''Ninne Preethisuve'' () is a 2002 Indian

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

Om Prakash Rao Om Prakash Rao is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who primarily works in Kannada cinema, Kannada film industry. He has, till date, directed about 47 films in Kannada language. Career Om Prakash Rao's successful ...

and produced by Oscar Films. The film features

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 ...

, and Raasi in lead roles with

Shiva Rajkumar Dr.Shiva Rajkumar (born Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy; 12 July 1962) is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he has worked in over 125 films in Ka ...

in extended cameo. The film was a remake of director Rajakumaran's Tamil film ''

Nee Varuvai Ena ''Nee Varuvai Ena'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Rajakumaran. The film stars Parthiban and Devayani, with Ajith Kumar in an extended guest appearance. Ramesh Khanna, Vijayakumar, Fathima Babu ...

'' (1999).

Cast

Production

The film was launched at the Sriramanjeneya Temple in Hanumanthnagar, Bangalore.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by

Rajesh Ramanath Rajesh Ramanath is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Kannada films. Career Rajesh Ramanath debuted as a music composer in 1995 for the film ''Shubha Lagna'' and has composed for over several commercial and ...

with the lyrics by K. Kalyan. All the tunes from Tamil film is retained while the song "Olave Nanna Olave" is based on the song "Nilave Vaan Nilave" from '' Maayi''.

Reception

A critic from ''Viggy'' wrote that "However, 'Ninne Preethisuve' is a genuine attempt to mean different at least in the climax and story line".

References

External links

* 2002 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films scored by Rajesh Ramnath Indian romantic drama films Kannada remakes of Tamil films Films directed by Om Prakash Rao 2002 romantic drama films {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub