Marana Mrudanga

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Marana Mrudanga
Directed by B. Ramamurthy
Written by Sainath Thotapalli
Screenplay bySainath Thotapalli
Produced byK. Chidambara Shetty
Starring Ramakrishna Hegde
Malashri
Sunil
Ananth Nag
CinematographyMallikarjun
Edited byNarasaiah
Music by Hamsalekha
Production
company
Sri Chithra Creations
Release date
  • 16 October 1992 (1992-10-16)
Running time
141 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Marana Mrudanga is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language political drama film directed by B. Ramamurthy and written by Sainath Thotapalli based on the novel Marana Mrudangam by Yandamoori Veerendranath. The film has former Karnataka Chief Minister, Ramakrishna Hegde in a pivotal role. [1] The film also stars Malashri, Sunil, Ananth Nag and Thiagarajan.

Contents

The film's music was composed by Hamsalekha and the audio was launched on the Lahari Music banner.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by Hamsalekha.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Rajakeeya" Hamsalekha C. Ashwath  
2."Dava Dava"Hamsalekha S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj  
3."Delhiyagali Halliyagali"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj 
4."Bhoomi Aakasha"HamsalekhaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj 
5."Ko Ko Yee Andha"HamsalekhaManjula Gururaj 

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