Nee Nanna Gellalare
Film poster
Directed by	Vijay
Screenplay by	M.D. Sundar
Story by	M.D. Sundar
Produced by	S.A. Srinivas
Starring	Rajkumar^[1] Manjula K. S. Ashwath Balakrishna
Cinematography	J.P. Selvaraj E.S. Reddy
Edited by	P. Bhaktavatsalam
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	A.V.M Studio
Distributed by	Vajreshwari Combines
Release date	23 May 1981 (1981-05-23)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Nee Nanna Gellalare is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Vijay and produced by S.A. Srinivas. The film stars Rajkumar and Manjula .

Though the movie managed to recover its budget, the movie's performance is considered to be underwhelming with a theatrical run of only 63 days (approximately) which was the lowest ever for a Rajkumar movie until the release of the 1987 film, Ondu Muttina Kathe, which, however, was more of an art movie with an immense cult following.^[2] This is the only movie of Rajkumar for which Ilaiyaraaja was the music composer.

Cast

Rajkumar as Srikanth
Manjula as Nalini
K. S. Ashwath as Eshwaraiah
Balakrishna as Hayavadana Rao
Sudarshan as Venu
Chi. Udaya Shankar as David
Subhashini as Roopa
Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Yogi
Sudheer as Suri
Johnny as David's henchman
Shivaprakash
Uma Shivakumar

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics penned by Chi. Udaya Shankar. I Love You was set in Carnatic Raaga called Kapi; Anuraga Enaytu is based on Madhuvanthi raaga while the song Nanna Neenu Gellalaare is based on Shuddha Dhanyasi and Hindola raagas. The soundtrack I Love You has been recreated in a number of later movies - while the 2008 movie Moorane Class Manja B.Com Bhagya recreated the entire song using the original soundtrack, the 2009 movie Circus used the opening lines of the song . The opening lines were also recreated in a sequence for the 2018 movie - The Villain. The song "Nanna Neena" was recreated in the film Dhool (2011).