| Directed by | H. R. Bhargava
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| Produced by | H. R. Bhargava D. V. Rajaram |
| Starring | Vishnuvardhan Bhavya K. S. Ashwath Tara |
| Cinematography | D. V. Rajaram |
| Edited by | Yadav Victor |
| Music by | Rajan–Nagendra
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada
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Karunamayi (Template:Translation) is a 1987 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed & co-produced by H. R. Bhargava based on the Kannada novel Kesaru Mosaru by Kakolu Saroja Rao. The film starred Vishnuvardhan[1] and Bhavya along with Tara, K. S. Ashwath and Shivakumar in supporting roles. The film's music is scored by Rajan–Nagendra whilst the cinematography is by D. V. Rajaram who also co-produced the film.
The movie was a superhit and completed 100 days of run in theatres. The director had revealed that Rajkumar had initially planned to make a film out of the novel on which this movie was based but later opted out after which Bhargava decided to adapt that novel on-screen.[2] P. Vasu, who wrote the screenplay remade the movie in Tamil as Ponmana Selvan with Vijayakanth.
Cast
- Vishnuvardhan as Raja
- Bhavya
- Tara
- K. S. Ashwath
- Vishwa Vijetha
- Pandari Bai
- Ramesh Bhat
- Doddanna
- Shivakumar
- Ravishankar
- Thimmayya
- Chikkanna
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Rajan–Nagendra and lyrics written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.[3] Audio was released on Sangeetha Music label.