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Premagni

1989 film by T. S. Nagabharana

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ15719467 ↗
Source-derived summary

Premagni is a 1989 Indian Kannada-language film directed by T. S. Nagabharana and produced by V. Varghees. The film stars Arjun Sarja, Khushbu, Sundar Krishna Urs and Shashikumar in the lead roles. The film has a musical score by Hamsalekha. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Thennattu Venghai.

Cast

Soundtrack

Lyrics written by Hamsalekha.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Premagni” as 1989 film by T. S. Nagabharana. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Premagni, film and Nagabharana.

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—1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1989. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Premagni, film and Nagabharana providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15719467. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989.

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This entry incorporates text from “Premagni” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.