Naanalla

Naanalla
Naanalla
	Official poster
Directed by	Dinesh Baboo
Written by	Dinesh Baboo
Produced by	D. B. Kumaraswamy
Starring	Tarun Chandra; Shubha Poonja; Anant Nag;
Cinematography	Suresh Bhairasandra
Edited by	Sanjeeva Reddy
Music by	Giridhar Diwan
Production; company	Sri Gowthami Enterprises
Release date	21 October 2011;
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Naanalla (transl. Not me) is a 2011 Indian Kannada-language murder mystery film directed by Dinesh Baboo and starring Tarun Chandra, Shubha Poonja and Ananth Nag. The film is inspired by the Hindi film Deewangee (2002), which itself was based on the English film Primal Fear (1996).

Cast

Tarun Chandra as Siddharth
Shubha Poonja as Bhavya
Anant Nag as Subhash Chandra Prasad
Kushboo as Subhash Chandra Prasad's wife
Rangayana Raghu as Prathap
Sihi Kahi Chandru as Melmane
Mukhyamantri Chandru as lawyer

Production

Tarun Chandra took a break from his romantic films with this thriller film.^[1]

Soundtrack

Reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "Director Dinesh Baboo has done a marvelous job with the script. He’s set an example of how best a thriller can be made without spoiling the story — a rarity in Kannada cinema".^[2] A critic from the IANS wrote that "It is an engaging tale with a brilliant narration coupled with finely tuned performances".^[3] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that the film "is an engrossing watch for all kinds of audience".^[4]