Kaurava is a 1998 Kannada-language Drama motion picture written by Prakash Thrishuli and directed by Victory Vasu and produced by N. Purushotthama Rao, B. V. Chakrapani, M. Suresh, K. Srinivasamurthy and Jyothi Hanumantharaju. Kaurava stars Jaggesh in the title role along with Payal Malhotra, Lokesh, Jayanthi, Tennis Krishna, Avinash and Killer Venkatesh in supporting roles. The screenplay is written by Victory Vasu which is inspired from Raasukutti by K. Bhagyaraj. The music was composed by Hamsalekha. Cinematography was done by Sundarnath Suvarna and editing by S. Prasad. The movie has a running time of 148 minutes. It was released on 1st January 1998.