We’ll update this post after watching the rest of Mungaru Male. Doesn’t augur well for our Pritam (Ganesh). OMG, Anant Nag (who plays the girl Nandhini’s father) just broke a bombshell. Kinda tongue-in-cheek and hilarious, most of the time. Except for Anant Nag (who has made forays into Bollywood), the other names are foreign to us. Mungaru Male also features Anant Nag, Sudha Belwadi, Padmaja Rao and Diganth. We found him endearing so far.īut the heroine Sanjana Gandhi is pretty mediocre (btw, pretty is not an adjective for mediocre here…we mean pretty and mediocre). The kid Ganesh is a natural in front of the camera. So we’ve been watching Mungaru Male for the last 20 minutes or so.Īnd director Yograj Bhat wastes no time in getting down to the romantic business because ‘love’ happens literally (no kidding) in the opening scene. That’s a lot of money for a regional language film, particularly Kannada, which has been overshadowed for decades by Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language films even in Karnataka, the South Indian state where Kannada is widely spoken.ĭuring our travels south (no, not South India, we meant Virginia) recently, we purchased the Mungaru Male DVD.īut after a recent traumatic incident (we watched Wanted, Dil Bole Hadippa and Unnaipol Oruvan over the weekend), we were desperate for a change.Īlso, we’re mighty curious as to how a Kannada film could gross Rs 75 crore, making it one of the biggest hits in Indian movies in recent years. We headed to Wiki and were surprised to learn that Mungaru Male featuring a relatively unknown fella by the name Ganesh was a blockbuster hit with boxoffice earning surpassing Rs 75 crore ($1=Rs 48). So, when SI readers repeatedly brought up the Kannada film Mungaru Male, we were intrigued as to what could be unique about this film. We’ve watched very few Kannada movies in our life.Īs most SI readers know by now, Hindi, Tamil, English and now foreign language films have been the mainstay of our filmi entertainment. This is a film that is worth your ticket.Recommended by (halfMonkHalfHitman and rakeshbaba) The fluid movement of the camera by Naveen, capturing fog, lush green landscape, valley, hillocks, drizzling, waterfalls and the sunlight is striking. The director has scored the background music and the title song is impressive. Malavika's story in the climax needed a sense of completion.
Aindrita Ray's character has no relevance. With a shorter run time (its 173 minutes), 'PP' could have been a better experience.
The film keeps you engaged and ends with a heart-touching climax. It's interesting to see the protagonist not even touch his lady love. Get what you deserve, not what you desire is the film's message. The filmmaker redefines love with a stand against violence and force in receiving this trait.
With no double entendres, violence and skin show, the film is a family entertainer. 'PP' tries to be one such classic and its attempt must be appreciated. Each of these films, with tragic climaxes and evergreen songs, continue to haunt the audience. The Kannada film industry has had some romantic classics like 'Geetha' (1981), 'Bandhana' (1984), 'Olavina Udugore' (1987), 'Hrudaya Haadithu' (1991), 'Beladingala Baale' (1995), 'Nammoora Mandara Hoove' (1996) and 'Mungaru Male' (2006). 'Premam Poojyam' (PP), a routine but realistic story of two young medical practitioners, is a visually pleasing romantic film. Cast: Prem Kumar, Brinda Acharya, Aindrita Ray, Master Anand, Sadhu Kokila