Nanna Preethiya Hudugi

Nanna Preethiya Hudugi Kannada is a 2001 Indian Kannada romantic film directed and written by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. It stars newcomers Dhyan and Deepali in lead roles and actors such as Lokesh, Bhavya and Suresh Heblikar in other prominent roles. The film is produced by Jyothi Shankar and Uma Shankar for East West Creations India Pvt Ltd.

After the stupendous success of Chandrashekars previous venture, America America 1995 which was shot entirely in the U.S., he came up with another campus romantic story set at Michigan State University.For this, he went on a rigorous schedule for casting the leading actors. He conducted a walkin interview at Bangalore for which over 1000 candidates appeared andwere shortlisted out. None of them cleared the screen test. He then conducted the same at Juhu, Mumbai from where he shortlisted Dhyan a.k.a. Sameer Dattani who was in 11th grade. He later shortlisted the other lead Deepali, a Bangalore girl who was settled in California, through online and the subsequent screen test. Playback singers Rajesh Krishnan and Nanditha were shortlisted to do the voiceovers for the lead actors. ........

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