Bhookailasa (pronunciationⓘ) is a 1958 Indian Kannada language film directed by K. Shankar and produced by A. V. Meiyappan under the banner of AVM Productions.
It stars Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar and K. S. Ashwath in pivotal roles.
It is based on the famous Kannada stage play Bhookailasa by Sri Sahitya Samrajya Nataka Mandali of Mysore which A. V. Meiyappan had earlier adapted into the Telugu movie titled Bhookailas in 1940.
A. V. Meiyappan also shot the movie simultaneously in Telugu as Bhookailas starring N. T. Rama Rao.
[2] The music was composed by R. Sudarshanam, R. Govardhanam and all song lyrics were written by K. R. Seetharama Sastry.