Kranthiyogi Basavanna

Kranthiyogi Basavanna is a 1983 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by K. S. L. Swamy (Ravee). The film stars Ashok, Aarathi, Srinivasa Murthy, Manjula, Hema Chowdhary. The film has musical score by M. Ranga Rao. This movie is about life of one of the greatest social reformer of India Vishwa Guru Basavanna. He is the founder of Lingayat religion. Basavanna was first on earth to come up with idea of a parliament. In 12th century, Basavanna formed the first parliament in the world called "Anubhava Mantapa" (Kannada: ಅನುಭವ ಮಂಟಪ).

Cast

 * Ashok as Kayaka Yogi Basavanna
 * Aarathi as Gangambike, Basavanna's First Wife
 * Manjula as Neelambike, Basavanna's Second Wife
 * Srinivasa Murthy as King Bijjalla
 * Hema Choudhary as Bijjalla's Wife
 * Vajramuni as Manchanna
 * Prabhakar in Guest Appearance
 * Bharathi in Guest Appearance as Akka Mahadevi
 * Rajesh in Guest Appearance as Allama Prabhu
 * Manju Bhargavi in Guest Appearance
 * Musuri Krishnamurthy in Guest Appearance as Guru of Gurukula
 * Sudheer
 * Shashikala
 * Vasudeva Rao as Haralayya
 * Doddanna as Maduvarasa
 * Baby Rekha as Child Basava
 * Chandrashekar as Channa Basavanna
 * Shivaram

Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. Ranga Rao.