Mundina Nildana

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Mundina Nildana
Mundina Nildana Poster.png
Directed by Vinay Bharadwaj
Screenplay by Vinay Bharadwaj
Starring Praveen Tej
Radhika Chetan
Ananya Kashyap
Ajay Raj
Dattanna
CinematographyAbhimanyu Sadanandan
Edited bySrikanth
Music bySrinidhi Venkatesh
Masala Coffee Band
Vasuki Vaibhav
Adil Nadaf
Swarathma Band
Jim Satya
Kaushik Shukla
Production
company
Coastal Breeze Productions
Distributed byKRG Studios
Release date
  • 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)
CountryIndia
Language Kannada

Mundina Nildana is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by Vinay Bharadwaj, [1] and produced by Coastal Breeze Productions. [2] The film stars Praveen Tej, Radhika Chetan [3] and Ananya Kashyap in lead roles. [4] [5]

Contents

The posters are designed by the 'Rudra Hanuman' fame painter Karan Acharya. The sound design is done by award-winning Ajay Kumar PB (Badlapur, Andhadhun fame). While the movie has seven songs composed by seven different music directors, the background score is done by Jim Satya who has worked on notable movies like Barfi, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani. The coloring of the film is done by colorist Siddhartha Gandhi from Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies. [6] Dialogues are written by Abhishek Iyengar. The movie's VFX is done by Pixel Digital Studios who has worked on notable movies like Baahubali and Gully Boy.

Plot

Partha, Meera, and Ahana who are completely different from each other have set out on a liberating journey that is taking them to their next destination. All three characters have diverging personalities and different goals that they are chasing after.

Partha is endeavoring in a corporate environment trying to break free from it, as his real passion is photography. Ahana is an ambitious medical student who is a fun-loving millennial who does not believe in commitments. Meera is an art curator and a self-sufficient woman who is looking for a soul mate.

In this process of discovering relationships, love, friendship, passion, and career, they take you through a fun-filled journey.

Cast

Soundtrack

The album has seven songs composed by seven different music directors.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Life of Partha"Srinidhi VenkateshSrinidhi VenkateshSrinidhi Venkatesh, Kumaran Shivamani3.00
2."Manase Maya"Kiran Kaverappa Masala Coffee BandSooraj Santhosh, Varun Sunil3:14
3."Innunu Bekagide"Pramod Maravanthe Vasuki Vaibhav Vasuki Vaibhav 3.26
4."Where's your Mundina Nildana" Vasuki Vaibhav Adil NadafMadhuri Sheshadri, Chetan Gandharwa2.56
5."Hrudaya (Male Version)"Skanda S Swarathma BandVasu Dixit2.47
6."Hrudaya (Female Version)"Skanda S Swarathma Inchara Rao 2.54
7."Naguva Kalisu"Kiran KaverappaJim Satya Ananya Bhat, Narayan Sharma3.33
8."Life Is Beautiful"Kiran KaverappaKaushik Shukla Sanjith Hegde 2.54
Total length:23:24

Production

Produced by Coastal Breeze Productions, the movie's shoot began in January 2019 and ended in April. The shoot was done in Bangalore, Sakleshpur, Kolar, Himachal Pradesh and Netherlands. The post-production was done in Bangalore, Mumbai, and Chennai.

Release

The movie was released on the 29 November 2019. [9] Dialogues are written by Abhishek Iyengar. The movie's VFX is done by Pixel Digital Studios who has worked on notable movies like Baahubali and Gully Boy.

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryRecipientResultRef
9th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress Radhika Chetan Nominated [10]
[11]
Best Supporting ActorAjay RajNominated
Best Debut ActressAnanya KashyapWon
Best Debut Director Vinay Bharadwaj Nominated
Best Debut ProducerCoastal Breeze ProductionsWon
Best Male Playback Singer Vasuki Vaibhav for "Innunu Bekagide"Nominated
Best CinematographerAbhimanyu SadanandanNominated

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