Gagana is a 1989 Indian Kannada-language directed by the duo of Dorai–Bhagavan, based on a novel of the same name by Nuggehalli Pankaja.
Asha is heart-broken and confides in her acquaintance, Annapoorna, who happens to be the Raju's mother.
Annapoorna brings Asha to her house, but Raju, who does not remember the child-marriage and is leading a widower's life after the death of his wife Devayani, does not accept Asha into his life.
Asha makes repeated attempts to woo Raju into accepting her as his wife, but fails.
However, she thwarts multiple attempts by Subbalakshmi, Raju's aunt, who has visited them with her family, from wooing him into agreeing to marry her daughter, Meena.