''Jimmy Gallu'' () is a 1982 Indian

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-language

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film directed by K. S. L. Swamy and produced by Shashirekha. The story is written by Venugopal Kasaragod. The film stars Vishnuvardhan,

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, Lokesh and Hema Choudhary.movie cast & crew
/ref> The film was widely appreciated for its songs and story upon release. The songs composed by

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar (; 1924 – 3 March 2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 720 films, Bhaskar worked in Tamil ...

were huge hits. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Muddayi'' and in Hindi as '' Mulzim''.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Jimmy *

as Sudha * Lokesh * Hema Choudhary *

Sundar Krishna Urs Sundar Krishna Urs (1941–1993) was an Indian film producer and actor, in the Kannada film industry, as well as in many South Indian language films known for his negative roles. He has also worked as a dubbing artist providing voices to many ...

* Keerthi Vishnuvardhan *

Vajramuni Sadananda Sagar (10 May 1944 – 5 January 2006), better known by his stage name Vajramuni, was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. He portrayed negative characters during most of his career and was considered one of Kannada cinema's ...

Thoogudeepa Srinivas Mysore Srinivas (17 April 1943 – 16 October 1995), known by his stage name Thoogudeepa Srinivas was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films and is remembered for his portrayal of negative-shaded characters. He is the father of actor, D ...

Dwarakish Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (19 August 1942 – 16 April 2024), known by his stage name Dwarakish ( ), was an Indian actor, comedian and filmmaker who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema in addition to few Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cine ...

* * K. S. Ashwath *

Tiger Prabhakar Tiger Prabhakar (30 March 1948 – 25 March 2001) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Kannada and Telugu cinema. He has also acted in a few Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He was also known as Kannada Prabhakar. Career Prabhakar ...

* N. S. Rao * Shashikala * Dinesh

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

and the lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The songs "Thuttu Anna" sung by Vishnuvardhan and the duet song "Deva Mandiradalli" were received extremely well.

References

External links

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Jimmy Gallu at Raaga
1982 films 1980s Kannada-language films Indian drama films Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Kannada films remade in other languages Films directed by K. S. L. Swamy {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub