Mountain Flower) is a 1985 Indian Kannada-language film directed by N. Lakshminarayan, based on the Shirley L. Arora's novel What then, Raman?.
[3] Ramu is a young boy born into a poor family, living with his parents and two siblings in a hill station.
His parents hardly make ends meet; mother working as a fruit- and vegetable-seller, and father running errands in and around the village, often as a help to the visiting tourists.
He earns ten rupees, enough to buy the book, when he brings an orchid flower to the teacher.
He has to make a decision between buying the book or a blanket to comfort his family members from the chilling winter cold.