Milana (film)

Milana (transl. Rendezvous) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy drama film co-written and directed by Prakash, starring Puneeth Rajkumar, and Parvathy Thiruvothu in lead roles. The film was Parvathy's debut in Kannada cinema. The movie also features Pooja Gandhi, Dileep Raj, Sumithra and Mukhyamantri Chandru in prominent roles. Music for the film was composed by Mano Murthy.

Milana
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPrakash
Written byM. S. Ramesh (Dialogues)
Screenplay byPrakash
M. S. Abhishek
Story byPrakash
M. S. Abhishek
Produced byK. S. Dushyanth
Starring
CinematographyK. Krishnakumar
Edited byS. Manohar
Music byMano Murthy
Production
companies
Sri Chowdeshwari Cine Creations
Sri Jaimatha Combines
Release date
  • 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14) (India)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Upon theatrical release on 14 September 2007, the film saw massive commercial success and completed a 500-day run in theatres making it the longest running Indian film ever in the history of Multiplexes.[1] Puneeth's performance won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor.[2] The film was dubbed into Malayalam as Ishtam Enikkishtam.[3]

The film was remade in Odia in 2014 as Something Something 2 and in Bengali in 2016 as Ki Kore Toke Bolbo thereby becoming the fourth Kannada movie after Anuraga Aralithu , Appu and Mungaru Male to be remade in two non-Hindi non-South Indian languages.[4] The 2013 Tamil film Raja Rani was reported to have been inspired by this movie.[5][6][7]

Plot

The story opens with Aakash being tortured in the police station. The scene then shifts to Aakash standing outside Priya's house and incessantly calling out to her. However, when he sees her house locked, Aakash is distraught.

The scene then opens at a wedding where Aakash is due to marry Anjali at Mysore. The entire wedding process is concluded through a song 'Madarangiyalli' and the story moves on to Aakash going on to spend his first night with Anjali. However, the story takes a dramatic twist here when Anjali right away demands a divorce from Aakash. Aakash, instead of showing any kind of frustration, calmly agrees to give Anjali her divorce, on the condition that only after they move to Bangalore. Aakash also requests Anjali to keep this as a secret from his parents, as he fears they would not be able to handle it. Anjali agrees, and it is shown that Anjali was never interested in the wedding as she was already in love with Hemant, whom she is also struggling to find after her father forbade her to see him again.

The story shifts to Bangalore where it is shown that Aakash is a popular Radio Jockey for the station Radio Mirchi. As the days pass, Aakash and Anjali face off on various fronts, clearly letting the viewer know that their marriage is on the rocks. However, when Aakash rescues his neighbor from a local rowdy Anjali realizes that Aakash is not such a bad person after all. She requests Aakash to help her find Hemant, to which he agrees. Soon, Aakash manages to locate Hemant, and also keeps his word by applying for divorce, and as per the rules, the court grants them 6 months time if they want to reconsider their application.

As the days roll by, it is shown that Hemant is a fraud and he had demanded money from Anjali's father to end his relationship with her. When Anjali gets to know this, she is devastated as she feels that her whole life is now ruined. Dejected, she attempts suicide only to be saved by Aakash in the nick of time. Post this event, Aakash and Anjali undergo a transformation where Aakash manages to win Anjali's respect, and soon they become the best friends. Soon enough, Anjali realizes that she has fallen for Aakash, who has helped her through so much of hardships. However, she realizes that she cannot express her love to him as it would make her look small in Aakash's eyes. Caught in a perpetual emotional dilemma, she struggles to hide her feelings from him. A few days later, the court summons them and approves their divorce.

Anjali is once again devastated as Aakash feels no remorse in signing the papers. Anjali decides that she cannot stay in India anymore and decides to move to the US. However, Aakash begins to feel a strange sense of loss after he bids Anjali goodbye. He later realizes that Anjali was in love with him and he too was in love with her. He rushes to the airport to prevent her from leaving the country. After a tense climax where he fights with Hemant (who wants to avenge the humiliation when Aakash had thrashed him in the nightclub) and his henchman. Aakash and Anjali reunite and Aakash jokingly taunts Anjali that now he has to spend the rest of his life with her.

Cast

Soundtrack
Milana
Soundtrack album by
Mano Murthy
Released
June 2007
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelAnand Audio
External audio
Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The soundtrack is made up of the following songs:[9]

All tracks are written by Jayanth Kaykini.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ninnindale"Sonu Nigam4:53
2."Kaddu Kaddu"Stephen,Sonu Kakkar, Suresh Peters6:41
3."Male Nintu Hoda Mele" (Duet)Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam6:04
4."Antu Intu"Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra4:55
5."Kivi Maatondu"Kunal Ganjawala4:53
6."Madarangiyalli"Rajesh Krishnan, Shreya Ghoshal5:39
7."Ninnindale" (Remix)Sonu Nigam4:31
8."Male Nintu Hoda Mele" (Solo)Shreya Ghoshal6:04

Critical response

Rediff.com rating 3.5 out of 5 and stating that "Puneet Rajkumar has shown a lot of maturity in his performance. Pooja Gandhi, the 'Mungaru Male' heroine impresses by her song with Puneet is certainly the highlight of the film. Parvathi has done her best.[10]

Box-office and performance
  • The film successfully ran for 50 days in 137 centers in Karnataka, and 100 days in 50 centers, 175 days in 7 centres and 450 Days in PVR, Bangalore which records only the second Indian movie to see a run of more than 365 days in any Indian multiplex after Mungaru Male and the longest running Indian Film in the history of Multiplexes [11][12][13][14]

Awards
Filmfare Awards South

State awards

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