| Karnataka Suputra | |
| Director: | Vijay |
| Producer: | Vijay |
| Starring: | Vishnuvardhan Rituparna Sengupta. |
| Language: | Kannada |
| Released: | [1] |
| Music: | M. M. Keeravani |
| Cinematography: | N. S. Raju[2] |
| Editing: | K. Narasaiah |
| Country: | India |
Karnataka Suputra [3] is a 1996 Indian Kannada film written and directed by Vijay, his final film as director. The film stars Vishnuvardhan and Rituparna Sengupta in her Kannada debut.
Karnataka Suputra was the final film directed by Vijay before his death in 2020.[4] The dialogues of the film were written by Ravi Srivatsa.[5] The film marked the debut of Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta in Kannada films. The film was shot in Bangalore, Ooty, Mysore and Coorg.[6]
Soundtrack was composed by M. M. Keeravani.[7] [8] This was Keeravani's second collaboration with Vishnuvardhan after Appaji which released the same year. They went on to join hands later for Deepavali (2000) and Jamindarru (2002). This is also the only movie where both Dr.Rajkumar and Dr.Vishnuvardhan did playback singing for the same movie.
| Title | Singer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aa Vidhi Thanda Sambandha | Dr. Rajkumar | |
| 2 | Hoobanada Sihi Jenu Idu | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Shubha | |
| 3 | Maduveyemba Baala Bandha | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 4 | Nagutha Novanu Mareyutha | Dr.Vishnuvardhan | |
| 5 | Pancharangi Pancharangi | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | |
| 6 | Udayavayithu Prema Kavana | K.S. Chithra, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam |