Baa Nalle Madhuchandrake

Baa Nalle Madhuchandrake
Directed by	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
Written by	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
Produced by	Urmila Babu
Starring	K. Shivram, Nandini Singh, Prakash Rai
Cinematography	Mahendra Chittibabu
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	Drishya Kavya Films
Release date	1993
Running time	123 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Baa Nalle Madhuchandrake (Template:Lang-kn; Template:Lang-en) is a 1993 Indian Kannada-language romantic thriller film, starring K. Shivram and Nandini Singh in the lead roles. The film was directed and written by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar and based on the novel of same name written by him. It is produced by Urmila Babu for Drishya Kavya Films banner. The film features a soundtrack by Hamsalekha.

Plot

Vivek is a writer and gets engaged to a beautiful girl, Preethi. He is madly in love with her and could not live without her for a few days. Their marriage happens and the couple travels to Shimla for a 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 consoles the grief-stricken Vivek and also suspects him. He stays for a long time and does his investigation. After not finding any clue to move forward in the case, he concludes the death was by accident. When returning to Shimla he is meet by Vivek and thanked for his investigation and consoling. He says goodbye to Vivek and wishes him to recover from the shock and move on in life. The train was delayed and he made one final enquiry in the railway department. They confirm that Vivek had booked 2 tickets to Shimla, but only one return ticket. The police officer concludes Vivek is the culprit and looks towards him. Vivek is nowhere, but escaping from him. Vivek is caught and it is revealed that Vivek murdered his wife Preethi after coming to know that she betrayed him and had an extramarital affair with another man.

Cast

• K. Shivram as Vivek
• Nandini Singh as Preethi
• Prakash Rai as David
• Sundar Raj as Bus Driver in Mysuru University
• Karibasavaiah as Beggar in Train
• Tennis Krishna in special appearance
• Nagathihalli Chandrashekar in special appearance as Police Inspector in Mysuru
• Padma Kumata as Preethi's Mother
• H. G. Dattatreya as Vivek's Father
• Ashok Rao as Special Police Officer from Shimla
• Maanu as Preethi's Father
• Bhargavi Narayan as Vivek's Mother

Release

The film was released in 1993 all over Karnataka. The film met with wide positive response and was a musical hit at the box office.

Soundtrack

All the songs were composed and scored by Hamsalekha. The soundtrack was received with positive response and the songs gets aired on FM channels.

S. No.	Song Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics
1	"Bandaalo Bandaalo"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
2	"Oho Himalaya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj	Hamsalekha
3	"Baa Nalle Baa Nalle"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
4	"Aa Bettadalli"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Siddalingayya