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Kaattu Rani (1985 film)

1985 film by A.T.Raghu

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ18387307 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kaattu Rani (transl. The queen of the jungle) is a 1985 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by A. T. Raghu and produced by Unnimary. The film stars Shankar, Unnimary, Anuradha and Sudheer in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Rajan–Nagendra.

The movie is a remake of director's own Kannada movie Kadina Raja which had released in the same year and had also starred Unnimary in the lead role and had music by Rajan-Nagendra and cinematography by DV Rajaram. The movie was remade in spite of the Kannada version being dubbed in Malayalam.

Cast

Shankar

Unnimary

Anuradha

Sudheer

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Rajan–Nagendra and the lyrics were written by Anthikkad Mani.

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“Kaattu Rani (1985 film)” enters the record as 1985 film by A.T.Raghu. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kaattu, Rani and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kaattu, Rani and film.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18387307. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985.

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