Underplayed Gems

Mungaru Male (2006)

Mungaru Male poster
Original title
ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆ
Directed by
Yogaraj Bhat
Genre
musical film, romance film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 23m
Rated
U
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man falls in love with a woman he meets during the pre-monsoon season. Their romance faces obstacles from family and circumstance.

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What happens

Mungaru Male ( transl. Pre-monsoon rain) is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat, and produced by E. Krishnappa. It stars Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi and Anant Nag. The film is believed to have shaped and strengthened the careers of Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi, Yograj Bhat, lyricist Jayant Kaikini, choreographers A. Harsha and Imran Sardhariya and composer Mano Murthy, and made Bollywood playback singers Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala and Udit Narayan popular in Karnataka. It was the first film in India (for any language) to be screened continuously for over one year in a multiplex, and holds the record for the longest-running film at a multiplex in addition to having one of the highest recorded box-office collections in Kannada cinema. According to the Bangalore Mirror, it was the first Kannada film to cross the ₹50 crore box office collection mark. The film collected an estimated ₹75 crore. The Income Tax department alleged that the movie had collected ₹67.5 crore (US$7.1 million) and demanded tax on that amount. It ran for a record 460 days at the PVR Multiplex. It also holds a national record in Indian Cinema for running more than one year in PVR. It was remade in Telugu as Vaana, in Bengali as Premer Kahini (both in 2008), in Odia as Romeo - The Lover Boy in 2009 and in Marathi as Premay Namaha in 2017. A spiritual sequel to the film, titled Mungaru Male 2, was released in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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