''Nee Nanna Gellalare'' is a 1981 Indian

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-language film directed by Vijay and produced by S.A. Srinivas. The film stars Rajkumar and

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. Though the movie managed to recover its budget, the movie's performance is considered to be underwhelming with a theatrical run of only 63 days (approximately) which was the lowest ever for a Rajkumar movie until the release of the 1987 film, '' Ondu Muttina Kathe'', which, however, was more of an art movie with an immense cult following. This is the only movie of Rajkumar for which

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was the music composer.

Cast

* Rajkumar as Srikanth *

as Nalini *

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as Hayavadana Rao * Sudarshan *

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as David *

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* Shivaprakash *

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Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

with lyrics penned by

. ''I Love You'' was set in Carnatic Raaga called Kapi; ''Anuraga Enaytu'' is based on Madhuvanthi raaga while the song ''Nanna Neenu Gellalaare'' is based on Shuddha Dhanyasi and Hindola raagas. The soundtrack ''I Love You'' has been recreated in a number of later movies - while the 2008 movie ''Moorane Class Manja B.Com Bhagya'' recreated the entire song using the original soundtrack, the 2009 movie ''

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'' used the opening lines of the song . The opening lines were also recreated in a sequence for the 2018 movie - '' The Villain''.

Track list

References

External links

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''Nee Nanna Gellalare'' songs
1980s Kannada-language films 1981 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films directed by Vijay (director) {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub