Nalla

Pachchi alias Prashant (Sudeep) finds a girl, Preethi (Sangeetha), who has lost her memory, in a car. Prashant falls in love with her. He takes care of her and admits her to a hospital. When in the hospital, her father finds her and takes her home. He thanks him and gives a driver's job.

Preethi regains her memory and starts looking for Prashant. One day Preethi meets with an accident and is taken to the hospital. Prashant reveals himself and saves her.

• Sudeep as Prashanth "Pachhi"
• Sangeetha as Preethi / Chinnu
• Mumtaj as Madhu
• Srinath as Preethi's father
• Naveen Mayur as Srikanth
• Bullet Prakash as Paachi's friend
• Dharma as gangster
• Harish Rai as gangster
• Lakshman as Police Inspector
• Ramesh Pandith as Police Inspector
• Bank Janardhan as Madhu's father
• Apoorva
• Chitra Shenoy
• Tara as Dr Sarala Desai

The film is produced by producer KCN Gowda's three grandchildren. The film was shot for fifteen days in Chennai, including the climax scene shot at AVM Studios, and Bangalore.

The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Venkat Narayan and lyrics by V. Nagendra Prasad.

A critic from Sify wrote that "This is a well made film to suit the image of Sudeep". Film critic R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Nalla is a welcome relief for filmgoers looking for clean films". SND of Deccan Herald wrote "The story reminds us of Moonram Pirai and other successful Tamil films. The new formula for Kannada film makers seem to be: Take ideas from some successful films, remix them, write your own story, and make it appear new".