''Vasantha Lakshmi'' () is a 1978 Indian

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-language film, directed by

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and produced by K. Vittala Kumar, K. V. Honnappa and K. V. Gurunath. The film stars Srinath, Vishnuvardhan,

Aarathi Aarathi (born as Bharathi in 1954) is a former Indian actress and director who prominently worked in Kannada films during the 1970s and 1980s. Her accolades include four Karnataka State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. Besides Kannada, ...

, and

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. The film has musical score by

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. The movie is a remake of the 1974 Tamil movie ''

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''.

Cast

* Srinath as Ravi *

as Vasantha * Vishnuvardhan as Chandru *

as Lakshmi *

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as Kalingayya * Leelavathi *

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as Annapoorna *

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* B. Jaya *Baby Indira as Young Lakshmi *Baby Raasi as Young Vasantha *Naveena *

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as Narayanappa *

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as Rowdy Chenayya *Dinesh *

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*M. S. Sathya *Ashwatha Narayana *Jr. Shetty *Comedian Guggu * M. S. Umesh *

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* Narasimharaju *

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar. The song ''Belli Modave'' reused the tune of the song ''Anbu Megame'' from the original version ''

'' which also had music composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.

References

External links

* 1978 films 1970s Kannada-language films 1970s Indian films Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Films directed by A. V. Seshagiri Rao Kannada remakes of Tamil films {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub