''Sowbhagya Lakshmi'' is a 1987 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

H. R. Bhargava Hunsur Ramachandra Bhagyachandra ( kn, ಹು. ರಾ. ಭಾರ್ಗವ), known mononymously as Bhargava, is an Indian film director who worked primarily in Kannada cinema. Originally a producer, he came to be considered one of the best direc ...

and produced by S. P. Rajashekar. The film stars Vishnuvardhan,

Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...

Radha Radha ( sa, राधा, ), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is worshiped as the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion, and devotion. She is the avatar of goddess Lakshmi and is also de ...

and Aruna. The film has musical score by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. The film was a remake of the Telugu film '' Kartika Deepam''.

Plot

Chandru, on his wedding day, finds out that Sowbhagya is not his biological mother. Later, Chandru's father Shyam recalls his past to reveal the truth about Chandru's biological mother.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Shyam and Chandru in dual role *

as Sowbhagya *

as Lakshmi * Aruna as Geetha * Ramesh Bhat as Gundurao *

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 a ...

as Sundari, Gundurao's wife * Ravishankar * Thimmayya * Bank Chandrashekar * Shivaram in Guest Appearance * Shivaprakash * Master Amith * Dayanand * Sathyabhama * Sowbhagya * Sundaramma * Mysore Sharada * Shilpa * Sarvamangala * Sapna * Seema * Devikarani

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.

Reception

References

External links

* * 1987 films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films Kannada remakes of Telugu films Films scored by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Films directed by H. R. Bhargava {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub