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film directed and written by B. S. Ranga. The film featured Master Lohit,

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in pivotal roles. Veteran actor Rajkumar and

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made brief appearances in the film. The film is a remake of director's own 1954

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version ''Soubhagya''. The 1982 Hindi movie '' Anokha Bandhan'' based on the story ''Ramer Sumati'' by

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had a similar storyline except for the climax. The movie saw a theatrical run of 28 weeks. The dialogues and lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. Performance of Master Lohith were praised by critics and audience. The film featured original score and soundtrack composed by T. G. Lingappa. The soundtrack included two songs sung by actor Rajkumar.

Plot

The movie stars and revolves around the life of Krishna (Puneeth Rajkumar) who is considered as an unlucky child and is shunned by most of his family members except his paternal uncle, his uncle's daughter and his brother's wife.

Cast

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as Krishna (credited as Master Lohit) *

as Seeta, Krishna's sister-in-law *

as Ramu, Krishna's brother * Rajkumar Guest appearance *

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as young Tara *

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* Kanchana *

as Train Loco pilot

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa. However, the soundtrack included the very popular devotional song "Vaara Banthamma Guruvara Banthamma" sung by actor Rajkumar earlier for a private album for which music was scored by M. Ranga Rao but he was not credited in this movie.

made his singing debut with "Baana Daariyalli".

Legacy

said that this is his favorite film as a child actor and that the song "Banadaariyalli Soorya Jaari Banda" is his favorite song sung by him. The song inspired a 2023 film of the same name.

References

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1981 films Kannada remakes of Hindi films 1980s Kannada-language films Indian drama films Films scored by T. G. Lingappa Films directed by B. S. Ranga 1981 drama films {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub