Shaapa is a 2001 Kannada-language Drama movie directed by Ashok Patil and produced by B. C. Patil and Vanaja Patil. It is a story of Shekars fight against his own belief that there is a curse on him, that everytime he expresses his feelings he looses that person. This internal fight is motivated by the external political fights between the farmers of two southern indian states over the river waters. Written by Anonymous. Shaapa stars Ramesh Aravind, Anu Prabhakar, B. C. Patil, K. S. Ashwath, Avinash and B.c. Patil. The screenplay is written by Ashok Patil. The music was composed by Hamsalekha. Cinematography was done by Ashok Kashyap and editing by S. Manohar. The motion picture has a running time of 150 minutes. It was released on 30th December 2001.