''Indrajith'' () is a 1989 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 film directed and written by K. V. Raju. The film stars

Ambareesh Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted ...

and

Deepika {{Infobox given name , name = , image = , image_size = , caption = , pronunciation = , gender = Female , meaning = "fans""light" , region = India and Sri Lanka , language = Malayalam ...

, with

Devaraj Devaraj (born 20 September 1953) is an Indian Film actor, actor and theatre actor who works in Indian film industry. He has largely featured in Kannada cinema, Kannada films performing various roles as a lead character, supporting character and ...

Shashikumar Shashi Kumar (born 2 December 1965) is an actor and politician from Karnataka. He works predominantly in Kannada films also appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. He acted with many leading ladies in 1990s and he acted as Rajnikanth's broth ...

and Keerthi in supporting roles. The music and lyrics of the film were composed and written 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 ...

Plot

Indrajith, an honest cop, is betrayed, accused of bribery and thrown behind bars when he investigates a high-profile case related to an influential gangster. Upon release, he reunites with his wife and his son (who has been brought up by an old friend). He teams up with Fernandez, a handicapped police informant and a betrayed ex-cop, and develops an army of youngsters to battle corruption and seek revenge.

Cast

as Indrajith *

Deepika {{Infobox given name , name = , image = , image_size = , caption = , pronunciation = , gender = Female , meaning = "fans""light" , region = India and Sri Lanka , language = Malayalam ...

as Fernandis *

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 ...

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 ...

* Lohitashwa * Keerthi *

Disco Shanti Santha Kumari (born 16 April 1965),
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*Sathyajith *Rama murthy *Rajaram. H. S.

Production

Actor Devaraj explained in a later interview that, while the first three films in which he had roles were never released, his role as a police officer in the film ''Indrajith'' paved the way for his career in later films.

Soundtrack

The music was composed and lyrics written by

.Indrajit (1989) songs
/ref> The love duet song "Belli Rathadali" was immensely popular and considered one of the evergreen songs.

References

External links

* 1989 films 1980s Kannada-language films Indian action films Films scored by Hamsalekha 1989 action films {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub