Kowrava

Kowrava is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by S. Mahendar. The film stars B. C. Patil and Prema in the lead roles. The core theme of the movie is loosely based on the Tamil film Kadalora Kavithaigal (1986).^[2] The film was remade in Telugu as Kauravudu (2000).

Kowrava
Directed by	S. Mahendar
Screenplay by	S. Mahendar
Dialogues by	B. A. Madhu
Story by	K. Somasundreshwar
Produced by	Channabasavagowda Patil
Starring	B. C. Patil Prema
Cinematography	Krishna Kumar
Edited by	P. R. Soundar Raj
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	Soumya Films
Release date	20 October 1998 (1998-10-20) [1]
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• B. C. Patil as Surya^[2]
• Prema as Shashi^[2]
• Shivaram
• Tennis Krishna
• Bank Janardhan
• B. Jayashree

Production

The film marked the acting debut of Patil as lead actor after playing negative roles and suffered losses as producer.^[3][4] Mahendar insisted he become a lead actor by producing the film.^[3] Venkatesh made his debut as stunt choreographer this film and later adapted the film's title as prefix.^[5]

Soundtrack

Kowrava
Soundtrack album by Hamsalekha
Released	1998
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	35:15
Language	Kannada
Label	Akash Audio
Hamsalekha chronology
Preethsod Thappa (1998) Kowrava (1998) Chandrodaya (1999)
External audio Kowrava – Jukebox on YouTube

Soundtrack was composed by Hamsalekha.^[6][7]

All lyrics are written by Hamsalekha.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kukkukku (Female)"	K. S. Chithra	5:06
2.	"Hello Hello Kauravesha"	L. N. Shastri, Latha Hamsalekha, Murali, Badri Prasad, Ramesh Chandra, Mangala, Suma, Kusuma	5:02
3.	"Avalyavalo"	B. Jayashree	5:33
4.	"Hudugirandre"	L. N. Shastri	4:48
5.	"Ilakal Seere"	L. N. Shastri, Kusuma	5:04
6.	"Yenaitho"	Ramesh Chandrashekhar	4:36
7.	"Ku Ku (Male)"	Rajesh Krishnan	5:06
Total length:			35:15

Reception

Y. Maheshwara Reddy of The Indian Express wrote "This is a remake of a Tamil film ‘Kadalora Kavithaigal’ but it's a fine example of how a good film can be made when the director handles the story simply. BC Patil, who is also producer of the film, steals the show with his performance in the lead role".^[2]