Monalisa (film)
Monalisa | |
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Directed by | Indrajit Lankesh |
Written by | Indrajit Lankesh |
Produced by | K. S. Dushyanth K. Santhosh Kumar |
Starring | Dhyan Sadha Bhavya |
Cinematography | Krishna Kumar |
Edited by | B. S. Kemparaj |
Music by | Valisha-Sandeep |
Production company | Lankesh Chitralaya |
Release date |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Monalisa is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Indrajit Lankesh. The film stars Dhyan and Sadha in lead roles and prominent actors such as Darshan and Rekha Vedavyas have done cameo appearances.[1] The film's storyline is inspired by Parthiban Kanavu (2003).[2]
The film was a blockbuster upon release and also received critical appreciation.[3] It went on to win numerous awards at the Filmfare Awards South and Karnataka State Film Awards for the year 2004.[4] It was also dubbed into Telugu with the same title with a reshot comedy track involving Brahmanandam and Kovai Sarala.[5]
Cast
- Dhyan as Dhyan
- Sadha as Monalisa/Spandana (double role)
- Ramakrishna as Dhyan's father
- Bhavya as Sarasu
- Sharan as Dhyan's friend
- Rangayana Raghu as ACP Raveendra
- Umashree as Marriage broker
- Shankar Bhat
- Shakeela
- Vijay
Guest appearances
- Darshan
- Rekha Vedavyas
- Vanitha Vasu
- Durga Shetty
- Ruchita Prasad
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Valisha-Sandeep duo. The song "Chori Chori" is inspired from Habibi Dah (Nari Narain) which was sung by Hisham Abbas and Bombay Jayashri.[6]
Monalisa | |
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Soundtrack album by Valisha-Sandeep | |
Released | 2004 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Ashwini Audio |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Chori Chori" | K. Kalyan | Shankar Mahadevan, Kalpana | |
2. | "Car Car Huduga" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Vasundhara Das, Karthik | |
3. | "Oh Priyathame" | K. Kalyan | Rajesh Krishnan | |
4. | "Nannusiru Neene" | Doddarangegowda | K. S. Chithra | |
5. | "Ee Manasella Neene" | K. Kalyan | Rajesh Krishnan, Shreya Ghoshal | |
6. | "Monalisa Monalisa" | Nagendra Prasad | Sonu Nigam, K. S. Chithra |
Reception
A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "The director has put in a good effort to make the film a mass entertainer through comedy, romance, sentiment and action sequences. The first part is full of comedy and romantic scenes.The narration has a touch of freshness".[7] A critic from indiainfo wrote that "Overall a good film".[8]
Awards
References
- ^ Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana (8 June 2010). "Why Sadaa is returning to Kannada films". Rediff.com.
- ^ "Shruti, Murali bag Karnataka film awards". The Times of India. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ Vijayasarathy, R. G. (17 July 2004). "'Excuse Me' exceeds all expectations - Kannada Top Films". IANS – via Nowrunning.
- ^ 2004-05 State Awards List
- ^ "Movie review - Monalisa". Idlebrain.com. 7 October 2004.
- ^ Lava Kusha songs
- ^ Deepak, S N (9 May 2004). "Monalisa". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014.
- ^ "MONALISA". indiainfo. Archived from the original on 15 June 2004.
- ^ RG Vijayasarathy (19 April 2006). "Indrajit Lankesh wants to quit direction". Rediff.com.