Naguva Hoovu

Naguva Hoovu
Directed by	R. N. K. Prasad
Written by	Shylashri
Produced by	R. N. Sudarshan
Starring	Sudarshan Shylashri K. S. Ashwath
Cinematography	R. N. K. Prasad
Edited by	Venkatraman Ramesh
Music by	G. K. Venkatesh
Production company	Sri Sudarshan Chitralaya
Release date	1971 (1971)
Running time	139 mins
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Naguva Hoovu (pronunciation ; transl. The Smiling Flower) is a 1971 Indian Kannada language film, directed by cinematographer R. N. K. Prasad, produced by actor R. N. Sudarshan and written by actress Shylashri. Besides Sudarshan and Shylashri, the film stars K. S. Ashwath, Ranga, R. Nagendra Rao and B. V. Radha in pivotal roles. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 18th National Film Awards. The film had musical score and soundtrack composed by G. K. Venkatesh to the lyrics of R. N. Jayagopal.

Cast

• Sudarshan
• Shylashri
• Ranga
• K. S. Ashwath
• R. Nagendra Rao
• B. V. Radha
• Balakrishna
• Ganapathi Bhat
• Thoogudeepa Srinivas
• Vijayasree
• B. Jayashree
• Master Chandrashekar
• Hanumanthachar
• Vijayakumar
• B. Jaya

Soundtrack

Title	Singers	Lyrics
"Gulaabi Oh Gulaabi"	P. Susheela	R. N. Jayagopal
"Onde Ondu Hoovu"	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki	R. N. Jayagopal
"Ee Shubhadinade"	P. Susheela	R. N. Jayagopal
"Irabeku Irabeku"	Sudarshan	R. N. Jayagopal

Awards

• 1970-71 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada

This film screened at IFFI 1992 Kannada cinema Retrospect.

External links

• Naguva Hoovu Songs at Raaga