Laali Haadu

Laali Haadu (transl. Song of lullaby) is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romantic musical film directed by H. Vasu and written by Ajay Kumar.^[1] The film stars Darshan and Abhirami.^[2] The film was produced by Sa Ra Govindu under his home production Thanu Pictures. Two music directors V. Manohar and Rajesh Ramanath were seen in supporting roles.

Laali Haadu
VCD cover
Directed by	H. Vasu
Written by	Ajay Kumar
Produced by	Sa. Ra. Govindu
Starring	Darshan Abhirami
Cinematography	R. Giri
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Sadhu Kokila
Production company	Thanu Chitra
Release date	24 January 2003 (2003-01-24)
Running time	157 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The film was critically acclaimed upon release and went on to win Third Best Film award at the Karnataka State Film Awards for the year 2003.^[3][4] The songs composed by Sadhu Kokila became hits.^[5][6] The film was a box office success.^[7][8]

Plot

Cast

• Darshan as Puttaswamy alias Anand
• Abhirami as Sangeetha
• Umashree as Anand's mother
• Ruthika
• Srinath
• Ramesh Bhat
• Sadhu Kokila as Tippeswamy
• Doddanna
• Kishan Shrikanth
• Amoolya
• Bank Janardhan
• Chitra Shenoy
• Padma Vasanthi
• Amulya
• V. Manohar (special appearance)
• Rajesh Ramanath (special appearance)

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Sadhu Kokila and lyrics written by K. Kalyan.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Preethige Ondu"	Udit Narayan
2.	"Jo Laali"	Kavita Krishnamurthy
3.	"Koti Koti Hoogalige"	Rajesh Krishnan
4.	"Magale Magale"	Rajesh Krishnan, Shamitha Malnad
5.	"Olave Nannolave"	K. S. Chithra, Srinivas
6.	"Nanna Hrudaya"	Hemanth, Abhirami
7.	"O Ushe"	Shankar Mahadevan, Nanditha
8.	"Dina Belago"	Hariharan

Reception

A critic from indiainfo wrote that "Technically the film is perfect. Cinematography is first-rate. There are no doubts that this will be one of the good movies of this year".^[9]