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-language musical film starring Vishnuvardhan,

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and Madhavi. The film was directed and written by K. S. L. Swamy (Lalitha Ravi) and produced by C. V. L Shastry under "Shastry Movies" production house.

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has composed the soundtrack and the background score. In the film, a music guru is killed in a road accident and his artistic soul migrates into Vishwa (Dr. Vishnuvardhan), an aspiring musician and turns him into a virtuoso. The film also explores his relationships with two women, Girija (Madhavi), a popular dancer and Sharada (Saritha), the guru's daughter. The film was released on 13 November 1986 to widespread critical acclaim. The film was screened at the mainstream section at the 11th International Film Festival Of India. The film won the

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(K. J. Yesudas).

Plot

A revivalist melodrama in which the artistic soul of a music guru, killed in a road accident, migrates into the aspiring, but hopeless, musician Vishwa, turning him into a virtuoso capable of realising the guru's dreams. Vishwa is torn between the guru's daughter Sharada and Girija, a popular dancer whose father exploits Vishwa's talent. Vishwa embarks on building a music college with Sharada's help. Girija donates all her money to the cause, but when Vishwa loses his voice, Sharada teaches him to regain it. An interesting twist to the story is that Vishwa is the extension of Sharada's father. Though both Sharada and Girija are shown to be in love with Vishwa, he always sees Sharada in the form of Goddess and only reciprocates the love of Girija.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Vishwa *

as Sharada * Madhavi as Girija *

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as Violinist *

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as Krishnappa - Girija's father *

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as Ugranarasimhaiyya * Gode Lakshminarayan as Pashupati - Ghatam Player * Jari Venkatram * Ashwath Narayan Shastri as Venkannaiyya * Pranava Murthy * R K Surya Narayan- as Vidvan Srikanthaiyya ntroduction* Kumari Veena Varuni-Introduction * Meese Krishna as Meese Subanna - Taxi driver * Srishailan as Television channel head *

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as himself

Production

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was initially offered to direct the film but he declined the offer.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Vijayabhaskar.

Awards

* K. J. Yesudas won

in 1986.

References

External links

* 1986 films 1980s Kannada-language films Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Indian musical drama films Films about classical music and musicians 1980s musical drama films Films directed by K. S. L. Swamy 1986 drama films {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub