Abhishek Hegde (Upendra) had first fallen in love with a young lady Anjali (Daisy Bopanna) who was a model. Anjali dies in an accident when the two declare their love and are hugging, Abhishek's car hits a lorry. As Anjali's family were not in favour of her decision of marrying Abhishek, he is informed that Anjali has married the person she has been engaged to and did not care to tell him that Anjali has actually died and visit him, even when he was in hospital recovering from injuries after the accident.
Abhishek's grandfather had faked an invitation card to Anjali's wedding only to keep him away from further mental trauma. This angers Abhishek and he starts to hate women with the generalization that all women are like Anjali.
After a long gap Aishwarya (Deepika Padukone) joins the company he works in which is owned by his uncle as an assistant manager. After a stay for a few days in the office, she gets Abhishek fired and she takes the position of manager. Abhishek now not knowing what to do talks to his aunt, but is interrupted by his uncle, who is mean to him.
Finally, he takes the job of assistant manager as that is the only job available. Within a few days they assigned a task at Vienna. The two travel to Europe on business for ten days and learn from each other. Aishwarya transforms Abhishek by her assertive and fun-loving nature. They fall in love with each other but don't express it. Abhishek finds out that Aishwarya is getting engaged as decided by her family to a very strict family from Mandya.
Aishwarya is aware of Abhishek's feelings for her. Both of them finally speak out their love. Now Abhishek to save his love drives to reach Aishwarya. At this moment Aishwarya is on a boat traveling to the place where she has to get married. Abhishek shouts out for Aishwarya and she responds by jumping into the river. They both reunite and share their moment of joy by telling how much they love each other.The movie ends on a happy note and they are supposedly married by the end.
The film was a commercial success and was among the top 5 hit films of 2006, completing a 75 day run in Bangalore.
This movie marks a breakthrough in the career of the lead actor, Upendra as it featured him as a rich and sophisticated advertisement executive, thereby changing his mass image into a classy one.
This is a remake of the successful Telugu movie 'Manmadhudu'.
This movie marks Deepika Padukone's debut as an actress in the Indian film industry. It is her first and only Kannada movie till date.
Aishwarya 2006
15 Sep 2006 ● Kannada ● 2 hrs 20 mins
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