Nalla Explained

Nalla
Director:V. Nagendra Prasad
Producer:Kavya
Shreyas
Spurthy
Music:Venkat Narayan
Cinematography:R. Giri
Editing:Rajashekar Reddy
Studio:Sri Bhuvaneshwari Chithra
Country:India
Language:Kannada

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.

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
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Venkat Narayan
Genre:Feature film soundtrack
Language:Kannada

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nalla - new film of Sudeep launched. Viggy. 2004.
  2. Web site: `Nalla` nearing completion. Chitra. Prakash. 17 July 2004. Sify. https://web.archive.org/web/20050409174349/http://sify.com/entertainment/movies/kannada/fullstory.php?id=13524086. 9 April 2005. 18 August 2024. IANS.
  3. Web site: Nalla in full swing.... Viggy. 2004.
  4. Web site: Nalla. https://web.archive.org/web/20220504070422/https://www.sify.com/movies/nalla-review-kannada-pclvCXgehfefe.html. dead. 4 May 2022. Sify. 17 November 2004.
  5. Web site: Nalla Review . . Nowrunning . 18 November 2004 . R. G. . Vijayasarathy . R. G. Vijayasarathy.