Mathadana
Film poster
Directed by	T. N. Seetharam
Written by	S. L. Bhyrappa
Screenplay by	T. N. Seetharam
Based on	Mathadana by S. L. Bhyrappa
Produced by	H. G. Narayan I. P. Malle Gowda
Starring	Anant Nag Devaraj Tara Avinash
Cinematography	Ashok Kashyap
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	C. Aswath V. Manohar
Production company	Anikethana Chithra
Release date	12 January 2001 (2001-01-12)
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Mathadana (Kannada: ಮತದಾನ / transl. Voting) is a 2001 Indian Kannada language political drama film directed by T. N. Seetharam, based on S. L. Bhyrappa's novel of the same name, and starring Anant Nag, Tara, Devaraj, Avinash and Hemanth Vasisht in pivotal roles.

At the 48th National Film Awards, the film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada.^[1] At the 2000-01 Karnataka State Film Awards, Avinash won the award for Best Supporting Actor.

Cast

Production

The film was based on the S. L. Bhyrappa's novel Matadana, and reports said the filming rights were bought from him, for a fee of between ₹1 lakh (US$1,300) and ₹2 lakh (US$2,500).^[2]

Soundtrack

C. Aswath and V. Manohar composed the music for the film and the soundtracks. The soundtrack "Aluva Kadalolu Theli" was taken from a poem written by poet Gopalakrishna Adiga and "Naayi Thalimyalina" by poet H. S. Venkateshamurthy.^[2] The album has seven soundtracks and was released in the form of audio cassettes in the second week of January 2001.^[3]