Ranadheera

Ranadheera (ರಣಧೀರ) is a 1988 Indian Kannada language musical romantic action film directed by V. Ravichandran and produced by N. Veeraswamy under Eshwari Productions. The film is the adaptation of 1983 Hindi film Hero and stars V. Ravichandran and Khushbu Sundar, alongside Anant Nag, Lokesh, Sudheer and Jai Jagadish. The music was composed by Hamsalekha, while cinematography and editing were handled by R. Madhusudan and K. Balu respectively. Ranadheera was the highest-grossing Kannada film of 1988 and Khushbu also gained popularity in Karnataka through this film. Amitabh Bachchan was the chief guest at the event held to mark the film's 25 week run at the box office. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Veeran.

Plot
The story starts off with Basha (Sudheer) being taken to prison. To get out of the situation, he writes to his best man, Ranadheera (Ravichandran). Ranadheera goes to Jagannath (Lokesh) and warns him. He then kidnaps Jagannath's daughter Radha (Kushboo). He tells her that he is a police officer and they fall in love; however, she finds out that he is a goon. Nevertheless, she does not leave him but urges him to surrender. Transformed by true love, Ranadheera surrenders himself to the police and is imprisoned for two years. Back home, Radha tells her brother Anand (Anant Nag) the whole truth. To prevent Radha from marrying someone else, he calls his friend Jimmy (Jai Jagadish) to put on a show that Radha and Jimmy love each other. Jimmy misunderstands the situation and falls in love with Radha. When Ranadheera comes back, he starts working in a garage and tries to reform himself. Despite everything, Jagannath kicks him out of his life. After many days and events that follow, Anand finds out that Jimmy is a drug smuggler. After escaping from prison, Basha desires revenge against both Jagannath and Ranadheera, so he kidnaps Radha, Jagannath and Anand. Ranadheera comes at the last moment and frees all of them. In the end, Jagannath lets Radha marry Ranadheera.

Cast

 * Ravichandran as Ranadheera/Murali
 * Anant Nag as Inspector Anand
 * Khushbu as Radha
 * Lokesh as IGP Jagannath (Radha's father)
 * Jai Jagadish as Singapore Champion Jimmy
 * Jayachitra as Shanti (Anand's wife)
 * Master Manjunath
 * Umashree as Yamuna Bai
 * Sudheer as Basha
 * Jaggesh as Maadhu
 * Mukhyamantri Chandru as Rajaram
 * Doddanna as Lawyer
 * Rathasapthami Aravind as Sanju
 * Killer Venkatesh as Rizzu
 * C. P. Yogeeshwara as Gangu
 * H.M.T. Nanda as Paddu
 * Shani Mahadevappa
 * K. Vijaya as Radha's mother

Soundtrack
Hamsalekha composed music for the soundtracks and also wrote their lyrics. Cassettes and records sold like hot cakes in those days. The album was popular among youths. The album consists of ten soundtracks.