Shrungara Kavya

Shrungara Kavya
Official poster
Directed by	S. Mahendar
Written by	S. Mahendar
Produced by	M Govindraj M Udayakumar Babu
Starring	Raghuveer Sindhu
Cinematography	Suresh Kalyani
Edited by	Shyam Yadav
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	Hemanjali Productions
Release date	1 March 1993 (1993-03-01)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Shrungara Kavya is a 1993 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by S. Mahendar and starring Raghuveer and Sindhu.[1][2] The film was a box office success.[3]

Cast

• Raghuveer as Shrungar
• Sindhu as Kavya
• Ashok Rao[4]
• Shobaraj
• Tennis Krishna

Production

After the success of Chaitrada Premanjali (1992), S. Narayan was to write the film's dialogues. However, he left the film and made Anuragada Alegalu (1993) based on Raghuveer's script.[5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by Hamsalekha.[6][7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kannada Gangeyali"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:59
2.	"O Meghave Meghave"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:52
3.	"Shrungara Kaavya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:15
4.	"Ambara Chumbitha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:57
5.	"Jeevanavellavu Naa Haduve"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:48
6.	"Yaaru Nodaru Yaaru Kelaru"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Latha Hamsalekha	4:59
Total length:			28:50

Release

When this film was ready for release, many distributors wanted to buy the film. However, Raghuveer who had faced insults earlier during the release of Chaitrada Premanjali (1992) refused to sell the rights to people who had rejected him.[8] After the success of this film, Raghuveer and Sindhu starred together in Thungabhadra (1995) and Naviloora Naidile (1995) and got married in 1995.[9][10]

References

1. "Chaitrada Premanjali actor Raghuveer no more". The Times of India. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
2. "Raghuveer Daughter: ಮದುವೆಯಾಗಿ ಚೆನ್ನೈನಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ ದುರಂತ ನಾಯಕ ರಘುವೀರ್‌-ಸಿಂಧು ದಂಪತಿ ಮೊದಲ ಪುತ್ರಿ..ಫೋಟೋ ಗ್ಯಾಲರಿ". Hindustan Times (in Kannada). 3 February 2023. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
3. Raghuraman, Shreyas. "Abbas to Uday Kiran: Southern stars who plunged from great heights to oblivion". The Federal. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
4. "Senior Kannada actor Ashok Rao passes away". Cinema Express. 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
5. "Raghuveer back from hiatus". The New Indian Express. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
6. "Shrungara Kavya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
7. Sharadhaa, A. (7 April 2022). "Hamsalekha launching my audio label is a dream fulfilled : Vasishta Simha". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
8. "Raghuveer: ಇವ್ನ ಮುಸುಡಿ ನೋಡಿ ಹೀರೋ ಆಗ್ತಾನಾ! ಅವಮಾನ ಮಾಡಿದವ್ರ ಮುಂದೆಯೇ ಗೆದ್ದು ಬೀಗಿದ್ದ ನಟ ರಘುವೀರ್". News18 (in Kannada). 26 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
9. "Sindhu". Chiloka. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
10. "நடிகை சிந்து மரணம்" (in Tamil). Oneindia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.