Milana (film)

2007 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Prakash

Milana

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Prakash
Written by| M. S. Ramesh (Dialogues)
Screenplay by| Prakash
M. S. Abhishek
Story by| Prakash
M. S. Abhishek
Produced by| K. S. Dushyanth
Starring|

* Puneeth Rajkumar
* Parvathy
* Pooja Gandhi

Cinematography| K. Krishnakumar
Edited by| S. Manohar
Music by| Mano Murthy

Production
companies

Sri Chowdeshwari Cine Creations
Sri Jaimatha Combines

Release date

* 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14) (India)

Running time

| 155 minutes
Country| India
Language| Kannada

Milana (transl. Rendezvous) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy drama film co-written and directed by Prakash, starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Parvathy 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.

Upon theatrical release on 14 September 2007, the film saw massive commercial success and completed a 500-day run [1] in theatres making it the longest running Indian film ever in the history of Multiplexes.[2] Puneeth's performance won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor.[3] The film was dubbed into Malayalam as Ishtam Enikkishtam.[4]

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.[5] The 2013 Tamil film Raja Rani was reported to have been inspired by this movie, but milana itself is loosely inspired by the Tamil movie Nenjathai Killathe(1980)[6][7]

## Plot

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Aakash, a RJ for Radio Mirchi station in Bangalore, is married to Anjali in Mysore. On their first night, Anjali demands a divorce from Aakash. Instead of showing any kind of frustration, Aakash calmly agrees to give divorce to Anjali, on the condition that it would happen after they move to Bangalore and 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; it is revealed that Anjali was never interested in the wedding as she was already in love with Hemanth, whom she is also struggling to find after her father forbade her to see him again. Aakash had married Anjali due to his parents' wishes, as his love interest Priya is married to a police officer.

As the days pass, Aakash and Anjali face off on various fronts, clearly letting it show that their marriage is on the rocks. However, when Aakash rescues his neighbor from a local goon, Anjali realizes that Aakash is not such a bad person after all. She requests Aakash to help her find Hemanth, to which he agrees. Soon, Aakash manages to locate Hemanth, and also keeps his word by applying for divorce, and as per the rules, the court grants them six month's time if they want to reconsider their application. Anjali learns that Hemanth is a fraud and had demanded money from Anjali's father to end his relationship with her, which leaves her devastated as she feels that her whole life is now ruined.

Dejected, Anjali attempts suicide only to be saved by Aakash in the nick of time. Post this event, Aakash and Anjali undergo a transformation where Aakash helps and motivates Anjali overcome her depression. He made Anjali recognize that her life is full and she should live that life full of happiness. Akash helped her achieve her dream of studying abroad and made all the arrangements to send her to the US for her studies. At the same time Akash also helped his neighbour Ravi marry his girlfriend, whose family was forcing her to marry another man. These events made Akash win Anjali's respect and they become best friends. Soon enough, Anjali realizes that she has fallen for Aakash, who had helped her through so many 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 by seeing the divorce agreement, in which she signed as 'Anjali Akash' which she refused to sign when the application was submitted. And Akash too realizes that he was also in love with her. Aakash rushes to the airport to prevent her from leaving the country. After a tense fight between Hemanth (who wants to avenge the humiliation when Aakash had thrashed him in the nightclub) and his henchman. Aakash and Anjali reunite where he jokingly taunts Anjali that now he has to eat bread jam for the rest of his life, which she always cooked for him as she does not know how to cook.

