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<div>{{See also|Ratha Saptami}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Rathasapthami<br />
|image = Ratha-Sapthami-Film-Poster.jpg<br />
|image_size = 220<br />
|director = [[M. S. Rajashekar]]<br />
|producer = S. A. Govindaraj<br />
|writer = Vidyullatha Sasanoor (based on a novel) <br> [[P. Vasu]] <br> [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]]<br />
|starring = [[Shivarajkumar]] <br> [[Niveditha Arjun|Asharani]]<br />
|music = [[Upendra Kumar]]<br />
|cinematography = V. K. Kannan<br />
|editing = P. Bhakthavathsalam<br />
|distributor = Bhagavathi Combines<br />
|released = {{film date|df=y|1986|12|12}}<br />
|runtime = 150 minutes<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|language = [[Kannada]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Ratha Sapthami''''' is a 1986 Indian Kannada [[romantic film|romantic]] [[musical film]] directed by [[M. S. Rajashekar]] and produced by S. A. Govindaraj. It stars [[Shivarajkumar]] in his second venture after ''[[Anand (1986 film)|Anand]]''. Debutant actress [[Niveditha Arjun|Asha Rani]] and playwright Parvathavani star in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebritykick.com/kannada-actor/shivaraj-kumar-movies-list-biography|title=Shivaraj Kumar Movies list & Biography - Celebrity family wiki|publisher=}}</ref> 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-screen play writer of this movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/shivalinga-mounts-kannada-news-121138.html|title=IndiaGlitz - Shivalinga Mounts - Kannada Movie News|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/news/11433-shivalinga-launched.html|title=Shivalinga Launched - chitraloka.com - Kannada Movie News, Reviews - Image|publisher=}}</ref><ref>http://cinecircle.in/cinema_news/Shivalinga_film.html</ref> 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.<br />
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Co-screen play writer [[P. Vasu]] remade the movie in Tamil in 1996 as ''[[Love Birds (1996 film)|Love Birds]]''.<ref>https://medium.com/@bollywoodbeatles/did-you-know-kaho-naa-pyaar-hai-is-inspired-by-the-kannada-blockbuster-ratha-sapthami-1986-eeb7bff168c</ref><br />
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The interval twist of the movie - where the hero supposedly dies in an accident - and the second half of the movie - where the heroine is sent out of her hometown to her uncle's place in order to overcome her depression but is shell shocked to find a lookalike in a vehicle nearby and later catches a glimpse of him again in a discotheque dancing merrily - went on to be re-used in the 2000 Hindi movie ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]''.<ref>https://medium.com/@bollywoodbeatles/did-you-know-kaho-naa-pyaar-hai-is-inspired-by-the-kannada-blockbuster-ratha-sapthami-1986-eeb7bff168c</ref><ref>https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/did-you-know/did-you-know-that-hrithik-roshans-debut-film-kaho-naa-pyaar-hai-was-included-in-the-guinness-book-of-world-records/amp_articleshow/63269339.cms</ref><ref>https://m.femina.in/celebs/indian/bollywood-movie-that-made-it-big-81837.amp</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
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*[[Shivarajkumar]] as Vishwanath/Lawrence<br />
*[[Niveditha Arjun|Asha Rani]] as Deepa<br />
*Parvathavani<br />
*[[Doddanna]] as Srikantaiah, Deepa's father<br />
*[[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]] as Sharada, Vishwa's mother<br />
*Rajeshwari<br />
*Prashanthi Nayak<br />
*[[Sudha Narasimharaju]] as Sumathi, Vishwa's younger sister<br />
*Kumari Rekha<br />
*[[Mysore Lokesh]]<br />
*Shivaprakash<br />
*Thimmaiah<br />
*[[Sadashiva Brahmavar]]<br />
*Bharathish<br />
*Bheema Rao<br />
*Aravind as Jagadish<br />
*Chi Ravishankar<br />
*[[Honnavalli Krishna]]<br />
*Krishna<br />
*[[Balaraj]]<br />
*[[Sundar Raj]]<br />
*[[Srinath]]<br />
*[[Roopa (actress)|Roopa Devi]]<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
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{{Tracklist<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| all_lyrics = [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]]<br />
| all_music = [[Upendra Kumar]]<br />
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| title1 = Ananda Seri Haadalu<br />
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] <br />
| length1 =<br />
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| title2 = Nee Yaaru Naan Yaaru<br />
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam<br />
| length2 =<br />
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| title3 = Jotheyagi Hithavagi<br />
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[S. Janaki]]<br />
| length3 =<br />
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| title4 = Olave Hoovagi<br />
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam <br />
| length4 =<br />
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| title5 = Shilegalu Sangeethava<br />
| extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki<br />
| length5 =<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=7431750|title=Ratha Sapthami}}<br />
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{{M. S. Rajashekar}}<br />
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[[Category:1980s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic musical films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by M. S. Rajashekar]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Upendra Kumar]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:1980s romantic musical films]]<br />
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