Kokila (1990 film)

Kokila is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Geetha Krishna, starring Naresh, Shobhana, and Sarath Babu. The film is based on eye transplantation. It is L. B. Sriram's debut as a film writer. He went on to become a successful writer and actor in later years.

Kokila
Directed by	Geetha Krishna
Written by	L. B. Sriram
Starring	Naresh Shobhana Sarath Babu
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Release date	1990 (1990)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Naresh, a typical young man, falls in love with Shobhana. She too eventually falls for him and both get married. At first they live happily, however later on Naresh loses his eyes in an accident, which is when trouble starts for them. An eye transplant is done and strangely Naresh sees except but a pointing gun towards him. The doctors are astonished that what Naresh experiencing is what the person whose eyes were transplanted, experienced at the moment of his death. The doctors then decide to hire Sarath Babu, a police officer to solve this case. Sarath Babu does not believe that eyes have retaining power. The rest of the movie is whether the mystery is solved.

Cast

• Naresh as Siddhartha
• Shobhana as Kokila
• Sarath Babu as CBI officer Eshwar
• Geetha
• Sivakrishna as Police Officer
• Nassar
• Kota Srinivasa Rao
• Brahmanandam
• Ranganath as eye specialist
• Jeeva
• Mallikarjuna Rao
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Phanibushan Rao

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Veturi; all music is composed by Ilaiyaraaja

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Navodayam"	Chitra	4:40
2.	"Aakasum Meghalu"	Chitra	4:45
3.	"Thalluku"	Mano, Chitra	4:40
4.	"Kokila"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	5:47
5.	"Changu Chakka"	S. P. Sailaja	4:42

External links

• Kokila at IMDb

See also

• The Eye, a 2008 movie with a similar plot