Karunamayi (film)

Karunamayi (, English: Merciful) is a 1987 Indian Kannada action drama film directed & co-produced by H. R. Bhargava based on the Kannada novel "Kesaru Mosaru" by Kakolu Saroja Rao. The film starred Vishnuvardhan and Bhavya in the lead roles along with Tara, K. S. Ashwath and Shivakumar in the supporting roles. The film's music is scored by Rajan-Nagendra whilst the cinematography is by D. V. Rajaram who also co-produced the film. 
The movie was a superhit and completed 100 days of run in theatres. The director had revealed that Rajkumar had initially planned to make a film out of the novel on which this movie was based but later opted out after which Bhargava decided to adapt that novel on-screen. P. Vasu, who wrote the screenplay remade the movie in Tamil as "Ponmana Selvan" with Vijayakanth.
Soundtrack.
The music of the film was composed by Rajan-Nagendra and lyrics written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. Audio was released on Sangeetha Music label.