Mathadana ( / ) is a 2001 Indian Kannada language political drama film directed by T. N. Seetharam, based on S. L. Bhyrappa's novel of the same name, and starring Anant Nag, Tara, Devaraj, Avinash and Hemanth Vasisht in pivotal roles.
At the 48th National Film Awards, the film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada. At the 2000-01 Karnataka State Film Awards, Avinash won the award for Best Supporting Actor.
Cast
Anant Nag as Ramalinge Gowda
Tara as Lakshmi
Devaraj
Avinash as Puttathammayya
Hemanth Vasisht as Dr. Shivappa
Sundar Raj
Mukhyamantri Chandru
Prakash Belawadi
Sudha Belawadi as Sunanda
Karibasavaiah
Girija Lokesh
Sihi Kahi Chandru
Lakshmi Chandrashekar
Production
The film was based on the S. L. Bhyrappa's novel Matadana, and reports said the filming rights were bought from him, for a fee of between and .
Soundtrack
C. Aswath and V. Manohar composed the music for the film and the soundtracks. The soundtrack "Aluva Kadalolu Theli" was taken from a poem written by poet Gopalakrishna Adiga and "Naayi Thalimyalina" by poet H. S. Venkateshamurthy. The album has seven soundtracks and was released in the form of audio cassettes in the second week of January 2001.