| Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda | |
| Director: | V. Umakanth |
| Producer: | Kantha Ramakrishna |
| Story: | V Umakanth |
| Screenplay: | V Umakanth |
| Starring: |
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| Music: | V. Manohar |
| Cinematography: | P Rajan |
| Editing: | S Prasad |
| Studio: | Sri Devamma Productions |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Kannada |
Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by V Umakanth and starring Ambareesh, Ramesh Aravind, Ashwini Bhave and Bhavyashree Rai.
Ranganath stays in Kasthuri's village home under the false identity of Rangegowda. He falls in love with her and marries her, and they move out to another house. His younger brother, Ramesh, comes to stay with him and Kasthuri. He initially falls for her and is enraged when she is pregnant but later falls for another girl Padma. Kasthuri's aunt, who despises Rangegowda for lying about his identity, comes to the house and attempts to set up an engagement between Ramesh and Kasthuri much to her dismay. An enraged Ramesh leaves their house, falls due to chest pain, gets admitted to the hospital and dies. Kasthuri, who was facing pregnancy problems, dies after childbirth. Rangegowda and Padma take care of her baby.
The music was composed by V. Manohar.[1]
| Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | V. Manohar |
| Released: | 1997 |
| Genre: | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length: | 24:16 |
| Language: | Kannada |
| Label: | T-Series Kannada[2] |
| Producer: | V. Manohar |
| Chronology: | V. Manohar |
| Prev Title: | Nodu Baa Nammoora |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | Chikka |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Ramesh Aravind shared a still showing his elderly woman getup from the film on Twitter in 2017 and on Instagram in 2018.[3] The still went viral after a couple years, and several news outlets reported that the still was from a 1997 Kannada film without mentioning its name.[4] [5] [6]