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<div>{{short description|1986 film by Dwarakish}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Africadalli Sheela<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Dwarakish]]<br />
| writer = Dwarakish<br />
| producer = Dwarakish<br />
| starring = [[Charan Raj]] <br> [[Sahila Chadha]]<br />
| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]] <br> Vijayanand ({{small|background score}})<br />
| cinematography = R. Deviprasad<br />
| editing = Goutham Raju<br />
| studio = Dwarakish Chitra<br />
| released ={{film date|df=yes|1986|05|27}}<br />
| runtime = 105 min<br />
| language = Kannada <br />
| country = India<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Africadalli Sheela''''' (English: Sheela in Africa) is a 1986 Indian [[Kannada-language|Kannada]] [[fantasy film|fantasy]]-[[adventure film|adventure]] film, written, directed and produced by [[Dwarakish]]. Made on the similar lines as the Hollywood film ''[[Sheena (film)|Sheena]]'', the film was extensively shot in the forest ranges in the [[Africa]]n continent. This film was the first Indian film to have been shot in the African forest ranges.<ref>[http://www.chitraloka.com/profiles/4716-dwarkish-profile.html]</ref><br />
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The film featured [[Charan Raj]] and Sahila in the lead roles, along with Dwarakish, [[Srinivasa Murthy]] and [[Kalyan Kumar]] in supporting roles.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363994/]</ref> The music was composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]], with lyrics by [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]] and [[R. N. Jayagopal]]. Dwarakish remade the film in Tamil as ''[[Kizhakku Africavil Sheela]]'', which starred [[Suresh (actor)|Suresh]], [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] and Sahila reprising her character, while she went on to reprise her character in its Hindi remake, titled ''Sheela'', starring [[Nana Patekar]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBdIinHCSFQ</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AigJYD-mA_0</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Charan Raj]] as Shankar<br />
*[[Sahila Chadha]] as Sheela<br />
*[[Ranjita]] as Sheela Mother<br />
*[[Srinivasa Murthy]] as Ramu<br />
*[[Dwarakish]]<br />
*[[Kalyan Kumar]] as Rao Bahaddur<br />
*[[Disco Shanti]]<br />
*[[Thoogudeepa Srinivas]] as Raacha<br />
*[[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]]<br />
*[[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudheer]]<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
All the songs are composed and scored by [[Bappi Lahiri]].<ref>[http://mio.to/album/Africadalli+Sheela+%281986%29]</ref> This film marked the entry of singer [[K. S. Chithra]] to the [[Kannada cinema]].<br />
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{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Sl No !! Song Title !! Singer(s) !! Lyricist<br />
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| 1 || "Sheela Sheela" || [[Bappi Lahiri]], [[Nazia Hassan]] || [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]]<br />
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| 2 || "Thakka Dhimi Thana" || [[Manjula Gururaj]] || Chi. Udaya Shankar<br />
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| 3 || "Hey Hennu Illade" || Manjula Gururaj || [[R. N. Jayagopal]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Thampada Tholu" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], Manjula Gururaj || R. N. Jayagopal<br />
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| 5 || "Sheela O My Sheela" || K. J. Yesudas, [[K. S. Chithra]] || Chi. Udaya Shankar<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0363994}}<br />
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[[Category:1986 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian fantasy adventure films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s fantasy adventure films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Africa]]<br />
[[Category:Jungle girls]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Zimbabwe]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]<br />
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