Poet Kalidasa) is a 1983 Kannada-language historical drama film based on the life of Kālidāsa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of the 4th Century A.D.

Shattered, Vidyadhare locks Kalidasa in the palace temple and gets him to demand "vidyaabuddhi" (knowledge and wisdom) from the goddess Kali.

Bhoja pleads with his dear friend Kalidasa to write a charama geethe (funeral song) for him.

Vidyadhare assumes the name Kaladhare, rests at a prostitute Ratnakala's home and catches Kalidasa's attention.

Bhoja can't bear the fact that his aptamitra (an intimate friend) Kalidasa is in the company of a prostitute.

Dimdima kavi, who is blessed with a dindima from the goddess Saraswati, throws a literary challenge to Bhoja's ashtadiggajas, asking them to complete his shloka with the answer.

Bhoja rushes the guards to Kalaadhare's house, only to find the dead body of Kalidasa.

Bhoja pledges to Vidyadhare that he'll get her husband back to her and prays to the goddess Kali to donate his half life to Kalidasa.

He prays his heart out to the goddess Kali, who is touched by the love and affection Kalidasa and Bhoja bestow on each other.

[2] Rajkumar who was impressed by Mehdi Hassan's ghazal Nawazish Karam Shukriya,[5] asked the music director to recreate the song which resulted in Sadaa Kannale.