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| Directed by | Vamsi Paidipally |
| Produced by | Dil Raju |
| Written by | Vamsi Paidipally, Koratala Siva & BVS Ravi |
| 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) | 2 May 2007 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | 10 Crore |
Munna (Telugu: మున్నా) 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 2 May 2007 this film dubbed into malayalam on same title. The film did not do well in Telugu and was the first flop for Dil Raju.
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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. 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'Cruz as ... Nidhi
- Prakash Raj as ... Kakha
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as ... Srinivasa Rao
- Rahul Dev as ... Aatma
- Shriya Saran ... Special appearance (song)
Music
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| Soundtrack by Harris Jayaraj | ||||
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28 March 2007 (India)
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
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Supreme Music
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The film has six songs composed by Harris Jayaraj. Music got very good reviews with the song 'Manasa' topping the charts.[1][2]
Track listing
- Baga Baga - Shankar Mahadevan
- Chammakkuro - Karthik, Anushka Manchandani, & Blaze
- Kadhulu Kadhulu - Kay Kay
- Koncham Koncha - Kailash Kher & Sujatha
- Manasa - Sadhana Sargam, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer, Krish
- Vastaava Vastaava - Kay Kay & Shalini
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]
- Actress Shriya Saran plays item number in a song.
- The film has been dubbed in Tamil with the title Vetri Thirumagan.
- Sadhana Sargam won the Filmfare award- Best Singer (Female) award for the year 2007 for the song "Manasa".
References
- ^ "cinegoer.com". Catchy Numbers, Good Vocals. http://www.cinegoer.com/areviews/munna.htm. Retrieved 29 March 2007.
- ^ "idlebrain.com". Munna – Catchy but commonplace. http://www.idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/munna.html. Retrieved 4 April 2007.
- ^ "cinegoer.com". Munna worked with all hit directors. http://blogs.cinegoer.com/?p=1048. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
External links
- Munna at the Internet Movie Database
- Munna on Vendithera.com - All about Telugu Cinema
- Munna at BharatMovies.com
- Free Hindi at watch-Hindi-movies.com
- Free Hindi at ChakDeFatte.com
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