Shravana Banthu

<p>The film has a reincarnation plot with a secular message. The singer Kumar (Rajkumar), on a pilgrimage to a temple he saw in his dreams, meets the spirit of his friend Vishwa (Srinath), unrequited from an earlier birth. The friend recalls their previous lives in which they had been in love with the same woman Urvashi (Urvashi). She loved Kumar and Vishwa had ordered his men to kill his rival, unaware that this was his friend Kumar. Realising his mistake, he killed himself and his spirit was condemned to wander until redemption had been achieved. The woman from their earlier life, now reborn as Mary, a Christian, is courted by Kumar with the assistance of the spirit. The two eventually marry after overcoming the resistance of Kumar’s caste-conscious father. This segment involves a comic turn when Kumar pretends to have lost his memory and becomes “Peter from Petersburg”. The filming was held at . The song “Baanina Anchinda” was shot at Annapoorna Temple at Horanadu. The music was composed by to the lyrics of . All the songs were received exceptionally well and are considered evergreen hits of Kannada cinema. All songs were sung by Rajkumar and only. The song “Ide Ragadalli” was set in raga. All lyrics are written by .</p>