Munna (film)
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Munna is a 2007 Tollywood) action film directed by Vamsi Paidipally
and produced by Dil Raju
, who produced four blockbusters in a row: Dil
, Arya, Bhadra
, and Bommarillu
. Current sensation Ileana D'Cruz
was cast opposite Prabhas for the first time. The film was postponed several times due to excessive post-production. The film released on 2 May 2007.
) who keeps the entire city under his grip. Munna has personal vengeance to take on Kakha. An honest politician Srinivasa Rao (Kota Srinivasa Rao
) relentlessly works to expose Kakha but gets killed. Meanwhile, Munna’s classmate Nidhi (Ileana D'Cruz
) falls in love with him. The twist in the tale is that Kakha is none other than his estranged father who tries to sell off his mother and was responsible for the death of his kid sister. Another don in the city named Aatma (Rahul Dev) asks Munna to join him. After some incidents including the death of his best friend, Munna finds out that Aatma was working for Kakha all along. The two of them plan on killing him in a factory when all of a sudden Aatma turns against Kakha and Munna. Kakha kills Aatma for the betrayal. Having lost everything Kakha worked for in his life, he decides to kill himself.
. Music got very good reviews with the song 'Manasa' topping the charts.
Vamsi Paidipally
Vamsi Paidipally is a Tollywood film director, who recently delivered a hit film Brindavanam.He has been assistant director for many films such as Eeshwar, Varsham, Mass and Bhadra....
and produced by Dil Raju
Dil Raju
Dil Raju |Dil]], Arya,Bhadra, Bommarillu,Kotha Bangaru Lokam and Brindavanam . His recent film Mr.Perfect.-Biography:...
, who produced four blockbusters in a row: Dil
Dil (film)
Dil is a 2003 Telugu film which starred Nitin, Neha, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles. V.V. Vinayak directed this film and Dil Raju produced it. The film was a box-office hit. The comedy of the film was appreciable...
, Arya, Bhadra
Bhadra (film)
Bhadra is a Telugu film released on 12 May 2005 and was directed by debutant director Boyapati Srinu. Ravi Teja and Meera Jasmine played the lead roles. The film was later remade into Tamil as Saravana with Silambarasan and Jyothika...
, and Bommarillu
Bommarillu
Bommarillu is a 2006 Telugu romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Bhaskar, and produced by Dil Raju. The two leading roles were played by Siddharth Narayan and Genelia D'Souza. The other two significant parts, the parents of one of the leading characters, were played by Prakash Raj and...
. Current sensation Ileana D'Cruz
Ileana D'Cruz
Ileana D'Cruz is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema. Starting her career as a model, she made her feature film debut in Y.V.S. Chowdhary's 2006 Telugu film Devadasu...
was cast opposite Prabhas for the first time. The film was postponed several times due to excessive post-production. The film released on 2 May 2007.
Plot
Munna (Prabhas) is a college student. His aim is to finish off mafia don Kakha (Prakash RajPrakash Raj
Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...
) who keeps the entire city under his grip. Munna has personal vengeance to take on Kakha. An honest politician Srinivasa Rao (Kota Srinivasa Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao is a versatile Indian film actor in Telugu Cinema. He is known for his negative roles, character roles and comedy timing. He also served as an MLA from Vijayawada East assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999-2004.He was a theater artist with Rangasthalam for...
) relentlessly works to expose Kakha but gets killed. Meanwhile, Munna’s classmate Nidhi (Ileana D'Cruz
Ileana D'Cruz
Ileana D'Cruz is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema. Starting her career as a model, she made her feature film debut in Y.V.S. Chowdhary's 2006 Telugu film Devadasu...
) falls in love with him. The twist in the tale is that Kakha is none other than his estranged father who tries to sell off his mother and was responsible for the death of his kid sister. Another don in the city named Aatma (Rahul Dev) asks Munna to join him. After some incidents including the death of his best friend, Munna finds out that Aatma was working for Kakha all along. The two of them plan on killing him in a factory when all of a sudden Aatma turns against Kakha and Munna. Kakha kills Aatma for the betrayal. Having lost everything Kakha worked for in his life, he decides to kill himself.
