Jeevanadhi

Jeevanadi is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by P. Dhanraj. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Anant Nag and Kushboo. The film was widely popular for its title song composed by Koti upon release. The film was a remake of Tamil film Pesum Deivam.

Plot
This movie indirectly depicts how River Kaveri takes birth in one place and serves, loved and accepted by another place.

Cast

 * Vishnuvardhan as Sagar
 * Anant Nag as Dr. Harshavardhan
 * Kushboo as Kaveri
 * Urvashi as Dr. Priyadarshini
 * Tara
 * Umashree as Santhanamma
 * Srinivasa Murthy as Subhramanya
 * R. N. Jayagopal
 * Doddanna as Ravi Shankar Shastri
 * Shivaram as Dr. Shivaram
 * Bank Janardhan
 * Kishori Ballal as Annapurna

Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Koti and lyrics written by R. N. Jayagopal. The album consists of eight soundtracks. The song "Kannada Naadina Jeevanadhi" was received extremely well and became very popular. Another track "Yello Yaaro Hego" from the film was Sonu Nigam's first song in Kannada as a playback singer.