Will Pancharangi break the records of Mungaru Male?

Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 10:25 [IST]
Yogaraj Bhat came to limelight after the release of his movie Mungaru Male (MM)in 2006. Although it had got mixed response from the critics, it was successful in impressing the film goers. The movie had not only garnered Rs 75 crores at the Box Office, but also set a land marking record as the highest grosser in the history of Kannada film industry. After this film, Yogaraj Bhat had tried very hard and come out with another two movies like Gaalipata and Manasaare, but could not break his own record.

After these movies, the director took one complete year to make another wonderful movie that can break the record. Yogaraj's latest movie Pancharangi, starring blue-eyed boy Diganth and cute Nidhi Subbaiah in leads, seems to have set to stand equal to the charm of MM. Like MM, this movie has got mixed reviews and got OK from the audience. At least 85% percent of audience have gone out of theatre with contented heart. After the first show of the movie, several Kannada TV channels collected the feedback of the audience, many of them said that they could not get enough of the movie and they expressed their desire to watch it once again.

Now, the experts in Gandhinagar are keeping their finger crossed about the success of the movie Pancharangi. They are busy comparing it with MM and calculating the merits and demerits of the film. But I strongly feel that the movie will surely break all records of the Box Office. I think it will do even better than MM and create a new record at the collection. The reasons for it are as following:

Firstly, the main highlight of MM was its music. It had seven songs and all of them wowed the listeners. Whereas Pancharangi too has seven songs and have started playing their magic. Mano Murthy has composed music for both films. The only difference between the songs is that all the songs in MM have been shot amidst the nature, whereas a few songs of Pancharangi have been shot using art works. But this does not deffer the songs to catch the attention of the viewers.

Secondly, both of the films have a very thin storyline with gripping narration. They are comedy-cum-love stories. The love story has less scope in Pancharangi compared to MM, yet it is more intensive and powerful than MM. If you look at the comedy part, comedy in Pancharangi is more natural than that of in MM. At least for first half in Pancharangi, we don't understand how fast it finishes. as for dialogues are concerned, the dialogues in MM were comic and punchy, whereas in Pancharangi along with these two things, they are more meaning, philosophical and talks more of real life.

Thirdly, as for the characterisation, MM had a very less number of characters, whereas Pancharangi has large number. Except Ganesh and Ananth Nag's characters, all other characters were serious in MM, whereas in Pancharangi, almost all the characters are funny and humourous. Each character has a weakness or shortcoming and the comedy arises from their mannerism. I strongly feel that Yogaraj has used comedy to mock at the current generation. Moreover, Pancharangi is a sharp satire on modern life and the director has covered with humour.

Finally, the technical parts in the Pancharangi are quite similar and even a notch better than that of MM. MM has several beautiful locations, whereas Pancharangi has only two locations like coastal area and a college near Bangalore. But V Thyagarajan has managed to bring that MM charm with his camera work. Art direction and choreography of songs in Pancharangi are far better than MM. When compared to MM, Pancharangi lacks only one aspect that is fight sequences, that might disappoint action lovers.

After calculating all these aspects, I would like to say that Pancharangi will definitely break the record of MM. What do you think of it? Do you agree with me? Yes or No? Justify your stand by giving reasons below in the comment box.

User Comments
askarad 19 Dec 2010 03:25 am
y outube.com/watch?v=2ZHIpb8e2gA
Akshay 19 Dec 2010 12:17 am
What a good dialogue vishal.... Pancharangi is a good movie.....All the best bhatre...
fuflesh 08 Dec 2010 03:32 pm
jackie is the highest grosser of kannada film industry. Ur so calld GANI is sittin at home witout any movies in hand. Plz go join hm dude. Watch mungaru male wit hm n die. Puneeth rocks ! Hes d king
Ravan 10 Nov 2010 06:43 pm
You must be kidding! MM wil remain the top grosser! Jackie wil nowhere figure near it! Gani rocks! Coz of him many started watchin kannada movies!
nisha 07 Nov 2010 10:21 am
Whoever said MM collected Rs 75 crores must be insane @ the max it has not collected more than Rs 25 crores.Jogi is the all time highest grosser in kannada with over Rs 60 crores Now JACKIE IS ALL SET TO SURPASS THAT FIGURE WITHIN 10 WEEKS. Please don't write something without facts and figures and authentic proof.
pawan 24 Oct 2010 03:11 pm
hello bhat sir plz choose prem he wiil create a miracle after success of jothegara
swamy 02 Oct 2010 05:47 am
movie is good.but its enogh with diganth. hello bhat sir plz choose Darshan or Sudeep othrwis dnt wast time for Punith callsheet. and take a big break like galipata or MM. uU hv a great stamina so dnt wast it. gud luck
chandru m 23 Sep 2010 08:58 am
How silly of you to compare MM with Pancharanggi. In MM Ganesh was splendid. His acting was so good, that one cannot take our eyes off him through out the film. We cried when he did and laughed when he did. Diganth has improved in PR but he has miles to go before he matches Ganeshs acting. In MM the story went so fast and was smooth in flow. In PR, it drags, at some scenes are meaningless. The dialogs in PR are the only best thing about the film. Very innovative. Otherwise PR is a low budget,...
chandru m 23 Sep 2010 09:03 am
contd. otheriwise PR is a low budget film. MM was also low budget but it was magical. PR lacks that magic.It wud have been a flop had it not been for Bhatt sirs name which attracted some ppl to watch it. Even media wont call this film a flop because they respect Bhatt. But Deccan Chronical, Bangalore Mirror, deccan herald gave it bad reviews. Both Puja Gandhi and Nidhi Subbaiah have no contribution in either films.MM is all Ganesh.PR is all Diganth.
KarthiK 12 Sep 2010 11:28 am
I strongly agree! MM was more of love based n Pancharangi is more of Life, which makes larger appeal to audiences than just lovers...
Arun 11 Sep 2010 02:20 pm
Learn from tamil films how they make movie in 2 option they can make super hit block buster movie in low buget and hi buget
Vishal 19 Sep 2010 02:46 am
Then go and watch those shits..get lost
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