''Thayavva'' is a 1997
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 V. Umakanth, starring
Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He i ...
,
Umashree
Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...
,
Charan Raj
Charan Raj is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi movies.
Career
Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South Indian ...
and Sindhu. The background score and soundtrack were composed by
V. Manohar, with lyrics by
V. Manohar and
Geethapriya
Lakshman Rao Mohite (15 June 1932 – 17 January 2016), better known by his pen-name Geethapriya ( kn, ಗೀತಪ್ರಿಯ), was an Indian film director and lyricist of the Kannada film industry. He has directed 40 films and penned over 250 ...
. This was
Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He i ...
's first film to release after his two previous films were abandoned midway. The film was a box office failure.
Cast
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Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He i ...
as Raamu
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Umashree
Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...
as Thayavva
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Charan Raj
Charan Raj is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi movies.
Career
Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South Indian ...
* Sindhu
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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 ...
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Ramesh Bhat
Ramesh Bhat is a multiple-award–winning Indian actor. He has worked predominantly in Kannada films and television serials.
Early life
Ramesh Bhat was born in Kundapur. He completed his primary education at Manki and portrayed national leader ...
* Harish Rai
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Tennis Krishna
Tennis Krishna is a popular Kannada actor and comedian. Tennis Krishna has acted in over 600 movies and has a record of acting in 100 movies with comedy actress Rekha Das.
Life
His background is from Kannada theatre.
He acted with Kannada act ...
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Bank Janardhan
Janardhan, known by his stage name Bank Janardhan is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He is well-known for his comedy and drama roles in various Kannada films and television series. Some of the notable films of Janardhan as an actor ...
* A. L. Abbaiah Naidu
Production
Sudeep who went on to become a famous star in the Kannada film industry, he made his acting debut with this film. This was the last film produced by A. L. Abbaiah Naidu before his death.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
V. Manohar and released by
Lahari Music
Lahari Recording Company is an Indian music company based in Bangalore. It owns a music label called "Lahari Music" also a film production company called "Lahari Films LLP". They later ventured into construction under the name of HomEquity Indi ...
.
References
External links
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1990s Kannada-language films
Indian drama films
1997 drama films
1997 films
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