Saarathi

An auto driver named Raja falls in love with Rukmini and must overcome obstacles, including a relative who wants to marry her, discovering his true identity as Krishna, avenging his fathers death, and eventually marrying Rukmini to become the new village chieftan. Saarathi is a 2011 Indian Kannada-language Crime Drama film featuring Deepa Sannidhi, R. Sarathkumar, Darshan Thoogudeep, Sarath Kumar, Ajay, Rangayana Raghu and Muniraju. Sri Araseshwari Cine Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) K. V. Satya Prakash. Saarathi is written by Chinthan Av, Dinakar Thoogudeep and K.v. Satya Prakash and it is directed by Dinakar Thoogudeep and Dinakar Thoogudeepa. Reliance Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Saarathi was released on 30th September 2011 and takes a screen time of 166 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Saarathi was made on a budget of ₹7 crore and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹65 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by Dinakar Thoogudeepa. Cinematography was done by K. Krishna Kumar and editing by K. M. Prakash. The music was composed by V. Harikrishna.