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Yarivanu (1984)

Yarivanu poster
Original title
ಯಾರಿವನು?
Directed by
S. K. Bhagavan
Genre
thriller film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 10m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man's identity becomes a mystery after an incident. People close to him are drawn into a web of suspicion and danger.

mysterioussuspensefulintriguingunsettlingtensepaceddarkly toned

What happens

Yaarivanu (transl. Who is he?) is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language thriller film, directed by Dorai–Bhagavan and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar. The film stars Rajkumar, Srinath, B. Saroja Devi, Roopa Devi, Hema Choudhary and Puneeth Rajkumar. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar and story was by M. D. Sundar. Master Lohith played a double role in the movie, though both roles never appear together onscreen. It was his second dual role movie after the 1983 movie Eradu Nakshatragalu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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