''Baa Nalle Madhuchandrake'' () is a 1993 Indian

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 ...

-language

romantic thriller A romantic thriller is a narrative that involves elements of the romance and thriller genres. A good thriller provides entertainment by making viewers uncomfortable with moments of suspense, the heightened feeling of anxiety and fright. A thril ...

film, starring

K. Shivram Shivaramu Kempaiah (6 April 1953 – 29 February 2024), better known by the name K. Shivramu, was an Indian actor, politician, and bureaucrat. Early life and education K. Shivramu was born on 6 April 1953 at Uragalli, Ramanagara District. H ...

and Nandini Singh. The film was directed and written by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, based on his novel of the same name. It is produced by Urmila Babu for Drishya Kavya Films banner. The film's soundtrack is composed by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

Plot

Vivek is a writer and gets engaged to a beautiful girl, Preethi. He is madly in love with her and cannot live without her. Days after marriage, the couple travel to Shimla on their honeymoon. Preethi falls from a cliff and dies. Shattered and shocked, Vivek returns home. He becomes totally distraught in life and starts drinking heavily. His friend consoles him every time. Meanwhile, a police officer arrives from Shimla to investigate the case. He sympathizes with the grief-stricken Vivek and also suspects him. He stays for a long time and does his investigation. Not finding any clues to move forward in the case, he concludes the death was an accident. When returning to Shimla, Vivek meets him at the railway station and says goodbye. The train is delayed and he makes an inquiry in the railway department. What he finds out helps him solve the case.

Cast

as Vivek * Nandini Singh as Preethi * Prakash Rai as David * Sundar Raj as Bus Driver in Mysuru University *

Karibasavaiah Karibasavaiah (1959 – 3 February 2012) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada cinema and a theatre personality. He has acted in over 120 films. He died on 3 February 2012 after a road traffic accident in Bangalore. He made his debut ...

as Beggar in Train *

Tennis Krishna Tennis Krishna is a popular Kannada actor and comedian. Tennis Krishna has acted in over 600 movies and has a record of acting in 100 movies with comedy actress Rekha Das. Life His background is from Kannada theatre. He acted with Kannada act ...

in special appearance * Nagathihalli Chandrashekar in special appearance as Police Inspector in

Mysuru Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

Padma Kumta Padma Kumta or Padma Kumata was an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Padma Kumta as an actress include ''Chomana Dudi'' (1975), ''Bayalu Daari'' (1976), '' Phalitamsha'' (1976), ''Avasthe'' (1987) and ''Ar ...

as Preethi's Mother *

H. G. Dattatreya Wing Commander Harihar Gundurao Dattatreya AE(L) (Retd.) (born 1942), popularly known as Dattanna, is an Indian actor who has appeared in more than 204 films and several plays. Alongside his career as an actor, he served in the Indian Air Force ...

as Vivek's Father * Ashok Rao as Special

Police Officer A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

from

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...

* Maanu as Preethi's Father *

Bhargavi Narayan Bhargavi Narayan (4 February 1938 – 14 February 2022) was an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Her notable films include '' Eradu Kanasu'', '' Hanthakana Sanchu'', ''Pallavi Anupallavi'', an ...

as Vivek's Mother

Soundtrack

All the songs were composed and scored by

. The soundtrack was received with positive response and the songs gets aired on FM channels.

References

1993 films 1990s Kannada-language films 1990s romantic thriller films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by Hamsalekha Indian romantic thriller films Films directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub