Nalla

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.

Nalla
VCD cover
Directed by	V. Nagendra Prasad
Written by	V. Nagendra Prasad
Produced by	Kavya Shreyas Spurthy
Starring	Sudeep Sangeetha
Cinematography	R. Giri
Edited by	Rajashekar Reddy
Music by	Venkat Narayan
Production company	Sri Bhuvaneshwari Chithra
Release date	12 November 2004 (2004-11-12)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

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), who has lost her memory, in a car. Prashant falls in love with her. He takes care of her and admits her to a hospital. When in the hospital, her father finds her and takes her home. He thanks him and gives a driver's job.

Preethi regains her memory and starts looking for Prashant. One day Preethi meets with an accident and is taken to the hospital. Prashant reveals himself and saves her.

Cast

• Sudeep as Prashanth "Pachhi"
• Sangeetha as Preethi / Chinnu
• Mumtaj as Madhu
• Srinath as Preethi's father
• Naveen Mayur as Srikanth
• Bullet Prakash as Paachi's friend
• Dharma as gangster
• Harish Rai as gangster
• Lakshman as Police Inspector
• Ramesh Pandith as Police Inspector
• Bank Janardhan as Madhu's father
• Apoorva
• Chitra Shenoy
• Tara as Dr Sarala Desai

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
Soundtrack album by Venkat Narayan
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Kannada
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nijana Nijana"	Rajesh
2.	"Macha Dove Hodiyod"	Sudeep
3.	"Malage Malage Gubbimari"	Rajesh Krishnan
4.	"Huchchu Prithi"	Udit Narayan
5.	"Mallige Mallige"	Tippu, Malathi
6.	"Gap Chup"	P. Unnikrishnan, Harini
7.	"Huduga Elli Neenu"	Nanditha

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] SND of Deccan Herald wrote "The story reminds us of Moonram Pirai and other successful Tamil films. The new formula for Kannada film makers seem to be: Take ideas from some successful films, remix them, write your own story, and make it appear new".^[6]