Love Me) is a 2000 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film starring Shiva Rajkumar, Upendra and Sonali Bendre.
[2] The film begins with Kiran (Sonali Bendre), a college student, returning home to her brother (Ananth Nag) and his wife (Vanitha Vasu) for Holi celebrations and being obsessively stalked along the way by Chandra (Upendra), her classmate who has a crush on her.
Kiran's boyfriend Surya (Shiva Rajkumar) is a Commander (Special Forces) and is on a mission to free a child hostage from some terrorists on the high seas.
Surya asks Kiran to offer the band some money for their performance, where Chandra, veiled in Holi colours, whispers "I love you, K-K-K-Kiran" to Kiran, which disturbs her greatly and a foot chase ensues to find the hooligan who's invaded their house, but Chandra soon disappears into the crowd.
He defaces the newly married couple's home with graffiti declaring his love, causing more distress to them.
It marks Sonali Bendre's debut Kannada film and also reunited Shivrajkumar and Upendra after Om.
[6] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "On the whole, if you can switch your mind off these concerns and are just looking for an afternoon of mindless entertainment, full of loud music, melodrama, passion and fantasy, this movie is worth watching".