Bhagirathi (film)

Bhagirathi Kannada is a 2012 Indian Kannada drama film written and directed by Baraguru Ramachandrappa. The film as Bhavana and Kishore in the lead role with Srinath, Tara, Hema Choudhury and Padma Vasanthi in the supporting role. The film is based on a folktale from North Karnataka, Kerege Haara, which glorifies the sacrifice of a young woman for the sake of her village and her heartbroken husband.

As fate would have it, the tank remains dry and the priest advises Mallanagowda to sacrifice of one of his daughtersinlaw. The lot falls on Bhagirathi. On learning what has happened to his young wife, Maadevaraya ends his life in the tank.The soundtrack album of the film was released onNovember 2011 by actor Puneeth Rajkumar in Bangalore. The album consists of six tracks, lyrics for which were written by Baraguru Ramachandrappa for music composed by V. Manohar, who also scored the films background music. ........

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