''Aalemane'' is a 1981

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

movie, starring

Suresh Heblikar Suresh Heblikar ( kn, ಸುರೇಶ ಹೆಬ್ಳೀಕರ) is a Kannada filmmaker, director and actor. Life He is also a environmentalist, founding the Eco-Watch NGO in 1998. He has produced many movies in Kannada of which ''Kadina Benki ...

, Mohan Kumar, Roopa Chakravarthi and Upasane Seetaram. The film was directed by Mohan Kumar and features musical score by the Ashwath- Vaidi duo. The film was a musical hit and won the

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for

Doddarange Gowda Doddarangegowda is a Kannada poet and a lyricist working for Kannada cinema. He is a retired professor of Kannada and has published a number of anthologies in Kannada. He has released several audio cassettes and CDs of his poems. Some of his not ...

Plot

Bhaira is a villager well known for his psychotic nature and his beautiful wife Honni. At dusk one evening, Honni is brutally raped and murdered. The villagers blame Bhaira for Honni's murder and are on the move to punish him. Bhaira confronts them with the truth, but his truth is unheard. Bhaira then seeks help of the new village teacher and asks him to trace the truth for him. Will the teacher be able to end this blame game and find the truth behind the murder?

Cast

* Mohan Kumar * Roopa Chakravarthy * Surekha * Upasane Seetharam * B. G. Kumbar * Tomato Somu * Sundara Murthy * Shashi Kiran

Soundtrack

Doddarangegowda Doddarangegowda is a Kannada poet and a lyricist working for Kannada cinema. He is a retired professor of Kannada and has published a number of anthologies in Kannada. He has released several audio cassettes and CDs of his poems. Some of his not ...

won the

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for his lyrics in this film. "Namoora Mandaara Hoove" was used as the title track for the movie ''

Nammoora Mandara Hoove ''Nammoora Mandara Hoove'' () is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai starring Shiva Rajkumar, Ramesh Aravind and Prema in lead roles. It's considered one of the all-time blockbuster romantic movies in Kannada Film ...

''.

References

1981 films 1980s Kannada-language films Films scored by C. Ashwath Films scored by L. Vaidyanathan {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub