Meanwhile, on the wedding day everyone is searching for Preetam, but he is nowhere to be found. Gautam asks for the heart-shaped watch as a remembrance but Preetham does not agree to give it. He then declines to attend Gautam's marriage. Next day, he drops Gautam to the marriage house, just in time for the marriage. When Jaanu tries to kill Gautam, Preetam saves Gautam and convinces Jaanu that only Gautam is the best person to marry Nandini. He finds Gautam, asking the bar-owner for directions to Subbayya's home. He then starts drinking the whole night in a road-side bar. On the night before the marriage, Preetam drives away from the house without taking Devadas. But Subbayya a heart patient, tells Preetham that he's expected to die anytime and his only aim in life is to get Nandini married off to Gautam ( Diganth). Preetam, intent on marrying Nandini, takes her father, Subbayya for a morning jog to discuss his marriage with Nandini.

Nandini requests him to take her to the top of a waterfall and expresses her love towards Preetam, standing at the edge of the waterfall. Nandini is now in love with Preetam and is in a dilemma as her wedding is due in a few days. However, when Nandini walks towards him, offering an umbrella, he is under a state of intoxication and tells Nandini that he'd better stay away from Nandini to remain a decent boy, rather than to propose to or elope away with her. Preetam, still in two minds about expressing his love to Nandini, grabs a couple of toddy bottles, goes out in rain and starts drinking. An old couple offers Preetam and Nandini to take shelter inside their hut. While returning from the temple, Preetam and Nandini are caught in rain. The train from Mumbai is delayed by five hours, so Nandini and Preetam decide to visit a nearby hill-temple. Since Nandini's friends are due to arrive from Mumbai for the marriage, Preetam takes Nandini to the railway station. While searching it, he spots a rabbit, which he calls Devadas, and brings it along with him. Delighted, Preetam goes in search of her watch and brings it back. But Nandini calls him over the phone and taunts him to return. Dejected, Preetam throws Nandini's heart-shaped watch away. Subbayya ( Anant Nag) is Nandini's father, who is pretty much deaf, and Nandini's marriage is a just a week away. In the meantime, Preetam discovers that his host in Madikeri, Col. Still, Preetam vows to marry Nandini if she meets him again. Nandini, who is already engaged rejects his request. He identifies himself and expresses his love towards her and offers to tie the watch as an indication for their marriage. In Madikeri, Preetam meets Nandini unexpectedly. Preetam, unaware that Jaanu has vowed not to allow any one near Nandini, trashes Jaanu and his gang in return. Jaanu, who has been following Nandini, beats up Preetam thinking that he is in love with Nandini. While accompanying his mother to Madikeri, Preetam confronts a man named Jaanu (Neenaasam Ashwath). Nandini rescues him from the pit, but in the process loses her heart-shaped watch she had just bought. While staring at her, he inadvertently falls into a manhole. The protagonist Preetam ( Ganesh), on a visit to Eva Mall (a famous Mall in Bangalore) amidst a heavy wind, spots a pretty girl, Nandini ( Pooja Gandhi). Since Yograj Bhat was unable to cast well-known Kannada actresses, he signed on a relatively unknown actress, Pooja Gandhi, for the lead female role in the film. Krishnappa agreed to finance the film, since he knew Ganesh. Krishnappa who was Ganesh's acquaintance. He liked the script and introduced Yograj Bhat to producer E.

Ganesh, whose first film to be released, Chellata, was a moderate success, was involved in the script making stage and was curious to act in the movie. He had narrated the script to Puneet Rajkumar who rejected it. Bhat was disappointed, and he began working on the script of Mungaru Male. His previous ventures, Mani, starring Mayur and Radhika, and Ranga S.S.L.C., starring Sudeep Sanjeev, were not commercial successes at the box office. Director Yograj Bhat had earlier dabbled in advertising and corporate films and they were critically acclaimed.

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