---
title: 'Bettada Hoovu (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'N. Lakshminarayan'
released: '1985-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bettada-hoovu-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233321/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bettada Hoovu (1985)

1985 · Drama · India


## Synopsis

Bettada Hoovu is a 1985 Indian Kannada-language film directed by N. Lakshminarayan, based on the Shirley L. Arora's novel What then, Raman?. Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar, it stars her son Puneeth Rajkumar in the lead role. Puneeth plays Ramu, a young boy born into a poor family, who is fond of reading books, but is forced to discontinue his studies and support his family financially. His performance earned him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. In 2017, Deccan Herald rated the film number one among the best "children's movies in Kannada". The film won three Filmfare Awards South. The movie was also screened at Tehran.

## Credits

- **Director:** [N. Lakshminarayan](https://cinepixo.com/people/n-lakshminarayan)
- **Screenplay:** [Chi. Udaya Shankar](https://cinepixo.com/people/chi-udaya-shankar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rajan-Nagendra](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajan-nagendra)
- **Director of Photography:** [B. C. Gowrishankar](https://cinepixo.com/people/b-c-gowrishankar)

## Cast

- [Padma Vasanthi](https://cinepixo.com/people/padma-vasanthi)
- [Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dr-puneeth-rajkumar)
- [Balakrishna](https://cinepixo.com/people/balakrishna)

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