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that it was all the conspiracy of Puttu's aunt. His mother urges him to reunite with Chinnu as soon as possible. In the end, Gauri stops Puttu from boarding the flight to
America as she knew that Chinnu was coming to meet him. Thus Gauri reunites Puttu and Chinnu. Gauri tells the couple that she could not have a happy life with Puttu as he never had any feelings for her in the first place and that Puttu always loved Chinnu.
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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. Most of the filming was held on the
Michigan State University campus; the water sport sequence
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Puttu is a village boy from
Basarikatte. He lives with his parents- Madve Manjaiah and Seeta, paternal aunt and her daughter Gauri. Puttu is not serious about his studies and rather enjoys cycling, swimming and other fun activities. One day Puttu's new teacher finds out Puttu's exceptional skill in
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The story is based on
Chandrashekar's own decade-old short story "Malenada Hudugi, Bayaluseeme Huduga". The film was reviewed as average by the critics, and it was declared a musical hit at the box-office. It went on to win an award at the
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culture and lifestyle. As their friendship thicken, Chinnu and Puttu begin to exchange their belongings. Chinnu's parents object to this making her rebel against them. Eventually Puttu and Chinnu fall for each other.
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flute. He manages to get a year's schooling for Puttu in
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village. Elsewhere in America, Chinnu had had a fight with her parents who take away all of her allowances and other facilities.
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