Hoomale

Hoomale (transl. The Shower of Flowers) is a 1998 Indian Kannada language film directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar and written by Ramesh Aravind. The film, besides Ramesh, stars Suman Nagarkar, H. G. Dattatreya, Sorat Ashwath and B. V. Radha in prominent roles. Produced by K. S. Usha Rao, the film was highly appraised by critics upon release and went on to win many awards and accolades including the much coveted National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada. Actor Ramesh won in the Best Actor category at the Karnataka State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South.

Hoomale
Film poster
Directed by	Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Written by	Ramesh Aravind
Produced by	K. S. Usha Rao
Starring	Ramesh Aravind Suman Nagarkar
Cinematography	G. S. Bhaskar
Edited by	B. S. Kemparaj
Music by	Ilayaraja
Distributed by	Parivarthana
Release date	31 July 1999 (1999-07-31)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The movie is shot in Assam and Bengaluru.^[1]

Plot

It is a love story in the backdrop of terrorism set in Assam.

Cast

• Ramesh Aravind as Santosh
• Suman Nagarkar as Subhashini
• H. G. Somashekar Rao as Santosh's father
• B. V. Radha as Santosh's mother
• H. G. Dattatreya as Santosh's uncle
• Sorat Ashwath as Santosh's grandfather
• Renukamma Murgod as Santosh's grandmother
• Nanjundaiah
• B. V. Rajaram
• Yamuna Murthy
• Mandya Ramesh
• Nagesh
• Vanishree as Santosh's cousin
• Sandhya
• Sunetra Pandit as Bangaramma
• Hema
• Bhavana
• N. B. Jayaprakash
• Hima (credited as Baby Hima) as Sonali
• Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar in a cameo
• Vinaya Prasad as Vinaya (Guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The music of the movie is composed by Ilayaraja. Audio On Manoranjan Audio

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singers	Length
1.	"Hoomale Hoomale"	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar	Rajkumar
2.	"Preethiya Gellalu"	K. Kalyan	Ilayaraja, Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
3.	"Jhum Jhum Jhenkarava"	K. Kalyan	SPB Charan, Manjula Gururaj
4.	"O Mahaniyare"	K. Kalyan	SPB Charan, Manjula Gururaj, Raju Ananthaswamy
5.	"Hennigondu Gandu Beku"	K. Kalyan	SPB Charan, Chandrika Gururaj, B. Jayashree, Manjula Gururaj, Raju Ananthaswamy, Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
6.	"Nanna Muddu Rambe"	K. Kalyan	Ramesh Chandra

Awards

Award	Year of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref(s)
National Film Awards	1998	Best Kannada Film	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar	Won	^[2]
Karnataka State Film Awards	1998–99	Second Best Film	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar	Won
		Best Actor	Ramesh Aravind	Won
Filmfare Awards South	1999	Best Actor	Ramesh Aravind	Won

References

1. . Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

External links

• Hoomale at IMDb