Nalla

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Nalla
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VCD cover
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), who has lost her memory, in a car. Prashant falls in love with her. He takes care of her and admits her to a hospital. When in the hospital, her father finds her and takes her home. He thanks him and gives a driver's job.

Preethi regains her memory and starts looking for 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
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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] SND of Deccan Herald wrote "The story reminds us of Moonram Pirai and other successful Tamil films. The new formula for Kannada film makers seem to be: Take ideas from some successful films, remix them, write your own story, and make it appear new". [6]

References

  1. "Nalla - new film of Sudeep launched". Viggy. 2004.
  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.
  6. GBU (14 November 2004). "Nalla". Deccan Herald . Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2025.