''Yaare Neenu Cheluve'' () is a 1998 Indian

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-language

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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 produced by

Rockline Venkatesh Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh (born 24 March 1963), better known by his stage name Rockline Venkatesh, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his works in Kannada cinema, Kannada, Tamil and Bollywood, Hindi cinemas. He is the fo ...

. The film stars Ravichandran,

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and

Heera Rajagopal Heera Rajagopal is a former Indian actress who has appeared in a number of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Early life and family Heera Rajagopal was born to Colonel Dr. Rajagopal and his wife on 29 December 1971, ...

in lead roles. Vishnuvardhan,

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 ...

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and

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are seen in special appearances. The film was a remake of

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film ''

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''. Heera reprised her original role in this version as well. The film released in 1998 to generally positive reviews from critics. The songs composed by

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were received well and stayed at the top of the charts for many weeks.

won the Best Music Director award at the 1998

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Plot

Kamali (

), a graduate, lives with her sister, Malliga (Jyothi) and brother-in-law Shekar (

) in Kuduremukha, and is searching for a job. While visiting

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, her purse is stolen and she fears she has lost her academic certificates. Surya ( Ravichandran) an orphaned, carefree man who works in

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, finds the purse and sends it back to her. A love story develops between them through letters and phone calls. They agree that they love each other without meeting; she sews and sends him a gift pack containing a rose embroidered woollen sweater for him to wear when they meet for real. Surya soon shifts to Bangalore for work and stays with Shivu (

). Kamali too comes to Bangalore to find a job and stays with her friend Mary ( Tara). Dayana (

), Surya's boss, is immediately smitten by him, but her repeated attempts at gaining his love and affections fails as he is staunch about his love for Kamali. In the meantime, Surya and Kamali run into each other without knowing who they really are, resulting in some misunderstandings. Refusing a job offer which would move her to

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, making it difficult for her to find Surya, Kamali moves back to her home town in despair. Unable to withstand the advances of Dayana, Surya quits his job and gets sheltered by Vishnu ( Vishnuvardhan), who arranges an autorickshaw for him to drive and make a living. Ramesh (

), a wealthy businessman expresses his interest to marry Kamali, but Kamali refuses. When she meets Shivu she shares her love for Surya and wants to go back and look for him one last time. Upon arriving in Bangalore, which is experiencing severe monsoons, Kamali finds out that Mary and other hostel mates are not in town. Boarding Surya's autorickshaw, without knowing that it is him, she searches for him desperately. At the end of the day, both of them get refreshed at his place, where he dons the sweater gifted by her, covering it with his uniform. As Kamali plans to head home, depressed, Surya helps her to board the Davanagere Express. As the train departs, when Surya removes his shirt Kamali notices the sweater. The pair finally unite, as Vishnu and Mary look on and rejoice.

Cast

Special appearances

* Vishnuvardhan as Vishnu *

as Ramesh *

as Shivu

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by

Reception

''The Hindu'' wrote "Multiple starrers are almost unknown to Kannada cinema and the credit for introducing a galaxy of mega stars goes to Rockline Productions whose "Yaare Neenu Cheluve" has formidable names such as Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran, Ramesh. Jaggesh and Prakash Rai, making it perhaps the first such star-studded venture. But the film's merit-worthiness stops here, the acting prowess of its stars notwithstanding. For, it is a straight remake of the Tamil hit "Kaadal Kottai" So, it comes a cipher where creativity and originality are concerned although Rajendra Babu can be credited as the captain for a film which is technically and musically superior." In contrast, Deccan Herald wrote "The story just falls flat on its face and fails to live up to even half the expectations of its Tamil original."

Awards

* 1998 - Filmfare Best Music Director -

References

External links

*
Deccan Herald review
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