Samrat (1994 film) explained

Samrat
Director:	Naganna
Producer:	M. Rajashekar
Screenplay:	T. N. NarasimhanNaganna
Story:	Naganna
Starring:	Vishnuvardhan Soumya Kulkarni Vinaya Prasad Puneet Issar
Music:	Hamsalekha
Cinematography:	J.G. Krishna
Editing:	Suresh Urs
Studio:	Sri Gayatri Mata Pictures
Distributor:	Manik Chand
Runtime:	126 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	Kannada

Samrat is a 1994 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Naganna, making his debut,^[1] and produced by M. Rajashekar.^[2] The film starred Vishnuvardhan,^[3] Sowmya Kulkarni and Vinaya Prasad. The film's music is scored by Hamsalekha whilst the cinematography is by J.G. Krishna.

Cast

• Vishnuvardhan as Samrat
• Soumya Kulkarni as Sandhya, Samrat's lover
• Puneet Issar as Bhandaari
• Vajramuni as police commissioner
• Maanu as Chief minister
• Sudheer as M.L.A
• Rockline Venkatesh
• Ramesh Bhat as Baasha, Samrat's friend
• Avinash as Ekanath, Samrat's best friend and Sandhya's brother (special appearance)
• Lohithaswa
• Mandeep Roy
• Sarigama Viji
• Nagendra Shah
• Bharat Bhagavatar
• Mahesh
• Jackie shivu
• Vinaya Prasad as a dancer (special appearance)

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by Hamsalekha.^[4] After release, the soundtrack was well received and the track "Nimakade Sambarandre" became an all-time hit song. It is rated as one of the top 10 Kannada patriotic songs by Filmibeat.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Hindu. Naganna's epic struggle with Kurukshetra. 7 August 2019. 19 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20190807143640/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/nagannas-epic-struggle-with-kurukshetra/article28855419.ece. 7 August 2019.
2. https://chiloka.com/movie/samrat-1994 Samrat (ಸಾಮ್ರಾಟ್)- Action
3. http://www.vishnuvardhan.com/totlist.htm Vishnuvardhan movies list
4. Web site: Samraat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP. Apple Music. 19 June 2024.
5. Web site: ನಟರನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕಣ್ಮಣಿಯಾಗಿಸಿದ ಗೀತೆಗಳಿವು. 3 November 2014. 25 June 2024. Filmibeat. Madhusudhan . Hegde. https://web.archive.org/web/20141107203926/https://kannada.filmibeat.com/news/top-10-kannada-patriotic-songs-016883.html. 7 November 2014.