Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda

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.

Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda
VCD cover
Directed by	V. Umakanth
Written by	Krishna Nadig (dialogue)
Screenplay by	V Umakanth
Story by	V Umakanth
Produced by	Kantha Ramakrishna
Starring	Ambareesh Ramesh Aravind Ashwini Bhave Bhavyashree Rai
Cinematography	P Rajan
Edited by	S Prasad
Music by	V. Manohar
Production company	Sri Devamma Productions
Release date	21 January 1997 (1997-01-21)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

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 he finds out 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 end up taking care of her baby.

Cast

• Ambareesh as Rangegowda / Ranganath
• Ramesh Aravind as Ramesh
• Ashwini Bhave as Kasthuri
• Bhavyashree Rai as Padma
• Sathyapriya as Bangaram, Kasthuri's aunt
• Krishnegowda
• V. Manohar
• Agro Chikkanna
• BEML Somanna
• Aaganthuka Nagaraj

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. Manohar.^[1]

Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda
Soundtrack album by V. Manohar
Released	1997
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:16
Language	Kannada
Label	T-Series Kannada[2]
Producer	V. Manohar
V. Manohar chronology
Nodu Baa Nammoora (1997) Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda (1997) Chikka (1997)
External audio Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda – Jukebox on YouTube

All lyrics are written by V. Manohar.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ele Giniye"	K. S. Chithra	4:08
2.	"Laka Laka"	L. N. Shastri	3:32
3.	"Jum Jumkala"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Krishnan	4:31
4.	"Pattanakke Banda"	Ramesh Chandra, Mangala Anjan	3:49
5.	"Jaaliya Neralinda"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:22
6.	"Poguve Yethake Ramani"	V. Manohar, Rajesh Krishnan, L. N. Shastri, K. S. Chithra	3:52
Total length:			24:16

In popular culture

Ramesh Aravind shared a still showing his elderly woman getup from the film on Twitter in 2017 and on Instagram in 2018.^[3][4] 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]