## Cast

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* Puneeth Rajkumar as Aakash
* Parvathy as Anjali, Aakash's wife
* Pooja Gandhi as Priya, Aakash's ex-love interest
* Dileep Raj as Hemant, Anjali's ex-love interest
* Sumithra as Aakash's mother
* Mukhyamantri Chandru as Aakash's father
* Sihi Kahi Chandru as Flat Manager
* Rangayana Raghu as Kubera
* Apoorvashree as Kubera's wife
* Shobaraj as a goon
* Niranjan Shetty as Raghu, Aakash's friend
* Sanchita Shetty as Raghu's love interest
* Suresh Mangalooru as Anjali's father
* Shankar Rao as Akash's neighbour
* B. Jaya as Akash's neighbour's wife
* M. S. Umesh as a divorce lawyer
* Shankar Bhat
* Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar in a guest appearance as a senior lawyer
* Kishori Ballal in a guest appearance
* Akul Balaji as Priya's husband, a police officer

## Production

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Parvathy Thiruvothu—who was then known mononymously as Parvathy—was incorrectly named Parvathy Menon in promotional media after a reporter assumed that to be her last name.[8]

## Soundtrack

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Milana

Soundtrack album by

Mano Murthy

Released|

June 2007

Genre| Feature film soundtrack
Label| Anand Audio
| External audio

Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

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

No.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Ninnindale"| Jayanth Kaikini| Sonu Nigam| 4:53
2.| "Kaddu Kaddu"| V. Nagendra Prasad| Stephen, Chaitra H. G, Suresh Peters| 6:41
3.| "Male Nintu Hoda Mele" (Duet)| Jayanth Kaikini| Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam| 6:04
4.| "Antu Intu"| Jayanth Kaikini| Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra| 4:55
5.| "Kivi MaaTondu"| Jayanth Kaikini| Kunal Ganjawala| 4:53
6.| "Madarangiyalli"| Jayanth Kaikini| Rajesh Krishnan, Shreya Ghoshal| 5:39
7.| "Ninnindale" (Remix)| Jayanth Kaikini| Sonu Nigam| 4:31
8.| "Male Nintu Hoda Mele" (Solo)| Jayanth Kaikini| Shreya Ghoshal| 6:04

## Critical response

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R. G. Vijayasarathy from 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] A critic from The Times of India wrote that "DIRECTOR Prakash has churned out a neat film. There is action for Puneeth fans, pathos for family, romance for teens and melody for music lovers".[11]

## Box-office

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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.[12][13][14]

## Awards

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Filmfare Awards South

* Best Music Director for Mano Murthy
* Best Male Playback Singer for Sonu Nigam to the song "Ninnindale"

### State awards

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* Best Actor – Puneeth Rajkumar (Won)

## References

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1. ^ V, Vivek M (29 October 2021). "Puneeth Rajkumar, the multi-talented star". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
2. ^ "Prithvi 50 days Raam 25 weeks!". Indiaglitz.com. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
3. ^ "Gulabi Talkies' is first best film". The Hindu. 12 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
4. ^ "Prithvi to Malayalam - Kannada News". IndiaGlitz.com. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
5. ^ "This Day, That Year: Puneeth Rajkumar-Parvathy Thiruvothu classic 'Milana' completes 14 years of its release". Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
6. ^ "'Raja Rani' remake of 'Milana'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
7. ^ "Raja Rani". Sify. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018.
8. ^ "Top Kannada Actresses of 2009". Rediff.com. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
9. ^ Songs, Download songs by. Raaga.com Kannada Songs Archived 12 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Raaga.com. Retrieved on 12 October 2016.
10. ^ Vijayasarathy, R. G. "Milana is entertaining – Rediff.com movies". M.rediff.com (17 September 2007). Retrieved on 12 October 2016.
11. ^ "MILANA MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
12. ^ Prithvi 50 days, Raam 25 weeks!-Kannada Movie News Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. M.indiaglitz.com (11 June 2010). Retrieved on 12 October 2016.
13. ^ bangalore365.com[usurped]. bangalore365.com. Retrieved on 12 October 2016.
14. ^ Kannada Chitraloka Archived 11 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Sandlewoodbuzz.blogspot.in (14 July 2006). Retrieved on 12 October 2016.

## External links

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* Milana at IMDb

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Films directed by Prakash

* Khushi (2003)
* Prana (2004)
* Rishi (2005)
* Shree (2006)
* Milana (2007)
* Vamshi (2008)
* Gokula (2009)
* Siddhartha (2015)
* Tarak (2017)
* Devil: The Hero (2024)

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