Thaayavva is a 1997 Kannada-language movie written by B. Suresha and directed by V. Umakanth and produced by A. L. Abbaiah Naidu under the banner of Madhu Art Studios Ltd. Thaayavva stars Umashree, Charan Raj, Kiccha Sudeep, Avinash, Ramesh Bhat, Harish Rai and Sheena Sindhu. The screenplay is written by Ma Ra Shanmuga Sundaram. The music was composed by V. Manohar. Cinematography was done by Sundarnath Suvarna and editing by S. Prasad. The motion picture has a running time of 134 min. It was released on 5th September 1997. Hrithik Roshan plays the role of Lieutenant Karan Shergill, who develops from an aimless young man into an army officer.