Well after waiting for a period of one and half months ,finally I get a chance to watch a movie.[also wanted to celebrate the euphoria of my daughter finishing her exam!]satisfyling my ever present ambition of watching a kannada one! Had heard so much about mungaru male, directed by the same director,Mr.Yogaraj Bhat which steadfastedly refused to watch it as it has a tragic ending [ as it is life is full of quite a lot of tragic things why go and cry in a movie theatre right?

to come back heavy hearted?]This opportunity I had to grab .I could not believe that first of all the theatre was 3/4th full.felt proud that kannada movies finally could create a niche for themselves!
I went with lot of curiosity about the golden star Ganesha [The kannad people have this strange habit of giving a title to every popular actor!

]to see what is so great about him.Well I have mixed feelings after seeing him,dint feel that excited nor dejected. He is good in emoting and has a different style of dialogue delivery. But here and there I felt he copies devanand's mannerisms.
the movie is about three friends [NO NOt DIL CHAHTA HAI!} but the couples are so mismatched. The director could have used some discretion when it comes to his choice of heroines .[But he must have thought that having goldne star itself is enough and true, the movie is considered to be a hit anyway]Ganesh's lover soumya [daisy bopanna]is two inches taller than him! there is another hero Diganth whose heroine looks like a weight lifter where diganth looks so young and cute! the third hero by the by is a good singer basically named rajesh krishnan .He is not too bad as an actor [what else he can do when producers have started bringing all hindi singers into kannada these singers have to look for alternate careers!]
How these three friends get frustrated in life decide to go to a scenic place in coorg, and fall in love with three girls of the same family whom they stay with.Two sisters and one widow bhabhi
considering the acting part, everybody has done their job well . Here the actress nitu needs a special mention as she has done quite well of a young teenage ,carefree girl. Daisy bopanna whom I had a chance to watch in another kannada movie is very good as a quiet, soumya girl [soumya menas calm in kannada anyway]like her namesake.But the third actress bhavana needs to tone down both her histrionics and her body.and she is too big in size I feel to make it a success in the movie industry!
a couple of songs are very good not upt o the mark of the previous mungaru male which has created a sort of record.
But there is constantly a wild pig coming into the scene where they try to hunt and finally it ends up to be lord varaha and anantnag regaining his legswhile trying to shoot it etc [eventhough he had spinal problem] was little bizarre.
On the whole it is a watchable movie My daughter's final comment was "Amma I love kannada movies!"
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kannada has been producing some good movies recently lik my autgraph,accident,and of course mungaru male.
i didnt like galipata which was made on same lines of the previous one(mungaru male).
it had same type of "kan re! kan re!" dialogues, same type scenery, similar wisecracks by talkative ganesh, and scenery!!
Mungaru male according me is a happy ending.
anyway watch it,you will understand!!
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hmmm.....u should hv seen mungaru male 1st......
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hi wiskyd,
dhanyavadagalu! naanu bangalore bidokkinta modlu ondu kannada cinema nodbeku antha took an oath and ended up with gaalipata. but khushi patte kannada movies standard nijvaglu chennagide eevaga anta. eega singapore nalli chance illvalla? i know with small children at home movie going adu bengalooalli not good! too crowded!
hi only saayodu trgedy na satru parvagilla but losing your love for life ? worse naanu die hard romantic person anta cinma nodi attukondu maneg barodu ishta illa!
songa definitely mungaru is better and sonu is great [kannadada rajesh na they could have taken still]
anamadheya
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HI Anamadheya,
We saw the movie on DVD while driving down from Chennai to Bangalore...
THat was a fun review. Neevu Mungaru Male nodi...channagide movie...ending isn't all that bad..yaaru sayalla..so okay...Aa movie nallu ondu mola ide...ganesh friend..adu sayathe ashte..(symbolic of the death of the love) Songs sikkapate hit...nan maga (all of 2-1/2 yrs) hadthane "Anisuthide yaako indu"..
Haven't seen a movie in a theater for a lonnnnng time...since we have this little fellow it will be a few more years before that happens.
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hi melody queen,
sorry toobusy inlife to come on sulekha also. waiting for sonny's exams to be over to be relieved mentally! thanks for the review heard mungaru male is very good But I hate to watch tragedies hence refused to watch it!
anamadheya
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Hi Anamadheya
. Btw, I'm unfamiliar with all the new names- so out of touch.
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It's been a LLLOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGG time since I watched a Kannada movie. Not only Kannada movies, Tamil movie industry also gives titles to all and sundry actors hehe. It's as if the actor would not be recognizable without his title
Anyway, liked your breezy review spiced with your quips and asides. Is it a comeback movie for Anantnag? Somehow I feel he must be so out of place with the currrent movie trends. I had heard about Mungaru Male too, waiting for the local library to stock it. Donno when they would do it
Regards
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thanks yashji,
I know I was away too long few more days will be back insulekha actively!
anamadheya
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thanks for the comment bharatborn,
but watching it for the second time?
anamadheya
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wow what an achievement. your daughter loved it???
you will have to see it a second time with me. heeheheh.
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EVen I dontknow much about kannada movies, yet I enjoyed your review..Glad to se you after a long....Yash
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