Kranthiyogi Basavanna

Kranthiyogi Basavanna
Directed byK. S. L. Swamy (Ravee)
Written byJagadguru Maate Mahadevi
Screenplay byJagadguru Maate Mahadevi
StarringAshok
Aarathi
Srinivasa Murthy
Manjula
Hema Chowdhary
CinematographyPurushottham
Edited byYadav Victor
Music byM. Ranga Rao
Production
company
Vishwa Kalyana Movies
Distributed byVishwa Kalyana Movies
Release date
  • 3 August 1983 (1983-08-03)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Kranthiyogi Basavanna (pronunciation) 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 community. 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).