''Prachanda Kulla'' is a 1984 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 by P. S. Prakash and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Vishnuvardhan,

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 ...

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and Sudarshan. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The movie is famous for the sequence involving the hero lifting the Shiva idol (linga). The movie was dubbed in Tamil as ''Veera Mandra Kullan''.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as

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as Rama *

as Pushpa * R. N. Sudarshan as Kinkini Sharma *

Musuri Krishnamurthy Musuri Krishnamurthy (10 March 1930 – 16 March 1985) was an Indian actor, film director, producer, working in Kannada cinema. He was known mostly for his roles as a comedian. Early life Krishnamurthy was born on 10 March 1930 to B. S. Vis ...

as Thatturayya *

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 ...

Rajanand Venkataraju known by his professional name Rajanand (1927-2004), was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Rajanand as an actor include ''Operation Diamond Racket'' (1978), '' Mayura'' (1975), and '' Eradu Kan ...

as King Pashupathi *

Lokanath C. H. Loknath (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor who made more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance was in a Sta ...

as Yogindra Muni * M. S. Umesh as Phaninaga *Chethan Ramarao as Mantri Patradeva *Prasanna as Kondanda Rudra * Rathnakar as Nanjundappa * Kanchana as Rama's mother * Geetha as

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Silk Smitha Vadlapati Vijayalakshmi (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked mainly in Tamil (over 200 films)and Telugu (over 100 films) cinema, in addition to some K ...

special appearance in the song ''Nee Jana Endidde'' *

Jayamalini Jayamalini (or Jaya Malini) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. Personal life She married Parthiban, a police inspector on 19 July 1994 and settled in Chennai with her only s ...

special appearance in the song ''Nee Jana Endidde'' * Anuradha special appearance in the song ''Nee Jana Endidde'' *Devikarani *Sushma *

Sadashiva Brahmavar Sadashiva Brahmavar (1928–2018), known as Brahmavar, was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. He is best known for his supporting roles in such movies including Guri (1986), Samyuktha (1988) and Sri Manjunatha (2001). Personal life ...

as Rama's father *Lakshman *Shankar Rao as Ganganna *B. Hanumanthachar *M. Shivaji Rao *

Shani Mahadevappa Shivaprakash, known by his screen name Shani Mahadevappa (19 March 1933 – 3 January 2021), was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema. Having made his acting debut on stage in the 1950s, he became popular for his portrayal of deity Sha ...

as Aryabhata *Y. R. Ashwath Narayan *

Dingri Nagaraj Dingri Nagaraj (born 6 June 1948) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema, stage and television. He is known for his portrayal of comedic characters. He received praise for his roles in films such as '' Solillada Saradara'' (199 ...

*Gode Lakshminarayan *Rajanagesh *Saikumar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh.

References

External links

* * 1984 films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films Films scored by G. K. Venkatesh Films produced by Dwarakish {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub