Milana

Milana
File:Milana450.gif Film poster
Directed by	Prakash
Produced by	K. S. Dushyanth
Screenplay by	Prakash M. S. Abhishek
Story by	Prakash M. S. Abhishek
Starring	Puneeth Rajkumar Pooja Gandhi Parvathi Menon
Music by	Mano Murthy
Cinematography	K. Krishnakumar
Edited by	S. Manohar
Production company	Sri Chowdeshwari Cine Creations Sri Jaimatha Combines
Release dates	14 September 2007 (2007-09-14)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	₹5 crore (equivalent to ₹13 crore or US$1.9 million in 2020)
Box office	₹56 crore (equivalent to ₹144 crore or US$21 million in 2020)

Milana (Rendezvous) is a 2007 Indian Kannada language drama film co-written and directed by Prakash, starring Puneeth Rajkumar, Pooja Gandhi and Parvathy in the lead roles. The film was the latter's debut in Kannada cinema. The supporting cast features Dilip Raj, Sumithra and Mukhyamantri Chandru. 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 365-day run in theatres. Puneeth's performance won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor. The film was dubbed into Malayalam as Ishtam Enikkishtam, and Pooja Gandhi got fame by the song "Ninnindale", which had impressed an audiens to the theatre. The film was remade in Odia in 2014 as Something Something 2 and in Bengali in 2016 as Ki Kore Toke Bolbo .

Plot

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

The scene then opens at a wedding where Akash is due to marry Anjanli (Parvathy) at Mysore. The entire wedding process is concluded through a song 'Madarangiyalli' and the story moves on to Akash spending his first night with Anjali. However, the story takes a dramatic twist here when Anjali demands divorce from Akash. Akash, instead of showing any kind of frustration, calmly agrees to give Anjali her divorce, on the condition that only after they move to Bangalore. Akash also requests Anjali to keep this as a secret from his parents, as he fears they wouldn't 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 (Dilip Raj), 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 Akash is a popular Radio Jockey for the station Radio Mirchi. As the days pass, Akash and Anjali face off on various fronts, clearly letting the viewer know that their marriage is on the rocks. However, when Akash rescues his neighbor from a local rowdy (Shobaraj) Anjali realizes that Akash is not such a bad person after all. She requests Akash to help her find Hemant, to which he agrees. Soon, Akash manages to locate Hemant, and also keeps his word by applying for divorce, and as per the rules, the court grants them 6 (six) months time if they want to reconsider their application.

As the days roll by, it is shown that Hemant is a fraud, and that 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 Akash in the nick of time. Post this event, Akash and Anjali undergo a transformation where Akash manages to win Anjali's respect, and soon they become the best of friends.

Soon enough, Anjali realizes that she has fallen in love with Akash, 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 Akash's eyes. Caught in a perpetual emotional dilemma, she struggles to hide her feelings from Akash. A few days later, the court summons them and approves their divorce.

Anjali is once again devastated as Akash feels no remorse in signing the papers. Anjali decides that she cannot stay in India anymore and decides to move to the US. However, Akash 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, Akash and Anjali reunite. Akash jokingly taunts Anjali that now he has to spend the rest of his life with her.

Cast

• Puneet Rajkumar as Akash
• Parvathy as Anjali
• Pooja Gandhi as Priya (Akash's lover)
• Dilip Raj as Hemant
• Sumithra as Akash's Mother
• Mukhyamantri Chandru as Akash's Father
• Sihi Kahi Chandru as Flat Manager
• Rangayana Raghu as Kubera
• Shobaraj as Local Rowdy
• Arghya Roy as Avishek

Sound track

Milana
Soundtrack album by Mano Murthy
Released	June 2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Anand Audio

The soundtrack is made up of the following songs:

Track #	Song	Singer(s)	Duration
1	"Ninnindale"	Sonu Nigam	4:53
2	"Kaddu Kaddu"	Chaitra, Praveen Dutt Stephen, Suresh Peters	6:41
3	"Male Nintu Hoda Mele (Duet)"	Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam	6:04
4	"Antu Intu"	Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra	4:55
5	"Kivi Maatondu"	Kunal Ganjawala	4:53
6	"Madarangiyalli"	Rajesh Krishnan, Shreya Ghosal	5:39
7	"Ninnindale (Remix)"	Sonu Nigam	4:31
8	"Male Nintu Hoda Mele (Solo)"	Shreya Ghoshal	6:04

Box-office performance

• The film successfully ran for 50 days in 137 centers in Karnataka, and 100 days in 50 other centers, 430 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. It raked 56 crore at the box office.

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

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

State Awards

• Best Actor - Puneeth Rajkumar
• Best Co Actor - Parvathy

External links

• Milana at the Internet Movie Database