| Nee Nanna Gellalare | |
| Director: | Vijay |
| Producer: | S.A. Srinivas |
| Story: | M.D. Sundar |
| Screenplay: | M.D. Sundar |
| Starring: | Rajkumar[1] Manjula K. S. Ashwath Balakrishna |
| Music: | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography: | J.P. Selvaraj E.S. Reddy |
| Editing: | P. Bhaktavatsalam |
| Studio: | A.V.M Studio |
| Distributor: | Vajreshwari Combines |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Kannada |
Nee Nanna Gellalare is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Vijay and produced by S.A. Srinivas. The film stars Rajkumar and Manjula .
Though the movie managed to recover its budget, the movie's performance is considered to be underwhelming with a theatrical run of only 63 days (approximately) which was the lowest ever for a Rajkumar movie until the release of the 1987 film, Ondu Muttina Kathe, which, however, was more of an art movie with an immense cult following.[2] This is the only movie of Rajkumar for which Ilaiyaraaja was the music composer.
The music of the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics penned by Chi. Udaya Shankar. I Love You was set in Carnatic Raaga called Kapi; Anuraga Enaytu is based on Madhuvanthi raaga while the song Nanna Neenu Gellalaare is based on Shuddha Dhanyasi and Hindola raagas. The soundtrack I Love You has been recreated in a number of later movies - while the 2008 movie Moorane Class Manja B.Com Bhagya recreated the entire song using the original soundtrack, the 2009 movie Circus used the opening lines of the song . The opening lines were also recreated in a sequence for the 2018 movie - The Villain. The song "Nanna Neena" was recreated in the film Dhool (2011).
| Nee Nanna Gellalare | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Longtype: | to Nee Nanna Gellalare |
| Artist: | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Border: | yes |
| Alt: | Yes |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Language: | Kannada |
| Label: | Sangeetha Music |
| Prev Title: | Kotha Jeevithalu |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Tik Tik Tik |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
| Title | Singer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Nanna Neenu Gellalare" | Rajkumar, S. Janaki | |
| 2 | "I Love You (Jeeva Hoovagide)" | Rajkumar, S. Janaki | |
| 3 | "Anuraga Enaythu" | Rajkumar | |
| 4 | "Nanna Muddina" | S. Janaki |