S. A. Chandrasekhar S. A. Chandrasekar (born 2 July 1945) is an Indian film director, producer, writer, and actor who primarily works within Kollywood. He made his directorial debut with ''Aval Oru Pachai Kuzhanthai'' (1978), He got his breakthrough with ''Sattam ...

and produced by A. R. Raju. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Vijayashanti,

Kalyan Kumar Kalyan Kumar (7 June 1928 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian actor, and an occasional film director and producer who worked primarily in Kannada cinema, Kannada and Tamil cinema. Making his acting debut in the mythological drama ''Natashekara'' (19 ...

and Sharada. The film has musical score by Chellapilla Satyam. The film was remade by the same director in Tamil as Puthu Yugam (1985)

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan * Vijayashanti *

* Sharada * Jai Jagadish *

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Production

Following the release of Gedda Maga and Hasida Hebbuli in 1983, director

ventured to make another Kannada film. He wrote the screenplay for the story penned by his wife. Veteran producer A.R.Raju decided to produce the movie.

Dr.Vishnuvardhan Sampath Kumar (18 September 1950 – 30 December 2009), known by his stage name Vishnuvardhan, was an Indian actor predominantly in Kannada cinema. He is regarded as one of the popular cultural icon of Karnataka. Vishnuvardhan is often referred ...

was roped in to play the lead role. Interestingly two notable movies in the career of the lead actor, ''Sahodarara Saval'' and ''Vijay Vikram'', were produced by A.R.Raju. Vijayashanti who had made her Kannada debut with ''Keralida Hennu'', plays the female lead. Veteran actors

and Sharada were chosen to portray pivotal supporting characters. Jai Jagadish was given an important supporting role while

who had become an overnight star through his villainous role in ''Chakravyuha'' released in the same year was selected to play another key role. Chellapilla Satyam who worked with the director in ''Hasida Hebbuli'' was retained as the music director. The film was given the title ''Simha Gharjane''. In fact, it was the time when Vishnuvardhan became popular among the masses by the title ''Sahasa Simha''.

Release

Released in December Simha Gharjane was one of the last movie releases of 1983. Director

had two other movie releases in 1983 – Gedda Maga which was a big hit and Hasida Hebbuli which flopped. Simha Gharjane was the last addition to the list of ''action oriented'' movies given by

in the years 1982 and 1983, following the success of

Sahasa Simha ''Sahasa Simha'' () is a 1982 Indian Kannada-language action crime thriller film directed by Joe Simon and produced by M. Pandurangan and M. Ramalingam. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Kajal Kiran, Rajya Lakshmi and Vajramuni. The film has music ...

. Simha Gharjane was the director's last Kannada movie. The movie was a blockbuster at the box office.

Themes and influences

As the usual Chandrasekhar movies Simha Gharjane was an action drama with a strong social theme. The movie dealt with corruption and battle of justice. According to Vishnuvardhan's fans, the movie was uniquely influenced by Sahasa Simha in terms of its action based storyline. ''Onde Guri'', ''Sididedda Sahodara'' and ''Oorige Upakari'' were other such movies. The movie has attained a minor cult following among Vishnu's fans who regard it as one of the best ''MASS'' (a word which originated in Tamil audience) movies in his career.

Soundtrack

Chi. Udayashankar and R.N.Jayagopal wrote the lyrics. Chellapilla Satyam scored the music. The song ''Kannalli Nee Bandu'' was sung by Vishnuvardhan himself.

References

External links

* {{S. A. Chandrasekhar 1983 films 1980s Kannada-language films Films scored by Satyam (composer) Indian action films Films directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar 1983 action films