''Golmaal Radhakrishna'' is a 1990

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directed and written by

Om Sai Prakash Enreddy Prakash Reddy a.k.a. Om Sai Prakash is a Telugu and Kannada film director and producer. Born in Phirangipuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, he started as an assistant to Kodi Ramakrishna and then charted his own course in direc ...

. The film starred

Anant Nag Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and En ...

in the title role along with Chandrika and Vanitha Vasu in leading roles.Golmaal Radhakrishna _cast and crew
/ref> The music of the film was composed by

M. Ranga Rao M. Ranga Rao (26 April 1932 – 3 August 1990) was a prominent Indian composer who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema. Rao was known for his mellifluous scores and lilting tunes backed with strong classical nuances. "Ranga Rao" composed tun ...

. Produced by K. Chidambara Shetty under Chitra Productions banner, the film was released in 1990 and met with positive response from critics and audience. The film was a remake of Telugu film ''

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''.

Cast

Ananth Nag Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and Eng ...

as Radhakrishna * Chandrika *

Vanitha Vasu Vanitha Vasu is an Indian actress who has appeared in many Kannada films. She is best known for her roles in ''Kadina Benki'' (1988), ''Aaganthuka'', '' Tarka'' (1989), ''Nagamandala Nagamandala (; ) is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language dram ...

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 ...

* Leelavathi *

Mukhyamantri Chandru Honnasandra Narasimhaiah Chandrashekar (born 28 August 1953), known popularly as Mukhyamantri Chandru, is an Indian actor and politician. As an actor, he is known for his work in Kannada theatre and cinema. The sobriquet ''Mukhyamantri'' (Chie ...

Sihi Kahi Chandru Chandrashekar (born 1962 23 July), known by his stage name Sihi Kahi Chandru, which literally means "sweet and bitter" Chandru, is an Indian Kannada film and television actor. Career His wife '' Sihi Kahi Geetha'' and he were the main protagon ...

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Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by

Sequel

A sequel to this film titled ''Golmaal Radhakrishna-2'' was released in 1991 with

and Chandrika reprising their roles. Actress

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and Vanitha Vasu were also seen in the prominent roles. Much of the cast and crew were repeated in the sequel too barring the music director Ranga Rao replaced by

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

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1990 films 1990s Kannada-language films Indian romantic comedy films 1990 romantic comedy films Films scored by M. Ranga Rao Kannada remakes of Telugu films Films directed by Sai Prakash {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub