''Naanu Nanna Hendthi'' () is a 1985

Kannada Kannada () is a 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, and is additionally a ...

-language

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

D. Rajendra Babu D. Rajendra Babu (30 March 1951 – 3 November 2013) was an Indian filmmaker and screenplay writer in Kannada cinema. He has directed over 50 films in various genres, most of them being sentimental films. He wrote and directed numerous blockbus ...

and written by K. S. Satyanarayan. The film stars V. Ravichandran,

Urvashi Urvashi (, ) is the most prominent apsara mentioned in the Hindu scriptures like the ''Vedas'', the epics ''Ramayana'' and ''Mahabharata'', as well as the ''Puranas''. She is regarded as the most beautiful of all the apsaras, and an expert danc ...

and Leelavathi. The core plot of the film was loosely based on the 1981 Telugu film ''Nenu Maa Aavida''. The soundtrack and score composition was by

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and the film was produced by N. Veeraswamy.

made his Bollywood debut in 1987, with the remake version of this movie, titled as '' Pyaar Karke Dekho''. The song ''Akkipete Lakkamma'' was retained in the Hindi version as ''Haki Petai Lakamma''- both sung by

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), commonly known as SPB or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is widely regarde ...

. The film was also remade in Tamil as '' Kanna Thorakkanum Saami''. The film was a box office success.

Plot

The musician comes to town to find a job in Akashwani. After the job, he finds it hard to find a home for a bachelor. He tells a lie that he is a married man. To tell the truth to the house owner who keeps pestering him to show photo of his wife, he gets a random photo of a girl from a photo studio. But that girl comes in real to his home and starts acting as his real wife. The story revolves around his fight and difficulty removing her.

Cast

* V. Ravichandran as Ravi *

as Urvashi * Leelavathi as Leelavathamma *

Mukhyamantri Chandru Honnasandra Narasimhaiah Chandrashekar (born 28 August 1953), known popularly as Mukhyamantri Chandru, is an Indian actor and politician. As an actor, he is known for his work in Kannada theatre and cinema. The sobriquet ''Mukhyamantri'' (Chie ...

as Urvashi's Father * N. S. Rao as N. S. Rao *

Umashree Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She appears in Kannada cinema, particularly in character roles and supporting roles. She received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Gulabi in the 2008 Kanna ...

as N. S. Rao's Wife * Krishne Gowda as Director of

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* B. K. Shankar * Anuradha

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, with lyrics by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, d ...

. All the songs were received extremely well. The songs "Karunada Thayi", "Yaare Neenu Roja" and "Yaare Neenu Cheluve" found widespread appreciation upon release. The song "Karunada Thayi" was set in the Carnatic raga ''

Abheri Abheri (pronounced ābhēri) is a raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a ''Janya'' raga (derived scale), whose ''Melakarta'' raga (parent, also known as ''janaka'') is ''Kharaharapriya'', 22nd in the 72 ...

'' (known as ''

Bhimpalasi Bhimpalasi or Bheempalasi (also known as Bhimpalas or Bheempalas) is a Hindustani classical raga. The Carnatic Music equivalent of this raga is Abheri. Raga Bhimpalasi belongs to the Kafi Thaat. Theory * Aaroha: * Avaroha: The raga has k ...

'' in Hindustani music). The song "Yaare Neenu Roja" was remixed in the film '' Saheba'' (2017) starring V. Ravichandran's son Manoranjan.

References

External links

* 1985 films 1980s Kannada-language films 1985 romantic drama films Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Kannada films remade in other languages Indian romantic drama films Films directed by D. Rajendra Babu Kannada remakes of Telugu films {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub