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Mungarina Minchu (1997)

Mungarina Minchu poster
Directed by
Rajendra Singh Babu
Genre
family, drama, romance, comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 31m
Rated
U
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman pretend to be married to help her conceal her pregnancy from her family. They travel together through the countryside and grow close.

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What happens

Mungarina Minchu (transl. Thunder of the Monsoon) is a 1997 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film directed and written by Rajendra Singh Babu starring Ramesh Aravind, Shilpa and Suman Nagarkar. The film is inspired from the 1942 Italian film Quattro passi fra le nuvole (Four Steps in the Clouds) and its 1995 American remake A Walk in the Clouds. The music was composed by V. Manohar. The film was considered one of the best movies by Rajendra Singh Babu. The film was awarded the Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 45th National Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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