''Ratha Sapthami'' is a 1986 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language romantic

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by M. S. Rajashekar and produced by S. A. Govindaraj. It stars

Shiva Rajkumar Dr.Shiva Rajkumar (born Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy; 12 July 1962) is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he has worked in over 125 films in Ka ...

in his second venture after '' Anand''. Debutant actress Asha Rani and playwright Parvathavani also star in the movie. The musical score was composed by

Upendra Kumar Upendra Kumar (18 July 1941 – 24 January 2002) was an Indian composer who predominantly worked in Kannada films. He was known for his strong association with Rajkumar and his family and scored some of his career best compositions for the films ...

, while the lyrics, screenplay and dialogues were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. P. Vasu was the co-screenplay writer of this movie.Co-screenplay writer P. Vasu remade the movie in Tamil in 1996 as '' Love Birds''. The story is based on a Kannada novel of the same name by Vidyullatha Sasanoor. ''Ratha Sapthami'' opened on 12 December 1986 and was declared a musical blockbuster. The interval twist of the film where the hero supposedly dies and the second half of the film where the heroine is sent out of her hometown to overcome her depression but is shocked to catch a glimpse of the hero's lookalike in a vehicle nearby, and later finds him dancing merrily in a discotheque — went on to be reused in the 2000 Hindi film '' Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai''.

Cast

as Vishwanath/Lawrence * Asha Rani as Deepa * Srinath * Roopa Devi *Parvathavani *

Doddanna Doddanna is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a theatre actor. During this time, he entered the Kannada film industry as a character actor. Early life The youngest son in t ...

as Srikantaiah, Deepa's father * Kanchana as Sharada, Vishwa's mother *Rajeshwari *Prashanthi Nayak * Sudha Narasimharaju as Sumathi, Vishwa's younger sister *Kumari Rekha *

Mysore Lokesh Mysore Lokesh (29 April 1947 – 14 October 1994) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. His films include ''Bandhana'' (1984), ''Gajapathi Garvabhanga'' (1989), and ''S. P. Sangliyana Part 2'' (1990), He did Comedy, comedic, Suppor ...

*Shivaprakash *Thimmaiah * Sadashiva Brahmavar *Bharathish *Bheema Rao *Aravind as Jagadish *Chi Ravishankar *

Honnavalli Krishna Honnavalli Krishna is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. His films include '' Ratha Sapthami'' (1986), '' Aasegobba Meesegobba'' (1990), '' Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu'' (1974), '' Janumada Jodi'' (1996). Career As of October 2017, Honna ...

*Krishna *

Balaraj Balaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He has appeared in ''Anand (1986 film), Anand'' (1986), ''Ratha Sapthami'' (1986), ''Shiva Mecchida Kannappa'' (1988) and ''Samyuktha'' (1988). Television * ''Mane Aliya'' * ''Parvathi'' ...

Sundar Raj Sundar Raj is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry, apart from a few Tamil films. Some of his notable films include ''Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane'', ''Ondanondu Kaladalli'', ''Chandanada Gombe'', ''Kurigalu Saar Kur ...

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Upendra Kumar.

Release

After '' Anand'' (1986), ''Rathasapthami'' alongside '' Manamecchida Hudugi'' (1987), became commercially successful, earned Shivarajkumar the nickname of Hat-trick Hero, coined by the media and his fans.

References

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* 1986 films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films Indian romantic musical films Films based on Indian novels Films directed by M. S. Rajashekar Films scored by Upendra Kumar Kannada films remade in other languages 1980s romantic musical films 1986 musical films {{romantic-musical-film-stub