Ratha Sapthami is a 1986 Indian Kannada-language romantic musical film directed by M. S. Rajashekar and produced by S. A. Govindaraj. It stars Shiva Rajkumar in his second venture after Anand. Debutant actress Asha Rani and playwright Parvathavani also star in the movie. The musical score was composed by Upendra Kumar, while the lyrics, screenplay and dialogues were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. P. Vasu was the co-screenplay writer of this movie.[1][2][3] The story is based on a Kannada novel of the same name by Vidyullatha Sasanoor. Ratha Sapthami opened on 12 December 1986 and was declared a musical blockbuster.[4]
Co-screenplay writer P. Vasu remade the movie in Tamil in 1996 as Love Birds.[5]
The interval twist of the film where the hero supposedly dies and the second half of the film where the heroine is sent out of her hometown to overcome her depression but is shocked to catch a glimpse of the hero's lookalike in a vehicle nearby, and later finds him dancing merrily in a discotheque — went on to be reused in the 2000 Hindi film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai.[5][6][7][8]
Cast
- Shiva Rajkumar as Vishwanath/Lawrence
- Asha Rani as Deepa
- Srinath
- Roopa Devi
- Parvathavani
- Doddanna as Srikantaiah, Deepa's father
- Kanchana as Sharada, Vishwa's mother
- Rajeshwari
- Prashanthi Nayak
- Sudha Narasimharaju as Sumathi, Vishwa's younger sister
- Kumari Rekha
- Mysore Lokesh
- Shivaprakash
- Thimmaiah
- Sadashiva Brahmavar
- Bharathish
- Bheema Rao
- Aravind as Jagadish
- Chi Ravishankar
- Honnavalli Krishna
- Krishna
- Balaraj
- Sundar Raj
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Upendra Kumar.[9]
All lyrics are written by Chi. Udaya Shankar; all music is composed by Upendra Kumar
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ananda Seri Haadalu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 2. | "Nee Yaaru Naan Yaaru" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 3. | "Jotheyagi Hithavagi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | |
| 4. | "Olave Hoovagi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 5. | "Shilegalu Sangeethava" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |
Release
After Anand (1986), Rathasapthami alongside Manamecchida Hudugi (1987), became commercially successful, earned Shivarajkumar the nickname of Hat-trick Hero, coined by the media and his fans.[10]
References
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- ^ M, Shashiprasad S. (12 December 2023). "37 years of 'Ratha Sapthami' — Dr Shiva Rajkumar's second film that inspired Hrithik's 'Kaho Naa Pyar Hai'". The South First. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Did You Know Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai is inspired by the Kannada blockbuster Ratha Sapthami (1986)?". 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Did you know that Hrithik Roshan's debut film 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai' was included in the Guinness Book of World Records? - Times of India". The Times of India. 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Indian movie that was in Guinness Book of World Records".
- ^ "Hit films of Kannada superstar Shivanna that were remade in other languages". 12 July 2023.
- ^ "RATHASAPTHAMI". JioSaavn. 27 January 1986. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Why Shivarajkumar got the title Hat-trick hero?". The Times of India. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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