Nammoora Mandara Hoove

Nammoora Mandara Hoove
DVD cover of the film
Directed by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Produced by	Jayashri Devi
Screenplay by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Story by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Starring	Shivrajkumar Ramesh Prema
Music by	Ilayaraja
Cinematography	Sundaranath Suvarna
Edited by	R. Janardhan
Production company	Chinni Films
Release date	1997
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Nammoora Mandara Hoove
Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by Ilayaraja
Released	26 December 1995
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	34:18
Label	Lahari Music

Nammoora Mandara Hoove (Kannada: ನಮ್ಮೂರ ಮಂದಾರ ಹೂವೆ; English: Flower grown in our town) is a 1997 Indian Kannada language film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai starring Shivrajkumar, Ramesh, Prema in the lead roles. The film received two awards at the 1996-97 Karnataka State Film Awards; Best Child Actor - Male (Master Vinayak Joshi) and Best Female Playback Singer (K. S. Chithra).

The film was considered a landmark in the career of its lead actors. It was a huge success at the box-office. The music composition by Ilaiyaraaja was received with much accolades with the songs continuing to frequently play in the air waves. Following a 22-week run in Bangalore, it was screened in a few screens in the United States. The film was remade in Tamil language as Kangalin Vaarthaigal.

Manoj (Shivaraj Kumar) is a film director, whose father is a singer and Music composer. He tells his producer (Avinash) that he plans to visit different locations for his forthcoming film. He decides to go to Karwar, which is 322 miles north west of Bangalore, in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. He then plans to stay with Praveen (Ramesh), a close friend, who lives in Yellapur, also in Uttara in order to see the location, and to shoot the location on video. Praveen says that Pramod Hegde is the best person to guide him.

Next day, Manoj goes for a walk by the beautiful Satoddi Waterfalls, where he hears a girl with a beautiful voice. He films her, but when she sees him, she runs off. Then he meets a young lad, Deepu (Master Vinayak Joshi), to whom he shows the girl he has filmed in his video camera, and asks who she is. He tells her that she is his sister, Suma (Prema). Manoj is intrigued by the girl, and the sound of her voice. He gradually falls in love with her. He meets Shivram Dixit, her singing teacher, and Praveen's friend, Pramod who is to be his guide. Then Praveen introduces him to Suma ? they look at each other, with love in their eyes.