Munna (2007 film)

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Munna
Munna film poster.jpg
Directed by Vamshi Paidipally
Screenplay byVamshi Paidipally
Dialogues by
Story byVamshi Paidipally
Produced by Dil Raju
Starring Prabhas
Ileana D'Cruz
Prakash Raj
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Rahul Dev
Cinematography C. Ramprasad
Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by Harris Jayaraj
Production
company
Distributed bySri Venkateswara Creations
Release date
  • 26 April 2007 (2007-04-26)
Running time
174 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Telugu
Box office₹22 Crore (Distributors' Share)

Munna is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Vamshi Paidipally in his directorial debut and produced by Dil Raju. The film stars Prabhas and Ileana D'Cruz in lead roles, while Prakash Raj, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Rahul Dev appear the supporting roles.

Contents

Munna was released on 26 April 2007.[ citation needed ]

Plot

Mahesh Kumar alias "Munna" is a college student whose aim is to finish Kamalakar alias Khakha, a crime boss who keeps the entire city under his grip. It is revealed that Khakha is actually Munna's estranged father who was responsible for the deaths of his mother and Munna's young sister. Kakha's opposition Aatma asks Munna to join him, but he refuses his proposal. A mind game ensues where Khakha's second wife, son Rahul and daughter Shruthi leave him and join Munna. After many incidents including his best friend's death, Munna finds out that Aatma was working for Khakha. Aatma and Khakha plans to kill Munna in a factory, but Aatma turns against Khakha and Munna in turn of events. Khakha kills Aatma for his betrayal and commits suicide after losing everything that he worked for his life. With his vengeance completed, Munna leaves the factory.

Cast

Cameo appearance

Music

The film had six songs composed by Harris Jayaraj. The Audio was launched on 23 March 2007 in the presence of guests like Krishnam Raju, Allu Arjun, Sukumar and Bhaskar. Bhaskar released the audio cassette and presented the first unit to Sukumar, Allu Arjun presented the first audio CD to Prabhas. [1] Soundtrack version of 'Manasa' featured the vocals of Sadhana Sargam while the film version retained vocals provided by Mahalakshmi Iyer. Harris Jayaraj received a nomination for Filmfare Best Music Director for his work in the film. [2] [3] Sadhana Sargam won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu for the song "Manasa". The song "Baga Baga" is based on Karu Karu Vizhigalal, which itself is based on Westlife’s ‘Hit You With The Real Thing’. [4] [5]

Munna
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released23 March 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length30:20
Language Telugu
Label Supreme Music
Aditya Music
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Unnale Unnale
(2007)		Munna
(2007)		 Bheemaa
(2008)
Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kadhulu Kadhulu Padha
(Andhanidhaedhee Ilalonaa)"		 Viswa KK, Karthik (Chorus)5:07
2."Manasaa Nuvvunde" Kandikonda Sadhana Sargam, Naresh Iyer, Krish, Haricharan,
Mahalakshmi Iyer (Chorus & Humming)		5:51
3."Vasthaavaa Vasthaavaa" Ananta Sriram KK, Pop Shalini 5:40
4."Bhaga Bhaga Mande
(Okadochhesaadey/Power Of Munna)"		 Kandikonda Shankar Mahadevan & Chorus4:01
5."Chammakkuro Challaa"Viswa Karthik, Anushka Manchanda, Blaaze (Chorus) &
Chinmayi (Humming)		5:00
6."Konchem Konchem Ooristhunte
(Uyyaalo Uyyaalo)"		 Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar Kailash Kher, Sujatha Mohan 4:41
7."Manasaa Nuvvunde
(Mahalakshmi Iyer Version - Unreleased/Theatrical Version)"		 Kandikonda Mahalakshmi Iyer, Naresh Iyer, Krish, Haricharan,5:51
Total length:30:20 [6]
Vetri Thirumagan
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released2008
Recorded2007
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length29:17
Language Tamil
Label New Music
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Tamil Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Amsa Vennila"Muthu VijayanV.V. Prassanna, Vinaiya4:52
2."Purappadu Nanba"Sarathi Sathyan 4:02
3."Puyalukkum Neruppukkum"M.G. KanniyappanSathyan5:07
4."Thimirai Oru Pillai"Sarathi Padmalatha, V.V. Prassanna5:06
5."Adi Vaama En Mayile"M. Arul Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Hemambika4:38
6."Variya Variya"Muthu Vijayan Yugendran, Vinaya5:32
Total length:29:17 [7]

Release

The film was released on 26 April 2007. The film was also dubbed and released in Tamil as Vetri Thirumagan, in Hindi as Bagawat Ek Jung, in Malayalam with the same name and later in Hindustani as Rowdy Munna.

Reception

Critical reception

Idlebrain gave 3/5 stars and praised Prabhas' performances, stylized direction and budget, but criticized its narration and wrote "There is no holistic perspective in the film. Let us wait and see if Dil Raju's 'Midas Touch' works for this film or not!." [8]

Remakes

The film was also remade into Bangladesh Bengali as Amar Challenge starring Shakib Khan, Sahara, Misha Sawdagor and Shiba Shanu.

Awards

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