Keralida Simha

Keralida Simha is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Chi Dattaraj. The film stars Rajkumar, Saritha, Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Pandari Bai and Srinivasa Murthy. The movie was produced by P. H. Ramarao in the banner of Sri Rajarajeshwari Film combines. The movie was recorded a Blockbuster at the box office and had a theatrical run of over 100 days in multiple centres.

A day before the release, the prints of the movie got stuck in Chennai and the producer had no option other than scrapping the movie. However, Parvathamma Rajkumar stepped in at the end moment and arranged for personal transportation for the rolls to be distributed to the district centres in Karnataka and saw to that the movie released smoothly. This incident proved her mettle in the industry as a distributor and her ability to sail through the crisis. Director Ravi Srivatsa had claimed that Parvathamma had revealed to him that when the censor certification was deliberately being delayed, she had released the first show without censor certificate.

Plot
Shankar and Sridhar are Cops, groomed by a hard-working mother. Shankar is in love with Advocate Usha, found out by Daada,. Shankar arrests a gangster Sunil in illegal drug case and Usha bails, citing nervous breakdown for Sunil. Shankar finds out the accused is enjoying at Hospital and is the son of. Shankar This irks Shankar, who cuts ties with her. Unknown to Shankar, kingpin of Drug Mafia has kidnapped Usha's mother. Shankar's straightforwardness, brings him in clash with his younger brother, Sridhar. Shankar ends up getting suspended, arrested, black-labelled and loses his mother too. The movie deals with how Shankar comes good and ends up beating the drug mafia.

Cast

 * Rajkumar as Inspector Shankar
 * Saritha as Advocate Usha
 * Thoogudeepa Srinivas
 * Shakti Prasad
 * Srinivasa Murthy as Inspector Sridhar
 * Honnavalli Krishna as Bar Owner Srivatsa
 * Sudheer
 * Shani_Mahadevappa as Jagapathi
 * Pandari Bai

Soundtrack
Satyam composed the movie songs while Chi. Udayashankar worked as the lyricist.

Release
The film received a U Certificate from the Chennai regional office of the censor board without any cuts.

Due to the prints being blocked in Chennai, there remained uncertainty over the film's release. Eventually, the film had a low-profile release without much marketing irrespective of which the film turned out to be a blockbuster completing over 17 weeks of theatrical run in 11 centers across Karnataka.

Awards

 * Filmfare Award for Best Actor (1981) – Rajkumar
 * Karnataka State Film Award for Best Sound Recording (1981) – Seetharam