Nanna Preethiya Hudugi
Official VCD cover
Directed byNagathihalli Chandrashekar
Written byNagathihalli Chandrashekar
Produced byJyothi Shankar
Uma Shankar
StarringDhyan
Deepali
CinematographyP. Rajan (USA)
Mike Kelly (Auto show)
Umapathi (India)
Edited byBasavaraj Urs
Music byMano Murthy
Production
company
East West Creations India (Pvt) Ltd
Release date
  • 6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Nanna Preethiya Hudugi (transl. The Girl I Love) is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. It stars newcomers Dhyan and Deepali in lead roles and actors such as Lokesh, Bhavya and Suresh Heblikar in other prominent roles. The film is produced by Jyothi Shankar and Uma Shankar for East West Creations India (Pvt) Ltd.

The story is based on Chandrashekar's own decade-old short story "Malenada Hudugi, Bayaluseeme Huduga". The film was reviewed as average by the critics, and it was declared a musical hit at the box-office.[1] It went on to win an award at the Filmfare Awards for 2001.[2]

Cast

Voice-overs

Production

After the stupendous success of Nagathihalli Chandrashekar's previous venture, America America (1995) which was shot entirely in the United States, he came up with another campus romantic story set at Michigan State University.

For this, he went on a rigorous schedule for casting the leading actors. He conducted a walk-in interview in Bangalore for which over 1,000 candidates appeared and 10 were shortlisted.[3] None of them cleared the screen test. He then conducted the same in Mumbai where he shortlisted Sameer Dattani, a model who had previously appeared in a few advertisements and music videos.[4] He later shortlisted the female lead Deepa, a Bangalore-based girl who was settled in California, online and a subsequent screen test.[5] Playback singers Rajesh Krishnan and Nanditha were roped in to do the voice-overs for the lead actors.

Mano Murthy was chosen by Chandrashekar to score for the film. They met in the US in December 1999 when the latter first narrated the story to the latter. Chandrashekhar upon returning to India made another trip to the US, and shot some videos of cars in Detroit before showing it to Murthy, and asked him to compose a tune to it. After the latter "made a very simple tune", Chandrashekhar wrote "Car Car", the lyrics to it, following which Murthy set them to the tune.[4] Most of the filming was held on the Michigan State University campus;[4] the water sport sequence was shot from white water rafting in West Virginia.[6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mano Murthy[7] to the lyrics of Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. The song "Car Car Ellnodi Car" and "Moodal Kunigal Kere" became hit songs and the former ruled the audio charts for many months.[8][9][10]

Nanna Preethiya Hudugi
Soundtrack album by
Mano Murthy
Released2001 (2001)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelAkash Audio
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Moodal Kunigal Kere"Nagathihalli ChandrashekarRam Prasad, Nanditha 
2."Car Car Car"Nagathihalli ChandrashekarSuresh Peters, B. Jayashree 
3."Baa Baaro"Nagathihalli ChandrashekarRajesh Krishnan, Anuradha Paudwal 
4."Yaaro Neenu"Nagathihalli ChandrashekarHariharan, Anuradha Paudwal 
5."Adeke Kothi Moothi"Nagathihalli ChandrashekarRajesh Krishnan, Sangeetha Katti 
6."Nanna Preethiya Hudugi"Shashikala ChandrashekarHariharan, Anuradha Paudwal 

Release

A critic from indiainfo wrote that "The film starts with a bright note but somehow lacks consistency" and added that "But the acting of both Dyan and Deepali is worth mentioning".[11]

The film completed a 100-day run in Karnataka across many cinema halls.[12] In late 2001 and 2002, this was internationally released by T.M.S. International with English subtitles and the English title My Favorite Girl.[13]

Awards

  1. Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada - Nagathihalli Chandrashekar

References

  1. ↑ Mehu, Sowmya Aji (27 July 2001). "Kannada film industry `Bahala Chennagide'". The Times of India.
  2. ↑ "Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu wins Filmfare". The Times of India. 6 April 2002.
  3. ↑ Kumar, G. S. (22 March 2002). "nanna preethiya hudugi". The Times of India.
  4. 1 2 3 "Reactions". chirag-entertainers.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Business administrator dons the acting mantel". The Times of India. 5 April 2001.
  6. ↑ "Nagathihalli returns with Preethiya Hudugi". The Times of India. 2 January 2001.
  7. ↑ Manomurthy Songs
  8. ↑ "Profile Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Happy Birthday Mano Murthy: Songs that highlight his prominence as a composer". The Times of India.
  10. ↑ "AKKA to host world Kannada meet in US from Sept 2". The Times of India. 5 January 2002.
  11. ↑ "Nagathihalli fails to impress the audience". indiainfo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2001.
  12. ↑ Kumar, G. S. (3 January 2002). "Moviemaker Nagathihalli turns to Europe". The Times of India.
  13. ↑ T.M.S. International's proud presentation Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar's A Teenage Love story in American Campus
  14. ↑ "The 49th Annual Filmfare Awards — South Winner". downloads.movies.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013.

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