refers to prolonged, often late-night conversations between two individuals who may be strangers, acquaintances, or secret lovers. In Kannada romantic storylines, these conversations are characterized by:

highlight how contemporary Kannada love stories are shifting to include themes of digital communication , social media, and dating apps. Sentiment & Linguistic Analysis : Scholars use datasets like the Kannada CodeMixed Dataset (KanCMD)

The hero is no longer a stuntman; he is a night-shift call center executive with a broken charger. The heroine is no longer a damsel; she is a nursing student who only gets signal on the hostel terrace. Their love story isn't written in a script—it is written in call logs, missed calls (a uniquely Indian form of flirting, where one missed call means "call me back, I miss you"), and the soft click of the call disconnect.