''Naanu Nanna Kanasu'' () is a 2010 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 film directed by Prakash Raj, starring himself and Amoolya. It is a remake of the Tamil hit film '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (which was inspired by '' Father of the Bride'') that was produced by Prakash Rai himself. Ramya was originally cast as the lead in the film, but she was later replaced by Amoolya. In

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, the film ran in theatres for 17 consecutive weeks.

Plot

The movie is about a relationship between a father and his daughter. It emphasis on how a father has to go through changes as his daughter grows up from being an infant to a grown woman married as per circumstances.

Cast

Prakash Rai Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam-language films ...

as Raj Uthappa * Amulya as Kanasu * Sithara as Kalpana *

Ramesh Arvind Ramesh Aravind is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada films and television. In a career of over 34 years, Aravind has been appeared in over 140 films including several Tamil and T ...

as Jayanth *

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which was ...

as Brijesh Patel * Rajesh as Uthappa's friend * Veena Sundar *

Sihi Kahi Chandru Chandrashekar (born 1962 23 July), known by his stage name Sihi Kahi Chandru, which literally means "sweet and bitter" Chandru, is an Indian Kannada film and television actor. Career His wife ''Sihi Kahi Geetha'' and he were the main protagoni ...

* Ruthu * Kawaljith Singh as Joginder Singh * Manmeet Singh as Veerji

Soundtrack

The lyrics and the background scores of all the songs in the movie were composed by the music director

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 ...

. #"Putta Putta" (

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Governme ...

) #"Ondu Maamara" (

Kailash Kher Kailash Kher (born 7 July 1973) is an Indian music composer and singer. He sings songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the classical musicians' Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridaynath Ma ...

) #"Mundooduva" (

) #"Balukthalamma" (

Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards ...

)

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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''gave the film four and a half stars out of five and wrote that "It is a must watch family movie for all age groups without a single dull moment". Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of '' Rediff.com'' scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "Ananth Urs has done a decent job with the camera and kudos to Harsha, the editor for presenting a crisp output. In fact some scenes from the original have been done away with and a few minor changes have been made to a few others, contributing to the ideal length of the film. Book your weekend show for Nannu Nanna Kanasu. It is a must father-daughter watch". A critic from

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

wrote "Prakash Raj as a concerned and possessive father is superb. His dialogue delivery and gestures deserve appreciation. It is a different role for Amulya, who is known for playing innocent characters. The actor who surprises everyone with his performance is Achyut. He has even acted well in an emotional song sequence" B S Srivani from

Deccan Herald ''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Print ...

wrote "That shouldn't be the case of the audience, who may discover some of the pleasures of plain, good old cinema. For, Prakash Raj’s “Kanasu” is the Kanasu of every father here". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "Laali, by Dinesh Baboo, was one film that explored the bond between a father and daughter. So, Naanu Nanna Kanasu is not a new subject for Sandalwood. Between the two, Laali is better. This film will entertain those bred on television soaps and make them realise that a story can be told in 150 minutes instead of years".

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* 2010 films Father of the Bride (franchise) 2010s Kannada-language films Films scored by Hamsalekha Kannada remakes of Tamil films Indian drama films 2010 directorial debut films 2010 drama films {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub