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{{Infobox film
| name           = Aathma Bandhana
| image          = Aathma Bandhana.jpg
| caption        = [[Lobby card]]
| director       = Srikanth Nahata
| screenplay     = Srikanth Nahata
| based_on       = ''[[Vaa Arugil Vaa]]''
| starring       = [[Shashikumar]] <br> [[Jayapradha]] <br> [[Vaishnavi (Malayali actress)|Vaishnavi]] <br> [[Doddanna]]
| producer       = M. Rajagopal
| music          = [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
| cinematography = D. V. Ramana
| editing        = D. Venkatarathnam
| studio         = Sri Sarvashakthi Films
| released       = {{film date|df=yes|1992|04|28}}
| runtime        = 131&nbsp;minutes
| language       = Kannada
| country        = India
}}

'''''Aathma Bandhana''''' is a 1992 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[horror film]] directed by Srikanth Nahata <ref>[http://chiloka.com/celebrity/srikanth-nahatha Srikanth Nahatha biography]</ref> and produced by M. Rajagopal. The film stars [[Shashikumar]], [[Jayapradha]] and [[Vaishnavi (Malayali actress)|Vaishnavi]].<ref>[http://chiloka.com/movie/atma-bandhana-1992 Atma Bandhana (ಆತ್ಮ ಬಂಧನ) 28 April 1992- Drama]</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1339789303900200966|user=NFAIOfficial|title=A lobby card for #Kannada horror drama #AathmaBandhana (1992), starring Shashikumar, Jayaprada and Vaishnavi in maj…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=18 December 2020}}</ref>

The film is a revenge drama of a woman, played by Vaishnavi, who is mercilessly killed by her in-laws  and her spirit enters into a doll. The doll takes revenge against each person involved in her murder. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''[[Vaa Arugil Vaa]]'' (1991) which itself was loosely inspired by the 1988 American film ''[[Child's Play (1988 film)|Child's Play]]''. The film's music was composed by [[Rajan–Nagendra]] and cinematography is by D. V. Ramana.

== Cast ==
*[[Shashikumar]] 
*[[Jayapradha]]
*[[Vaishnavi (Malayali actress)|Vaishnavi]]
*[[Doddanna]]
*Kaminidharan
*[[Thoogudeepa Srinivas]]
*[[Vajramuni]]
*[[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]]
*[[Mysore Lokesh]]
*[[Shani Mahadevappa]]

== Soundtrack ==
The music of the film was composed by [[Rajan–Nagendra]] with lyrics by [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]].<ref>[http://play.raaga.com/kannada/album/Athma-Bandhana-songs-K0000317 Athma-Bandhana-songs-K0000317]</ref>

{{track listing
| headline      = Track listing
| extra_column  = Singer(s)
| title1        = Rajeshwari Yogeshwari
| extra1        = [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length1       = 4:59
| title2        = Keluvararilla Nammanu
| extra2        = K. S. Chithra
| length2       = 4:29
| title3        = Hatthira Hatthira Nee
| extra3        = K. S. Chithra, [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| length3       = 4:29
| title4        = Nanna Hrudayadalli
| extra4        = K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| length4       = 4:46
| title5        = Prema Yendare Yenu
| extra5        = K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| length5       = 4:28
}}

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{IMDb title|id=10198036}}

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[[Category:1992 films]]
[[Category:1990s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:1992 Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian horror films]]
[[Category:Kannada remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra]]
[[Category:1992 horror films]]
[[Category:Films about witchcraft]]
[[Category:Indian horror film remakes]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]


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