''Mahakshatriya'' () is a 1994 Indian

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-language

action-drama film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

directed by

Rajendra Singh Babu S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu (born 22 October 1952) is an Indian filmmaker and occasional actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He was born and brought up in Mysore. His father Shankar Singh produced many films under the banner Mahatma Pict ...

, starring Vishnuvardhan,

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and

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won Best Director Filmfare award.

Plot

The story revolves around a young man who is short-tempered but good at heart who is sent to prison for committing a murder which was actually accidental and the victim was his cousin. He has a lot of guilt built inside him for not being able to control his anger and manage his anger issues that cost him the life of his close cousin.The prison officer helps him in controlling and managing his anger. He finally overcomes his anger issues but on the other hand there are few of the youngsters who are misled in turn becoming drug addicts and also have involved themselves in the crime world. So seeing them he decides to transform them the same way he himself got transformed. He finds out that there are many more people few of them who are politicians too behind The misled youngsters.The rest of the story revolves around how the protagonist transforms the misled youngsters in order to avoid the adverse effects upon the society.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Prathap *

as Kaveri *

as Siddharth *

as Priyadarshini and Lakshmi *

Rahul Dev Rahul Dev Kaushal (born 27 September 1968) is an Indian actor and former model who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia language films He also participated in Bigg Boss (Hindi season 10) and was evicted on ...

* Shankar Ashwath * Sushma Veer * Sadashiva Brahmavar * M. V. Vasudev rao * Kunigal Nagabhushan * Shankar Patil * Gururaj Hosakote

Production

This was the last collaboration between Rajendra Singh Babu and Vishnuvardhan. It was the first film to be produced by Lahari Audio company. The song "Ee Bhoomi Bannada Buguri" was shot by the director himself without any choreographer. The producer's son made an appearance in the song playing a flute.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, d ...

. This film is well known for the hugely popular philosophical song "Ee Bhoomi Bannada Buguri", sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. This song was included in Kannada school textbooks. * "Ee Bhoomi Bannada Buguri" –

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), commonly known as SPB or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is widely regarde ...

* "Tavare Kendavare" –

K. S. Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963) is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning around five decades, she has recorded over 25,000 Songs in various Indian languages languages such as Tamil, Kann ...

, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam * "Yenaithi Olage Yenaithi" –

Malgudi Subha Malgudi Subha (born 17 October 1965; also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded songs in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. In a career spanning two decades, she has sung more than 3000 songs. She ...

, Gururaj Hosakote * "Chumbana Chumbana" – K. S. Chitra * "O Prema O Prema" – K. S. Chitra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

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References

1994 films 1990s Kannada-language films Films scored by Hamsalekha Films directed by Rajendra Singh Babu Indian action drama films {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub