Mungaru Male Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Genre | Comedy Drama Musical Romance |
| Release date | 29 December 2006 |
| Running time | 2hr 12min |
| Certificate | U |
| Starring | Ganesh Pooja Gandhi |
| Directed by | Yograj Bhat |
| Written by | Yogaraj Bhat Preetam Gubbi |
| Produced by | E. Krishna |
| Cinematography by | S. Krishna |
| Edited by | Deepu S. Kumar |
| Music by | Mano Murthy |
| Production Company | E. K. Entertainers |
| Distributor | Jayanna Bhogendra |
Mungaru Male Movie Cast & Characters:
- Ganesh as Preetam
- Pooja Gandhi as Nandini, preetam’s love interest
- Ananth Nag as Colonel Subbaiah, Nandini’s father
- Padmaja Rao as “Bubbly” Babita, Nandini’s mother
- Jai Jagadish as preetam’s father
- Sudha Belawadi as Kamala, preetam’s mother
- Diganth as Gautam, Nandini’s fiancé
- Neenasam Ashwath as Jolly
- Sanchita Shetty as Nandini’s friend
Storyline:
Preetham loves Nandhini but gets heartbroken when he comes to know that her marriage is already fixed. Things change when she challenges him to win her heart.
Mungaru Male Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹70 Lakh |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹75 crore |
Mungaru Male Movie tracklist:
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Onde Ondu Saari” | Kaviraj | Kunal Ganjawala, Priya Himesh | 4:32 |
| 2. | “Mungaru Maleye” | Yogaraj Bhat | Sonu Nigam | 4:49 |
| 3. | “Kunidu Kunidu Baare” | Jayant Kaikini | Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Stephen | 4:30 |
| 4. | “Anisuthide” | Jayant Kaikini | Sonu Nigam | 4:36 |
| 5. | “Suvvi Suvvali” | Hrudaya Shiva | Hemanth | 4:38 |
| 6. | “Ivanu Geleyanalla” | Hrudaya Shiva | Shreya Ghoshal | 3:47 |
| 7. | “Araluthiru Jeevada Geleya” | Jayant Kaikini | Shreya Ghoshal | 4:38 |
About Mungaru Male Movie:
Mungaru Male Kannada romantic drama film co-written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat, and produced by E. Krishnappa. It stars Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi, and Anant Nag.
Director Yograj Bhat, who had earlier dabbled in advertising and corporate films, began working on the script of Mungaru Male. He read the script to Puneeth Rajkumar and Ramya who rejected it.
Ganesh introduced Yograj Bhat to producer E. Krishnappa, who agreed to finance the film. Bhat cast a relatively unknown actress, Pooja Gandhi, for the lead female role in the film.
Approximately 80% of the scenes were filmed in the rain.
Shooting locations included major parts in Sakaleshpura, Madikeri, Jog Falls Sagara, and Gadag. Krishna, the cameraman, was a part-time photographer before the film.
Mungaru Male was theatrically released on 29 December 2006 as well as released to 10 countries including the United States, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, UK, Hong Kong, and Dubai. It was the highest-grossing Kannada film overseas. It had made ₹36 lakh (equivalent to ₹1.2 crore or US$140,000 in 2023) in the US alone.
The satellite rights were acquired by the television channel Star Suvarna for ₹36 million. The DVD of the film with 5.1 surround sound was distributed by Anand Video.
The success of Mungaru Male turned Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi into the most sought-after actors in Kannada cinema. Ganesh had back-to-back commercial successes in Cheluvina Chittara (2007), Hudugaata (2007) and Krishna (2007). Ganesh and Bhat delivered two consecutive films that emerged as commercial successes, the other being Gaalipata (2008).
The film also proved to be a launchpad for the career of actress Pooja Gandhi. And Gandhi also delivered back-to-back commercial superhit films such as Milana (2007), Krishna (2007), Taj Mahal (2008) and Budhivanta (2008).
It was the first film in India (for any language) to be screened continuously for over one year in a multiplex, and holds the record for the longest-running film at a multiplex in addition to having one of the highest recorded box-office collections in Kannada cinema.
According to the Bangalore Mirror, it was the first Kannada film to cross the ₹50 crore box office collection mark.
It was the first film to run over 865 days in the history of Karnataka. and collected an estimated ₹50 – 75 crore (₹500–750 million).
The Income Tax department alleged that the movie had collected ₹67.5 crore (US$8.5 million) and demanded tax on that amount.
It ran for a record 460 days at the PVR Multiplex. It also holds a national record in Indian Cinema for running for more than one year in PVR.
Producer E Krishnappa and distributor Jayanna were raided by the Income Tax department multiple times, who claimed that the film had collected ₹67.5 crore and demanded tax for that amount. After Mungaru Male, two of Ganesh’s next films also became super hits.
Yograj Bhat wrote about the making of Mungaru Male in the book Haage Summane, which was released on day of the silver jubilee celebration for the movie.
The movie was remade in Telugu in 2008 as Vaana, in Bengali in 2008 as Premer Kahini, in Odia in 2009 as Romeo – The Lover Boy, and in Marathi in 2017 as Premay Namaha.
Mungaru Male sequel was announced in July 2014 that Shashank would be directing the sequel of the film, titled Mungaru Male 2. Ganesh reprised his role in the film, produced by J. Gangadhar under the banner of E. K. Pictures. The sequel was released in 2016.
