Haalu Jenu

Milk and Honey) is a 1982 Indian Kannada-language tragicomedy film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, starring Rajkumar, Madhavi and Roopa Devi.

[4] Haalu Jenu was known for its 70-foot (21 m)-tall cutout poster of Rajkumar placed in the Santosh Theatre in Majestic, Bangalore.

[5] The movie, however, was removed from some cinemas after 22 weeks (150 days) to make room for Chalisuva Modagalu which was also directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and starred Rajkumar.

[6][7] The tabloid Trade Guide started by Taran Adarsh's father[8] had published a report calling Rajkumar a Junior Hitler for the alleged theatre unavailability for Amitabh Bachchan's Namak Halaal [9] which released around the same time, enraging Kannada movie buffs.

[10] Finally, Amitabh Bachchan flew down to Bangalore and met Rajkumar [11] to clear the air of misunderstandings.

[12] Saritha, who had earlier worked with Rajkumar on Keralida Simha and Hosa Belaku, dubbed for Madhavi in some parts in this movie.

[14] Saritha was one of the lead heroines in Rajkumar - Singeetham's immediate next movie Chalisuva Modagalu which released in the same year.

After analyzing the reports, the doctor reveals that Kamala has blood cancer and consoles Ranga to take good care of her till her last breath.

One afternoon, Ranga notices Meena (Roopa Devi), a young woman on the road and she is surrounded by men who are blackmailing her to pay compensation for a staged accident.

Gopalayya enters Shaanthamma's house with lawyer Baratlaw (M. S. Umesh) to grab her property by holding a power of attorney letter in hand that has been signed by Prahalad.

After knowing the truth, Baratlaw tears off the power of attorney letter and kicks Gopalayya out of Shanthamma's house under Ranga's direction.

Meena's father Ugra Narasimha (Shakti Prasad) visits Ranga's house to tell his family's secret about raising a boy, the son of his expired Sita (Shanthamma's first daughter), and thus he express his inability to pay convent fees from his wife due to Baratlaw.

After a heated argument, Ranga slaps Meena which will make her leave the house and continues to follow her mother's decision of marrying Baratlaw.

A few days later, Dr. Subbu calls Ranga saying they moved Kamala to the intensive care unit and mention an operation that is conducted under Dr. Varma's supervision.