''Sahukara'' is a 2004 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language film directed by Om Prakash Rao and produced by K. Manju. It stars V. Ravichandran, Rambha,

Shashikumar Shashi Kumar (born 2 December 1965) is an actor and politician from Karnataka. He works predominantly in Kannada films. Acting career Shashi Kumar's first released film was ''Chiranjeevi Sudhakara'' starring Raghavendra Rajkumar. In 1989 h ...

and

Anu Prabhakar Anu Prabhakar, also known by her married name Anu Prabhakar Mukherjee, is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Kannada films and a few Tamil films. Early life Anu was born in Bangalore to M. V. Prabhakar, an employee with Bharat H ...

. Veteran actor Vishnuvardhan made a special appearance. It was a remake of the

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

film ''

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'' (1994). The film was released on 24 September 2004 to generally positive reviews from critics, went on to become one of the blockbuster hits of 2004, and successfully screened for about 25 weeks in cinema halls.

Cast

* V. Ravichandran as Muthu * Vishnuvardhan as Sahukara (Special appearance) * Rambha as Ranganayaki *

as Yajamana *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

as Jamindar Benkiyappa *

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* Dharma *Jolly Bastin *Junior Narasimharaju *Mandeep Rai *Prakash Shenoy *Sarigama Viji *

Bullet Prakash Bullet Prakash (2 April 1976 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema. Known for portraying comic roles, Prakash appeared in over 325 films. He earned the nickname "Bullet" because he used to ride the motorbike, Roya ...

*Tension Nagaraj *Sridhar Raj *Bhanu Prakash *Om Prakash Rao in special appearance *Honnavalli krishna *Mohan Juneja *

Tennis Krishna Tennis Krishna is a popular Kannada actor and comedian. Tennis Krishna has acted in over 600 movies and has a record of acting in 100 movies with comedy actress Rekha Das. Life His background is from Kannada theatre. He acted with Kannada ac ...

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* Padmini * Ashalatha * Sundar Raj as Dhiwan *Shivaji Rao Jadhav

Production

Vishnuvardhan said he accepted to work in the film "out of inspiration from Rajnikanth". Principal photography began in June 1995 and took place in

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, Srirangapattana and

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...

. The film music composed by

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in in ...

, with lyrics written by K.Kalyan.

Soundtrack

Rajesh Ramanath Rajesh Ramanath is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Kannada films. He has also acted in a Kannada feature film ''Black & White'' (2003) as a lead actor. Rajesh Ramanath debuted as a music composer in 1995 f ...

used all the tunes and re-arranged the instrumentation from the original soundtrack of '' Muthu'' composed by

References

External source

''Sahukara'' review

''Deccan Herald'' review
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sahukara 2004 films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian drama films Kannada remakes of Malayalam films Films scored by Rajesh Ramnath Films directed by Om Prakash Rao 2004 drama films