Cast
- Prabhas as ... Munna
- Ileana D'CruzIleana D'CruzIleana D'Cruz is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema. Starting her career as a model, she made her feature film debut in Y.V.S. Chowdhary's 2006 Telugu film Devadasu...
as ... Nidhi - Prakash RajPrakash RajPrakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...
as ... Kakha - Kota Srinivasa RaoKota Srinivasa RaoKota Srinivasa Rao is a versatile Indian film actor in Telugu Cinema. He is known for his negative roles, character roles and comedy timing. He also served as an MLA from Vijayawada East assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999-2004.He was a theater artist with Rangasthalam for...
as ... Srinivasa Rao - Rahul DevRahul DevRahul Dev is an Indian film actor and former model. Dev is known for his unconventional rugged looks and chiselled features and appearances in action films. He was meant to make his acting debut as the main villain in Mukul S. Anand's 1997 film Dus but the director's death while the film was still...
as ... Aatma - Shriya SaranShriya SaranShriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
... Special appearance (song)
Music
The film has six songs composed by Harris JayarajHarris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,...
. Music got very good reviews with the song 'Manasa' topping the charts.
Track listing
| Song title | Singers |
|---|---|
| Baga Baga | Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:... |
| Chammakkuro | Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers... , Anushka Manchandani Viva (band) Viva or Viva! is an Indian pop girl group that formed in 2002, and have disbanded since... , Blaaze Blaaze Blaaze is a rap artist and a popular playback singer in Indian films. An Indian by birth, born in Chennai, he grew up in Zambia and later did his education in England and in the US... |
| Kadhulu Kadhulu | KK KK -People:* KK , an Icelandic musician* KK Null, a Japanese musician* Kenneth Kaunda, a Zambian politician* Krishnakumar Kunnath, an Indian playback singer* Kishore Kumar, an Indian playback singer* Kay Kay Menon , an Indian actor... , Vishwa |
| Koncham Koncha | Kailash Kher, Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her... |
| Manasa | Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She... , Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam.-Career:Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus,... (humming), Haricharan, Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer is a playback singer from Chennai, India. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won... , Krish Krish (singer) Vijay Balakrishnan popularly known by his stage name, Krish, is a Tamil playback singer. Other than working with reputable Indian film composers, including Harris Jayaraj, A. R... |
| Vastaava Vastaava | KK KK -People:* KK , an Icelandic musician* KK Null, a Japanese musician* Kenneth Kaunda, a Zambian politician* Krishnakumar Kunnath, an Indian playback singer* Kishore Kumar, an Indian playback singer* Kay Kay Menon , an Indian actor... , Pop Shalini Pop shalini Shalini Singh popularly called as Pop Shalini is a singer from Tamil Nadu, India.Shalini Singh popularly known as Pop Shalini was one of the first teenagers to release an album when she was only 13. She has sung over 500 songs in various Indian languages for Indian films... , Ananth, Sriram Parthasarathy Sriram Parthasarathy Sriram Parthasarathy is an award-winning Tamil playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil. He is also an accomplished Carnatic Classical singer and a talented Veena player who is well versed with complete classical knowledge... |
Trivia
- BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
singer Kailash Kher sang his first TeluguTelugu languageTelugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
song in this film. - For the first time, actor Prabhas did a film for a debut director. All his previous films were directed by experienced directors.
- Actress Shriya Saran appeared in an item number in the film.
- The film has been dubbed in TamilTamil languageTamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
as Vetri Thirumagan and in Malayalam as Munna. - Sadhana SargamSadhana SargamSadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She...
won the Filmfare award- Best Singer (Female) award for for the song "Manasa". - Mahalakshmi IyerMahalakshmi IyerMahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam.-Career:Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus,...
is the playback singer in the film version of "Manasa". Mahalakshmi's voice replaced Sadhana's portions in the song. In the film's Soundtrack CD release Mahalakshmi's voice can only be heard in the humming portions of the song. - The Hindi version of the film is "Bagawat".
External links
- Munna on Vendithera.com - All about Telugu Cinema
- Munna at BharatMovies.com
- Free Hindi at watch-Hindi-movies.com
- Hindi at ChakDeFatte.com