February 18, 1983
Release Date

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Kaviratna Kalidasa (1983)

Name: Kaviratna Kalidasa
Genre: Romance, Drama, Music, History
Released: 1983-02-18

3h 9m

Running Time

February 18, 1983
Release Date

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Plot.

Sanskrit and upper-caste poet, Kalidas, faces many challenges after falling in love with a low-caste woman, and being entered into a competition against a learned princess.

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Cast & Crew.

Dr. Rajkumar

Kalidasa

Srinivasa Murthy

Bhoja raja

Jaya Prada

Vidhya dhare

Renuka Sharma

Director

Musuri Krishnamurthy

Actor

Thoogudeepa Srinivas

Actor

Chi. Udayashankar

Writer

M. Ranga Rao

Composer

PG Mohan

Editor

Details.

Release Date
February 18, 1983

Original Name
ಕವಿರತ್ನ ಕಾಳಿದಾಸ

Status
Released

Running Time
3h 9m

Genres
Romance Drama Music History

Last updated: 2025-02-12

Wiki.

Kaviratna Kalidasa (transl. Poet Kalidasa) is a 1983 Kannada-language historical drama film based on the life of Kālidāsa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of the 4th Century A.D. The film was written and directed by Renuka Sharma and produced by V. S. Govinda. The film stars Rajkumar, portraying the title role of Kalidasa, along with Jaya Pradha in the role of Vidyadhare and Srinivasa Murthy as Raja Bhoja.

The film is considered to be one of the all-time top money-grossing films in the history of Kannada movies. It was distributed by Parvathamma Rajkumar under the Vajreshwari Combines banner. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks in 19 theatres.