Mungaru Male

Mungaru Male (Kannada: ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆ, translation: Pre-monsoon Showers) is a 2006 Indian Kannada musical romance film co-written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat, and produced by E. Krishnappa. It stars Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi, Anant Nag, Padmaja Rao in lead roles. The film is believed to have shaped and strengthened the careers of Gandhi, Ganesh, director Bhat, playback singers Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala, Udit Narayan,Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal in South India and lyricist Jayant Kaikini, choreographers A. Harsha, Imran Sardaria, composer Mano Murthy and others.

The film was the first in India for any language to be screened for continuously one year in a multiplex. and it became all time blockbuster. Overall it ran over 865 days in Karnataka. It was remade in Telugu as Vaana and in Bengali as Premer Kahini in 2008.

A sequel to the film titled Mungaru Male 2 was announced in July 2014 and filming began in July 2015. Shashank is directing the film with Ganesh returning to the franchise, while music composer Arjun Janya is scoring music.

Mungaru Male 2

Mungaru Male 2 (English: Pre Monsoon Showers) is an upcoming Indian Kannada film written and directed by Shashank, and is a sequel to the 2006 Kannada film Mungaru Male. It stars Ganesh, Neha Shetty, Aindrita Ray and V. Ravichandran in the lead roles. The supporting cast features P. Ravi Shankar and Sadhu Kokila.

Cast

Production

Development

In May 2007, in the midst of the massively successful run of Mungaru Male in theatres, having collected ₹35 crore in 150 days, the makers conceived a second part for the film, which they had previously planned while shooting for the film was on course. With producer E. Krishnappa objecting to the title Mungaru Male Part 2, the title Preetham Prem Kahani was fixed. Ganesh was to reprise his role as Preetham opposite Ramya. In September, The Times of India carried a report which said that Rockline Venkatesh would produce the film titled Mungaru Male 2, and that it would be directed by Preetham Gubbi, the screenwriter of Mungaru Male. It was reported that Ganesh would reprise his role and the makers were on the lookout for the female lead. The sequel however, did not take off for seven years until reports came out in early-July 2014, when it was announced, albeit by a different team. It was reported that G. Gangadhar, the executive producer of Mungaru Male would produce it. He approached Shashank to direct it, who initially refused, but was keen on directing Ganesh. However, after much insistence, reports said Shashank relented and began working on the film's story and screenplay, which he completed by March 2015. It was revealed that Ganesh would reprise his role in the film as the main protagonist, and that the film would be titled Mungaru Male 2.