Nalla

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Nalla
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Directed by V. Nagendra Prasad
Written byV. Nagendra Prasad
Produced byKavya
Shreyas
Spurthy
Starring
CinematographyR. Giri
Edited byRajashekar Reddy
Music byVenkat Narayan
Production
company
Sri Bhuvaneshwari Chithra
Release date
  • 12 November 2004 (2004-11-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Nalla is a 2004 Kannada-language romance-drama film directed by V. Nagendra Prasad in his directorial debut featuring Sudeep and Sangeetha in the lead roles. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Venkat Narayan. The film released on 12 November 2004. This movie was dubbed in Hindi as Aur Ek Diljala.

Contents

The core plot of the movie is loosely based on the 1982 Tamil movie Moondram Pirai which itself was heavily inspired by Charlie Chaplin's City Lights .

Plot

Pachchi alias Prashant (Sudeep) finds a girl, Preethi (Sangeetha) in a car, who has lost her memory. Prashant loves her. He takes care of her and admits her to the hospital. When in the hospital, her father finds her and takes her home. He thanks him and gives a driver job to him.

Preethi regained her memory and starts finding Prashant. One day Preethi meets with an accident and is taken to the hospital. Prashant reveals himself and saves her.

Cast

Production

The film is produced by producer KCN Gowda's three grandchildren. [1] The film was shot for fifteen days in Chennai, including the climax scene shot at AVM Studios, and Bangalore. [2] [3]

Soundtrack

The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Venkat Narayan and lyrics by V. Nagendra Prasad.

Nalla
Soundtrack album by
Venkat Narayan
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Kannada
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Nijana Nijana" Rajesh  
2."Macha Dove Hodiyod"Sudeep 
3."Malage Malage Gubbimari"Rajesh Krishnan 
4."Huchchu Prithi" Udit Narayan  
5."Mallige Mallige" Tippu, Malathi  
6."Gap Chup" P. Unnikrishnan, Harini  
7."Huduga Elli Neenu" Nanditha  

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "This is a well made film to suit the image of Sudeep". [4] Film critic R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Nalla is a welcome relief for filmgoers looking for clean films". [5]

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References

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  2. Prakash, Chitra (17 July 2004). "`Nalla` nearing completion". Sify . Archived from the original on 9 April 2005. Retrieved 18 August 2024 via IANS.
  3. "Nalla in full swing..." Viggy. 2004.
  4. "Nalla". Sify . 17 November 2004. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022.
  5. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (18 November 2004). "Nalla Review". IANS via Nowrunning.