Monalisa (film)

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]

Monalisa
Film poster
Directed byIndrajit Lankesh
Written byIndrajit Lankesh
Produced byK. S. Dushyanth
K. Santhosh Kumar
StarringDhyan
Sadha
Bhavya
CinematographyKrishna Kumar
Edited byB. S. Kemparaj
Music byValisha-Sandeep
Production
company
Lankesh Chitralaya
Release date
  • 7 May 2004 (2004-05-07)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

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

Guest appearances

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
Soundtrack album by
Valisha-Sandeep
Released2004 (2004)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelAshwini Audio
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Chori Chori"K. KalyanShankar Mahadevan, Kalpana 
2."Car Car Huduga"V. Nagendra PrasadVasundhara Das, Karthik 
3."Oh Priyathame"K. KalyanRajesh Krishnan 
4."Nannusiru Neene"DoddarangegowdaK. S. Chithra 
5."Ee Manasella Neene"K. KalyanRajesh Krishnan, Shreya Ghoshal 
6."Monalisa Monalisa"Nagendra PrasadSonu 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
  1. Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana (8 June 2010). "Why Sadaa is returning to Kannada films". Rediff.com.
  2. "Shruti, Murali bag Karnataka film awards". The Times of India. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (17 July 2004). "'Excuse Me' exceeds all expectations - Kannada Top Films". IANS – via Nowrunning.
  4. 2004-05 State Awards List
  5. "Movie review - Monalisa". Idlebrain.com. 7 October 2004.
  6. Lava Kusha songs
  7. Deepak, S N (9 May 2004). "Monalisa". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014.
  8. "MONALISA". indiainfo. Archived from the original on 15 June 2004.
  9. RG Vijayasarathy (19 April 2006). "Indrajit Lankesh wants to quit direction". Rediff.com.

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