Munna (film)

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Munna
Directed by Vamsi Paidipally
Produced by Dil Raju
Written by Vamsi Paidipally (story and screenplay),
Koratala Siva & BVS Ravi (dialogues)
Starring Prabhas,
Ileana D'Cruz,
Prakash Raj,
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Music by Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography C. Ram Prasad
Editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh
Release date(s) May 2, 2007
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget 10 Crore
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Munna is a 2007 Tollywood )( Dubbed in malayalam as the same title ) film directed by Vamsi Paidipally and produced by hit producer 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 May 2, 2007 this film dubbed into malayalam on same title.

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[edit] Plot

Munna (Prabhas) is a college student. His aim is to finish off mafia don Kakha (Prakash Raj) who controls 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 he gets killed. Meanwhile, Munna’s classmate Nidhi (Ileana D'Cruz) falls in love with him. The twist in the tale is that the Kakha is none other than his estranged father who tries to sell off his mother and 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 the Aatma was working for Kakha all along. The two of them plan on killing him in a factory when all of a sudden the Aatma turns against Kakha and Munna. Munna and then kills the Aatma and then kills Kakha.

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Munna
Munna cover
Soundtrack by Harris Jayaraj
Released
March 28, 2007 (India)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label
Supreme Music
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Unnale Unnale
(2007)
Munna
(2007)
Bheema
(2007)

The film has six songs composed by Harris Jayaraj. Music got very good reviews with the song 'Manasa' topping the charts.[1][2]

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[edit] Trivia

  • Bollywood singer Kailash Kher sings his first Telugu song in this film.
  • For the first time, actor Prabhas did a film for a debut director. All his previous films were directed by much experienced directors.[3]
  • The song Baga Baga has the same background music as a song from Harris Jayaraj's previous Tamil soundtrack album of Pachaikili Muthucharam.

[edit] References

  1. ^ cinegoer.com. Catchy Numbers, Good Vocals. Retrieved on 29 March 2007.
  2. ^ idlebrain.com. Munna – Catchy but commonplace. Retrieved on 4 April 2007.
  3. ^ cinegoer.com. Munna worked with all hit directors. Retrieved on 9 April 2007.

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