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| director      = [[Dorai–Bhagavan]]

| starring      = [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]]<br />[[Gayathri (actress)|Gayathri]]<br />[[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]

| producer      = S. A. Govinda Raju <br /> V. Bharath Raj

'''''Vasantha Geetha''''' is a 1980 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[romantic drama]] film, directed by the [[Dorai–Bhagavan]] duo. The film stars [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]], Gayathri and [[Puneeth Rajkumar|Master Lohith]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1416827/fullcredits/ Cast & crew]</ref>

The film, produced by Nirupama Art Combines, was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by [[M. Ranga Rao]] considered evergreen hits. The story, lyrics and screenplay were written by [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]]. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chitratara.com/showCelbProfile.asp?newsid=8 |title=Archived copy |website=www.chitratara.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717135525/http://www.chitratara.com/showCelbProfile.asp?newsid=8 |archive-date=17 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

A portion of the song ''Kannalle Eno'' from this movie was re-used in the title track of the 2010 movie ''[[Jackie (2010 film)|Jackie]]''.<ref name="merged1">{{cite AV media |date=12 August 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwxHaoGj8EA |title=Kannada Hit Songs - Kannalli Eno From Beladingalagi Baa |publisher=Shemaroo Kannada |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819032512/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwxHaoGj8EA |archive-date=19 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="merged2">{{cite AV media |date=13 March 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvjV86EifZQ |title=Jackie {{!}} Full Songs JukeBox {{!}} Puneeth Rajkumar, Bhavana {{!}} V.Harikrishna {{!}} Puneeth Rajkumar Hit Songs |publisher=[[Anand Audio]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316162851/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvjV86EifZQ |archive-date=16 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Director [[Dorai–Bhagavan|S.K.Bhagwan]] had revealed that he was so impressed by an Iranian movie which he saw at an international film festival at New Delhi that he used the core plot of that movie as a reference point for the storyline of this movie.<ref>{{cite AV media |date=22 July 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHfD1kH6-fA |title=ವಸಂತ ಗೀತಾ ಶೂಟಿಂಗ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ರಾಯರ ಪವಾಡ-ಡಾ. ರಾಜ್ ಚಿತ್ರ-ಜೀವನ ಯಾನ-Part 17-Dorai Bhagawan-Kalamadhyama |publisher=Kalamadhyama ಕಲಾಮಾಧ್ಯಮ |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref>

*[[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]] as Vasantha

The music was composed by [[M. Ranga Rao]], with lyrics by [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]].<ref>[http://play.raaga.com/kannada/album/vasantha-geetha-k0000662 Vasantha Geetha songs]</ref> All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well and considered as evergreen songs. A portion of the song ''Kannalle Eno'' from this movie was re-used in the title track of the 2010 movie ''[[Jackie (2010 film)|Jackie]]''.<ref name="merged1"/><ref name="merged2"/>

| extra1 = [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]]

{{Dorai–Bhagavan}}

 

[[Category:1980 romantic drama films]]