Asura (2001 film)

Asura
Directed by	S. Mahendar
Produced by	Sandesh Swamy
Written by	M. S. Ramesh [Dialogues]
Screenplay by	S. Mahender
Story by	Saran
Based on	Amarkalam (Tamil)
Starring	Shivarajkumar Damini
Music by	Gurukiran
Cinematography	Krishna Kumar
Edited by	P. R. Sounder Raj
Production company	Sandesh Combines
Distributed by	Ramu Films
Release date	23 March 2001
Running time	2 hours 29 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Asura (English: Demon) is a 2001 Indian Kannada action film directed by S. Mahendar, starring Shivarajkumar and Damini in the lead roles, with Raghuvaran and Ananth Nag in other pivotal roles. The movie was a box office hit in 2001.

The film is about an underworld don's henchman who falls in love with a police officer's adopted daughter. The film is a remake of the 1999 Tamil film Amarkalam, starring Ajith Kumar, Shalini and Raghuvaran.

Cast

• Shivarajkumar as vasu
• Damini as Mohana
• Raghuvaran as Tulasi
• Ananth Nag as Birla Bose
• Chitra Shenoy as Gayathri
• Gazal Khan as Don Jayaraj
• Doddanna as Theatre manager
• Sharan as Billa
• Michel Madhu as Ranga
• Aravind as Ashok Bose
• Kote Prabhakar
• Girish Shetty
• Vijay Kumar as Ranjith Bose
• Mandya Ramesh as Cheluva
• Vanitha Vasu as Ganga
• Pushpa Swamy
• Raghava Lawrence in a special appearance

Soundtrack

The film's score and the soundtrack were composed by Gurukiran. All songs were retained as the same tune from the original version by Bharadwaj.

All lyrics written by K. Kalyan. 

Track-list
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Enu Madideyo"	Rajesh Krishnan	2:20
2.	"Hello Hello Naina"	Sowmya Raoh	5:00
3.	"Karuneyillada Dharaniya"	Rajesh Krishnan, Nanditha	4:18
4.	"Nangu Modalu Ningu Modalu"	K. S. Chithra, Rajesh Krishnan	5:19
5.	"Preethige Beleyilla"	Rajesh Krishnan	5:45
6.	"Maha Ganapathi"	Rajesh Krishnan	4:54