''Thayavva'' is a 1997
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 V. Umakanth, starring
Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Kichcha Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and television presenter, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Te ...
,
Umashree
Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She appears in Kannada cinema, particularly in character roles and supporting roles. She received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Gulabi in the 2008 Kanna ...
,
Charan Raj
Charan Rajkumar is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi films.
Career
Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South ...
and Sindhu. The background score and soundtrack were composed by
V. Manohar, with lyrics by
V. Manohar and
Geethapriya
Lakshman Rao Mohite (15 June 1932 – 17 January 2016), better known by his pen-name Geethapriya, was an Indian film director and lyricist of the Kannada film industry. He has directed 40 films and penned over 250 songs in Kannada films. In 1992 ...
. This was
Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Kichcha Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and television presenter, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Te ...
's first film to release after his two previous films were abandoned midway. The film was a box office failure.
Cast
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Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Kichcha Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and television presenter, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Te ...
as Raamu
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Umashree
Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She appears in Kannada cinema, particularly in character roles and supporting roles. She received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Gulabi in the 2008 Kanna ...
as Thayavva
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Charan Raj
Charan Rajkumar is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi films.
Career
Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South ...
* Sindhu
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Avinash
Avinash may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Avinash'' (film), a 1986 Indian Hindi-language film
* Tiger (YRF Spy Universe) (Avinash Singh Rathore), fictional agent in the ''Tiger'' franchise of the YRF Spy Universe
People
* Avinash Sachde ...
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Ramesh Bhat
Ramesh Bhat is a multiple-award–winning Indian actor. He has worked predominantly in Kannada films and television serials.
Early life
Ramesh Bhat was born in Kundapur, Karnataka. He completed his primary education at Manki and portrayed nat ...
* Harish Rai
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Tennis Krishna
Tennis Krishna is a Kannada actor and comedian. He has acted in over 600 movies and has a record of appearing in 100 movies with comedy actress Rekha Das.
Life
His background is from Kannada theatre. Since Krishna was a common name in the fil ...
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Bank Janardhan
Janardhan Rao Chauhan (2 March 1949 – 13 April 2025), known by his stage name Bank Janardhan, was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He was well-known for his comedy and drama roles in various Kannada films and television series. ...
* A. L. Abbaiah Naidu
Production
Sudeep who went on to become a famous star in the Kannada film industry, he made his acting debut with this film. This was the last film produced by A. L. Abbaiah Naidu before his death.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
V. Manohar and released by
Lahari Music
Lahari Recording Company is an Indian music company based in Bangalore
Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest cit ...
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References
External links
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1990s Kannada-language films
1990s Indian films
Indian drama films
1997 drama films
1997 films
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