Mungaru Male

Saw this movie on 2nd Standard and saw it on TV.... remembering my Golden days. A nostalgic feel by watching it many times. The powerful music and cinematography lifts up the movie.

Excellent Story, Screen Play, Photography... One among the best movie i have seen, among all the movies. This is a movie which has even dragged, Non-Kannadigas to movie theaters, and has made Bollywood make look into sandalwood ..

This movie shows the exotic location in karnataka. Totally filmed in Karnataka, Westhern Ghats. Every body will love this movie from young to old.

Ganesh has done excellent dialog's.

Its the magic of director Yograj Bhat, who hails from the coastal district of Udupi. Three Cheers to him. He has returned charm to Kannada movies.

The best scene in the movie is the Jog Falls Photography in the song "Kunidu Kunidu Bare". And the best song is " Mungaru male-ye.. enu nina hanigala Lille.." followed by " Anisuthidhe yako induu.. nenenu nannavalendu..."

Well made movie. Movie flow and the sequences are well planned. Direction at its best. Dialogues, songs are cheerful. 30th week running to packed houses. Jog falls scene in a song is an ultimate experience that matches the feeling of race scene thriller in episode one of star-wars or some of the thriller scenes in LOTR movies;-), but with no digital mixing, just natural! Best experienced in the big screen. Wanted to vote 10, but it looks like 10 lines are needed :-) I was expecting some tear bursting scenes between hero's father and hero, near the end when hero learns that life might not turn out the way he wants. Finally, movie theme *love is wonderful but sacrifice is forever* shown does match final proceedings of the movie.

There are a million ways this movie could have fallen apart. But the director has held the movie together and creates sheer magic on screen with excellent screenplay and amazing cinematography.

Excellent songs(plus excellent lyrics), rendered by the truly talented California based Mano Murthy with non-Kannada singers delivering nothing but the best, have helped this movie achieve such popularity and box office success.

Ganesh is a find! The Kannada industry needs such talent.The heroine doesn't disappoint. Anant Nag, by my reckoning was as good as Amitabh Bachchan or perhaps better in the role of the Retd. Colonel.

A must watch, this one tops my favorite list of movies...

Sitting in movie-theatre, how can you get all senses tingled simultaneously. I prescribe the following key reasons;

1. Spectacular cinematography 2. Crisp direction 3. Exquisite dialogues 4. Chartbuster music 5. Good Acting 6. Smooth screenplay 7. Great locales 8. All in all - cinema experience at its best.

And of course Pop-corn!

Per me, the best blend of all these is what was named as "Mungaru Male" Thats 8 out of 10.

Here in our Karnataka state, people are surprised if they come to know you have not watched this movie yet! My hallmark collection is awaiting its most honoured new arrival - DVD of "Mungaru Male"

Tourism ministry should thank the team because this is the best visual experience of the tourist hot-spots of Karnataka that a film has provided yet.