''Ondagona Baa'' is a 2003 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

romance drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed by

Udayasankar Udayasankar is an Indian film director known for his works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with ''Pathavi Pramanam'' starring Vijayakanth and Vineetha. In 2000, he directed ''Kalisundam Raa'', which won a National F ...

and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars

V. Ravichandran Veeraswamy Ravichandran (born 30 May 1961), known mononymously as Ravichandran, is an actor, director, producer, music director, lyricist and editor in the Kannada Film Industry. He is the son of film producer N. Veeraswamy. As producer, Ravi ...

and

Shilpa Shetty Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty; Née Shetty; 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller ''Baazigar'' (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfare ...

. Yester-year veteran actors

J. V. Somayajulu Jonnalagadda Venkata Somayajulu (30 July 1920 or – 24 April 2004) was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. In 1981, he received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu ...

and

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too feature in prominent roles. The film is a remake of the

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film ''

Kalisundam Raa ''Kalisundham Raa'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu. It stars Venkatesh and Simran, with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It received the National Film Award for Best Featur ...

'' (2000). The film also marked the reunion of actor Ravichandran with music composer

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 ...

who had parted ways due to some differences for many years. The film created much hype before release due to the reunion of veterans on the screen after long time. Critics appreciated the film for its family based theme and decent music.

Cast

as Raghu *

as Belli *

as Raghavayya *

* Tara * Charan Raj * Doddanna *

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* Sathyapriya *

Pavitra Lokesh Pavitra Lokesh is an Indian film and television actress. She appears primarily in Kannada and Telugu films playing supporting roles. The daughter of stage and film actor Mysore Lokesh, she made her film debut at the age of 16 and has since ap ...

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* M. N. Lakshmidevi * Mandeep Roy *

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Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and written by

.Ondagona Baa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Hamsalekha
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* 2003 films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian romantic drama films Kannada remakes of Telugu films Films scored by Hamsalekha Films based on Romeo and Juliet Rockline Entertainments films 2003 romantic drama films Films directed by Udayasankar {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub