Thayige Thakka Maga
Poster
Directed by	V. Somashekhar
Written by	Anjaneya Pushpananda
Screenplay by	M. D. Sundar
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Starring	Rajkumar Savitri Padmapriya Sowcar Janaki
Cinematography	P. S. Prakash
Edited by	P. Bhaktavatsalam
Music by	T. G. Lingappa
Production company	Poornima Enterprises
Release date	13 December 1978 (1978-12-13)
Running time	177 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Thayige Thakka Maga (Like Mother Like Son) is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language sports action film directed by V. Somashekhar and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar. It is based on the story written by Anjaneya Pushpanand.

The film starred Rajkumar as a boxer^[1] along with Savitri, Padmapriya and Sowcar Janaki.^[2] Veteran Tamil-Telugu actress Savitri plays one of the title role of Thayi (Mother) in this film. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics are written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.^[3]

The film was remade in Telugu as Puli Bidda (1981)^[4] and in Hindi as Main Intequam Loonga (1982) starring Dharmendra.^[5]

Cast

• Rajkumar as Boxer Kumar
• Padmapriya as Mala
• Savitri as Vishalakshamma
• Sowcar Janaki as Annapoorna
• Master Lohith as young Kumar
• Balakrishna as Ramanagara Kuppuswamy
• Shakti Prasad as Boxer Vishwanath
• Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Robert
• Prabhakar as Anthony
• Ceylon Manohar as Manohar
• Bhimaraju as Bhimaraj
• Rajanand
• Chi. Udaya Shankar
• Uma Shivakumar
• Mamatha Shenoy

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar.^[6]