''Hoomale'' () is a 1998 Indian

Kannada language Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, an ...

film directed by

Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter and a lyricist who predominantly works in Kannada film industry, Kannada Cinema. He made his film debut as a screenplay writer in ''Kadina Benki'' (1986) which won the Natio ...

and written by

Ramesh Aravind Ramesh Aravind (born 10 September 1964), known mononymously as Ramesh, is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter. Ramesh has predominantly worked in Kannada and Tamil films along with a few Telugu and Hindi films. He ...

. The film, besides Ramesh, stars

Suman Nagarkar Suman Nagarkar is a Kannada film actress, known for her work in Nishkarsha, Nammura Mandara Hoove, Ammavara Ganda, Hoomale, Beladingala Baale and BABRU. Early life Suman Nagarkar grew up in South Bangalore, studied at National High School ...

, H. G. Dattatreya, Sorat Ashwath, Bhagirathi Bai, N.B. Jayaprakash (JP) and B. V. Radha in prominent roles. Produced by K. S. Usha Rao, under the banner Mythri syndicate for the benefit of Parivarthana trust promoting widow marriages the trustees being Nadahalli Sripada Rao & N.B. Jayaprakash, the film was highly appraised by critics upon release and went on to win many awards and accolades including the much coveted

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada The National Film Award for Best Kannada Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Ka ...

. Actor Ramesh won in the Best Actor category at the

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

and

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

. The movie is shot in

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

and Bengaluru.

Plot

It is a love story in the backdrop of terrorism set in Assam.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of the movie is composed by

Ilayaraja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil in addition to Telugu, M ...

. Audio on Manoranjan Audio

Awards

References

External links

* 1998 films 1990s Kannada-language films 1990s Indian films Films about terrorism in India Films set in Assam Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners Films directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar Films about insurgency in Northeast India {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub