Muni (film)

Muni is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written and directed by Raghava Lawrence, who also plays the lead role. The film also features Vedhika, Rajkiran and Rahul Dev among others play supporting roles, while the film's score is composed by S. P. Venkatesh the songs were composed by Bharathwaj. The film released on 9 March 2007 along with a Telugu dubbed version of same name and gained positive reviews and huge box office collections. Later, it was dubbed into Hindi as Pratisodh: Ek Real Revenge in 2011.[1] In 2011, a sequel titled Muni 2: Kanchana was released directed by Raghava Lawrence. It is the first installment in the Muni film series.

Muni
Poster
Directed byRaghava Lawrence
Produced bySaran
Written byRamesh Khanna
(Dialogues)
Screenplay byRaghava Lawrence
Story byRaghava Lawrence
StarringRaghava Lawrence
Vedhika
Rajkiran
Vinu Chakravarthy
Kovai Sarala
Dhandapani
Rahul Dev
Music byOriginal songs:
Bharathwaj
Background Score:
S. P. Venkatesh
CinematographyK. V. Guhan
Edited bySuresh Urs
Production
company
Distributed byGemini Productions
Release date
  • 9 March 2007 (2007-03-09)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Ganesh (Raghava Lawrence), a young man with a deep fear of ghosts who refuses go out after 6PM, moves into a new house with his mother (Kovai Sarala), father (Vinu Chakravarthy), and wife Priya (Vedhika). All of a sudden, Ganesh is possessed by a ghost and starts behaving in a rude manner; his family cannot understand his behaviour, so they seek the help of a priest named Andaiyar (Nassar). Andaiyar asks the ghost about his past. The ghost says that he is Muniyaandi (Rajkiran) and starts revealing his flashback.

Muni was a kindhearted but poor man living in the slums with his daughter. His friend is MLA Marakka Dhandapani (Dhandapani), who uses Muni to win local elections and promises that he would give lands to the poor villagers. Dhandapani wins the election but cheats Muni. Muni fights with Dhandapani, who kills Muni and his daughter. Dhandapani lies to the poor people by saying that Muni and his daughter fled with the money that he had given Muni for the welfare of the villagers. Ganesh enters Dhandapani's household and terrorizes him and his assistants. Dhandapani comes to know that Muni's spirit is in Ganesh's body, so he gets a shaman named Mastan Bhai (Rahul Dev) to save his life. Bhai bargains with Muni, who agrees to let Dhandapani go if he repents and helps the poor villagers. In the climax, at Ayyanaar temple, Dhandapani confesses to the people that he killed Muni and his daughter. He then leaves money with the villagers. Muni talks with the people and eats the feast prepared by them. Bhai tells Muni to leave Ganesh's body, and he does. However, Dhandapani lied and was planning to get back all his money from the villagers. Ganesh, upon hearing this, kills Dhandapani. Bhai sees this act but does nothing, as he finally sees the injustice done by Dhandapani.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film's original soundtrack has been composed by Bharathwaj. Lyrics written by P. Vijay and Raghava Lawrence.

Muni
Soundtrack album by
Ramani Bharadwaj
Released2007
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length25:54
ProducerRamani Bharadwaj
Ramani Bharadwaj chronology
Vattaram
(2006)		 Muni
(2007)		 Pirappu
(2007)
Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Assah Pussah"Karthik, Priya4.16
2."Suru Suru Susuravarthi"Anuradha Sriram, Ranjith4.19
3."Gulla Gulla Dracula"Bharathwaj4.24
4."Varranda Muni"Mukesh3.54
5."Thalai Suthuthey Mami - Version 1"Bharadwaj, Kavitha4.50
6."Thalai Suthuthey Mami - Version 2"Raghava Lawrence4.11
Total length:25:54

Critical reception

Muni received generally positive reviews from critics. IndiaGlitz.com called the movie a visual treat from Lawrence.[2]

Box office

The film grossed around ₹ 15 crore worldwide and commercial success.

Sequels

Kanchana, the sequel of Muni, released on 15 July 2011 in Andhra Pradesh and 22 July 2011 in Tamil Nadu with a different cast except Raghava Lawrence and Kovai Sarala and became a super-hit. Kanchana 2 was released on 16 April 2015 and also became a blockbuster. A fourth installment titled Kanchana 3 was released on 19 April 2019 and gained positive reviews and that too become a blockbuster. A fifth installment titled Muni 5: Kanchana 4 has been announced by the team.

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References
  1. "'Muni' completes talkie part - Bollywood Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 28 December 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. "Muni Review - Three cheers to Saran and Larencce". IndiaGlitz. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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