Kavacha

Jayarama is a blind handyman in an apartment complex. When a retired Supreme Court judge who resides there trusts him with a secret and makes him the guardian of his daughter before he is murdered, Jayarama's world changes. He now has to deal with Vasudeva, a vengeful serial killer.

• Shiva Rajkumar as Jayarama alias Ramappa[1]
• Kruthika Jayakumar as Revathi[2]
• Isha Koppikar as Gowri[3]
• Baby Meenakshi as Nandhini[1]
• Vasishta N. Simha as Vasudeva[1]
• Iti Acharya[4]
• Ravi Kale[5]
• Rajesh Nataranga
• Ramesh Bhat
• Girija Lokesh
• Vishwas Bharadwaj
• Srinivas Prabhu
• Jayaprakash as Krishna Murthy
• Laya Kokila
• Tabla Nani
• Prakash Thuminad
• Madhu Hegde
• K. S. Ravindranath
• Malathi Shekhar
• Girish Jatti
• Krishna Hebbale
• Balaraj
• Lakshmi Hegde
• Ganesh Rao Kesarkar

In November 2016, Priyadarshan confirmed that a Kannada remake of his Malayalam directorial venture Oppam would star Shiva Rajkumar as the male lead.[6] The remake, titled Kavacha, is produced by M. V. V. Satyanarayana and A. Sampath under Hayagriva Movie Adishtana,[7] and marks the directorial debut of G. V. R. Vasu.[5] He also worked as screenwriter, working on the screenplay for more than seven months, rewriting it substantially to suit the interests of Kannada-speaking audiences, that included giving more emphasis to the action elements.[8] Baby Meenakshi was chosen to reprise her role from the original.[9] Principal photography began on 23 November 2017,[10][11] and ended in early August 2018. Shooting took place in Mysore, Ooty, and Bangalore. Rahul Shrivastav was the cinematographer.[5]

The soundtrack was composed by Arjun Janya and 4 Musics.[12] Janya composed all songs except "Rekkeya", which 4 Musics composed; that song has two versions, a duet and a solo.[13] The film features a remix of the song "Hosa Belaku Moodutidde" from Hosa Belaku (1982), but that does not appear on the soundtrack.[14]

Kavacha was released worldwide on 5 April 2019.[15] It was originally scheduled for released on 7 December 2018,[16] but was postponed due to "technical issues" with the sound mixing.[17]

The film received positive critical response. Shyamprasad S of Bangalore Mirror said "Shiva Rajkumar as a blind man delivers a stunning performance" and "Kavacha will remain as one [of] Shiva Rajkumar's best films".[18] Sunayana Surresh of The Times of India called it an emotional tale of revenge that has its moments, especially laudable for the nail-biting climax with both Shivarajkumar and Vasishta N Simha on top of their game.[19] A Sharadhaa of New Indian Express said that in spite of being a remake, what makes Kavacha stands out on its own is the performance by Shivarajkumar – an obvious sign that he has risen to the stature of a realistic actor.[1] Aravind Shwetha of The News Minute noted that a lot of minor characters from the original have been eliminated for good making it a decent thriller with an exceptional performance by Shivanna.[20]

• Kavacha at IMDb