Ravichandra

1980 Indian film

1980 (1980)

Running time

164 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageKannada

Ravi Chandra is a 1980 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by A. V. Sheshagiri Rao, written by Shankar-Sundar and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar. The film starred Rajkumar in dual roles ^[1] along with Lakshmi and Sumalatha.^[2] Veteran actress Savitri featured in a prominent role in this film. This was Sumalatha's debut film in Kannada. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics are written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.

This was Rajkumar's immediate release after Nanobba Kalla which also had him in dual roles - making it the only instance in his career where he appeared in dual roles in successive movies.

Cast

Dr. Rajkumar in a dual role as Ravi and Chandra
Lakshmi as Shanti
Sumalatha as Sheela (voice dubbed by B. Jayashree)
Savitri as Ravi's mother
Vajramuni as Banjo
Tiger Prabhakar as Shatranj, Banjo's henchman
Shivaprakash
Venkatappa
Ellappa
Suryakumar
Babu
Thimma Reddy
Sampath in a cameo
Papamma as Ratnabai
Baby Sushma
Chandru
Madan
Peter (dog)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Upendra Kumar with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar.^[3] All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well.

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sathyabhame"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Rajkumar	05:11
2.	"Naa Ninna Aase Kande"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Rajkumar, S. Janaki	04:36
3.	"Idhu Rama Mandira"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Rajkumar, Sulochana	04:16
4.	"Oh Entha Soundarya Kande"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Rajkumar	03:35
5.	"Nasu Nagutha"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Rajkumar	04:29