''Thavarige Baa Thangi'' is a 2002 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

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Om Sai Prakash and written by Ajay Kumar. The film cast includes

Shiva Rajkumar Dr.Shiva Rajkumar (born Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy; 12 July 1962) is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he has worked in over 125 films in Ka ...

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, Radhika, Adarsh, Hema Choudhary and Komal Kumar among others. The film was produced by R. S. Gowda while the original score and soundtrack were composed by Hamsalekha. The film was released on 1 November 2002 and became one of the highest-grossing films of the year. The plot revolves around the bonding between Shivanna and Laxmi, who became orphans after their parents death, and how Laxmi faces extreme torture from her husband's parents and in-laws and how her brother tries to save her. The film was later remade in Telugu as '' Puttintiki Ra Chelli'' (2004). The success of this film which deals with the brother-sister bonding made the director to repeat the same theme in most of his forthcoming films with Shiva Rajkumar like '' Anna Thangi'' (2005), '' Thavarina Siri'' (2006) and '' Devaru Kotta Thangi'' (2009).

Cast

as Shivanna *

as Gouri * Radhika as Lakshmi *Adarsh as Akash * Hema Choudhary * Komal Kumar as Nandeesha * Avinash * Bhavya * Doddanna *

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach, (born 24 March 1966) known by his Stage name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian comedian, musician, actor, film director, producer, occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a com ...

* Sarika Raje Urs *Tanuja * Kavitha *Padma Vasanthi *Pushpa Swamy *Keerthi Raj *Krishne Gowda *M. S. Umesh *Rama Murthy *Anil Kumar *Sridhar Raj *Gandasi Nagaraj * Vaijanath Biradar

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by and lyrics written by Hamsalekha.

Reception

A critic from ''Viggy'' wrote that "Shivarajkumar after quite some time appearing in a different role and managed to make people weep".

Awards

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films. Superlative Winners Award winners The f ...

- Komal

References

2002 films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian drama films Kannada films remade in other languages Films scored by Hamsalekha Films directed by Sai Prakash 2002 drama films {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub