Ranganna is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film written and directed by H. Vasu. The film stars Jaggesh as an auto driver, Ranga, who tries to mend the broken relationship of his uncle with the help of Roopa by reuniting him with his stubborn wife who happens to be Roopa's mother. Vijayalakshmi plays Ranga's love interest, Roopa. Srinath, Kavitha, Dheerendra Gopal and Loknath essayed other important roles. Rajesh Ramanath composed the soundtrack whileJ. G. Krishna handled the cinematography.
The film marks the first collaboration of director H. Vasu with music director Rajesh Ramanath and second collaboration with Jaggesh and producer Sa Ra Govindaraju after Bhanda Alla Bahaddur which was released in the same year.
The film received a U certificate from the CBFC without any cuts on 7 October 1997. Sri Ganesh Videos acquired the video rights and released and marketed the film in VCD and DVD formats.
Despite media reports that Jaggesh and Vijayalakshmi, then aged 18-20, broke out into a fight at that time, Vijayalakshmi denied the reports in 2024.[1]
