Nanna Preethiya Hudugi

• Dhyan as Puttu
• Deepali as Chinnu
• Lokesh as Maduve Manjaih
• Bhavya as Seetha
• Karen Vasudev as Susan
• Suresh Heblikar
• Vijayalakshmi Singh
• Richard Louis as postman
• Chitra Shenoy
• Nagathihalli Chandrashekar in a brief role as a teacher

After the stupendous success of Nagathihalli Chandrashekar's previous venture, America America (1995) which was shot entirely in the United States, 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 walk-in interview in Bangalore for which over 1,000 candidates appeared and 10 were shortlisted.[3] None of them cleared the screen test. He then conducted the same in Mumbai where he shortlisted Sameer Dattani, a model who had previously appeared in a few advertisements and music videos.[4] He later shortlisted the female lead Deepa, a Bangalore-based girl who was settled in California, online and a subsequent screen test.[5] Playback singers Rajesh Krishnan and Nanditha were roped in to do the voice-overs for the lead actors.

Mano Murthy was chosen by Chandrashekar to score for the film. They met in the US in December 1999 when the latter first narrated the story to the latter. Chandrashekhar upon returning to India made another trip to the US, and shot some videos of cars in Detroit before showing it to Murthy, and asked him to compose a tune to it. After the latter "made a very simple tune", Chandrashekhar wrote "Car Car", the lyrics to it, following which Murthy set them to the tune.[4] Most of the filming was held on the Michigan State University campus;[4] the water sport sequence was shot from white water rafting in West Virginia.[6]

The music was composed by Mano Murthy[7] to the lyrics of Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. The song "Car Car Ellnodi Car" and "Moodal Kunigal Kere" became hit songs and the former ruled the audio charts for many months.[8][9][10]

A critic from indiainfo wrote that "The film starts with a bright note but somehow lacks consistency" and added that "But the acting of both Dyan and Deepali is worth mentioning".[11]

The film completed a 100-day run in Karnataka across many cinema halls.[12] In late 2001 and 2002, this was internationally released by T.M.S. International with English subtitles and the English title My Favorite Girl.[13]

• 49th Filmfare Awards South[14]

1. Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada - Nagathihalli Chandrashekar

• Nanna Preethiya Hudugi at IMDb
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• Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar