Bombay-bred Narain goes to a village, where he meets and falls in love with a village belle, Yashodhara. She also is attracted to him, and both get married. After their marriage, both go to live with Narain's parents, brother, and sister-in-law, Lalita, and her son, Sonu. Yashodhara gets close to Sonu and starts to spend all her time with him. This raises some concerns with Lalita, which results in some acrimony. Tragically, Sonu passes away, leaving Yashodra devastated and depressed. She gets pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl, but cannot get Sonu out of her mind. Her depression gives way to insanity, as she keeps on seeing Sonu in every child, and as a result she is institutionalized. Narain has taken to alcohol in a big way and drowns his sorrows and frustrations day and night in a drunken stupor. As a result, his daughter is adopted by Lalita and his brother, without knowing who her real parents are. Years pass by, her daughter, Asha, has grown up and is herself a mother of a baby boy, and settled in the U.S. Asha arrives in India for a visit and the entire family assembles to visit Yashodhara. They find her holding a piece of log, covered in a blanket, singing to it as if it where Sonu. It is here that Asha finds out who her real parents are, and it is here that she will be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice. more»

Hemavathi is a 1997 Indian Kannnada film, directed by Siddalingaiah and produced by N Veeraswamy, S P Varadaraj, J Chandulal Jain, Siddalingaiah. The film stars G V Iyer, Udayakumar, C H Lokanath, Yoganarasimha and Sharapanjara Iyengar in lead roles. The film had musical score by L Vaidyanathan. more»

Vishnu Vijaya 1993 Indian Kannada Movie directed by Keshav. Produced by Vishnupriya Combines. Star Cast Vishnuvardhan, Ashwini Bhave, Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Dheer, Mamatha Kulkarni, Puneeth Issar,.in lead roles. The film had music by Jathin-Lalith. more»

The story features a number of innovative themes while maintaining the basic form of a love story. It has particularly strong female characters who are independent-minded and choose their own loves and destiny. Conflicts are not so much between the wishes of the parents and children about whom the children will marry, as is a common theme in Indian movies, but on the more complex level of conflicts among the main characters and the duplicitous signals men and women send each other. The movie glorifies the lives of "singing girls" not often regarded highly in Indian society. Although it is set with Muslim characters, the movie seamlessly shows the universality of sensual love. more»

Tear-jerking tale that highlights the extraordinary friendship between a child neglected by her affluent parents and a poor man. more»