MILANA (KANNADA)

MOVIE : MILANA

STARRING : PUNEETH RAJKUMAR,PARVATHI

MUSIC : MANO MURTHY

DIRECTOR : PRAKASH

RATING : GOOD


Puneeth Rajkumar’s “Milana” released amidst huge expectations from his fans and followers. Since Puneeth’s last release “Arasu” the Kannada film industry has seen a new breed of stars making mark at the box - office. “Mungaru Male” and “Duniya” have set such high standards that it is difficult for other film makers to match them. “Milana” is one such film where the director promises a lot and fails to deliver.



Like most film stories today the storyline of “Milana” seems to start differently. With Flashback’s of Akash (Puneeth’s) past love life, it seems that the film will have an interesting plot. Anjali (Parvathi) asks for divorce from Akash the very first night of their marriage makes the initial portions of the film interesting. However the story starts getting predictable after a while. The screenplay is good in some parts and is very average elsewhere. As the plot is very limited the screenplay could have been much tighter. M. S. Ramesh’s dialogues are tailor made for Puneeth Rajkumar. He seems to have a perfect understanding of his image.

The director has failed to utilize the other characters, performed by talented actors like Rangayana Raghu and Dilip Raj. Rangayana Raghu plays a beggar (don’t know why he chose to do this role!) who owns a SUV and lives in a posh 2 bedroom apartment. Comedy in our films is rarely an integral part of the main story. They are used as fillers in between two scenes. In “Milana” the comedy track involving Rangayana Raghu and Sihi Kahi Chandru fails to make you laugh.

Puneeth Rajkumar as Akash has done justice to his role. Being the highest paid actor in the Kannada film industry, people have huge expectations every time his film releases.

Most of his earlier releases have succeeded at the box office. However its time for him to take up new challenges in terms of roles. But his emphasis has always been to entertain family audiences. Once again Milana might be a winner because of them.



Parvathi as Anjali is brilliant. I have never seen some one who cannot speak kannada perform so well in kannada films. You can never make out that it’s her first film in kannada. It seems that she does her home work well before every shot. She has a very bright future ahead of her. She has matched the performance of puneeth in each and every frame. Dilip Raj as Hemanth has given a fine performance. It is sad that such talented actors are offered miniscule roles.

Music by Mano Murthy is very good. “Ninindalae” and “Male nintha mele” have terrific tunes. Mano Murthy’s music stands out from the rest because of the way he uses his orchestra. Jayanth Kaikini has penned some beautiful lines especially in the song “Male Nintha Mele”.

Krishna Kumar has done some dazzling camera work. His work in the song “Ninindale” is of high - quality. With the use of Digital Intermediate technology (especially in songs) the quality of picture is getting better.

S Manohar’s editing could have been much slicker. The pace of the film is on the slower side. There are some unnecessary fight scenes, which do not have any relevance to the main story line.

Director Prakash has a lot of potential. His films have always been very entertaining. However “MILANA” could have been better with a tighter script and narration. He has handled the emotional scenes extremely well.

Overall “Milana” is a decent film, which you can watch once.