Mukunda Murari

Mukunda Murari
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nanda Kishore
Produced by	M.N. Kumar B. Jayashree Devi
Story by	Umesh Shukla
Based on	OMG – Oh My God! "Kanji Virrudh Kanji"
Starring	Upendra Sudeep Ishita Vyas Nikita Thukral P. Ravi Shankar
Music by	Arjun Janya
Cinematography	Sudhakar S. Raj
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Production company	MNK Movies Kichcha Creations Jayashreedevi Productions
Release dates	October 28, 2016 (2016-10-28)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Mukunda Murari (Kannada: ಮುಕುಂದ ಮುರಾರಿ) is a 2016 Kannada satirical comedy drama film directed by Nanda Kishore. The film features Upendra in an atheist role and Sudeep playing the role of Lord Krishna, teaming up for the first time in the lead roles.^[1] The film, a remake of Hindi film OMG - Oh My God! (2012),^[2] which in turn was based on a Gujarati stage play "Kanji Virrudh Kanji", is produced by M.N. Kumar along with B. Jayashree Devi.

The rest of the cast includes Nikita Thukral, Ishita Vyas, Kaavya Shah, P. Ravishankar, Avinash among others. The film has cinematography by Sudhakar S. Raj. The soundtrack and film score are composed by Arjun Janya.

Plot

The film follows the story of an atheist, Mukunda, who sues God after losing his shop in an earthquake. Religious organizations revolt against him and Murari visits him as his human guide.

Cast

• Upendra as Mukunda
• Sudeep as Murari / Lord Krishna
• Nikita Thukral as Mukunda's Wife
• Ravi Shankar as Leeladhara Swamy
• Devaraj as Retired Advocate
• Prakash Belawadi as Advocate
• Avinash as Siddeshwara Swami
• Malavika Avinash as TV Interviewer
• Ishita Vyas as Gopika Mathe
• Kaavya Shah as News Reporter
• Tabla Nani as Mukunda's Assistant
• Shivaram as Swamiji
• Kuri Prathap as Insurance Company Official
• Dingri Nagaraj
• Bullet Prakash
• K S Shridhar as Church Father
• Mohan Juneja
• Bhavana Menon in a cameo appearance
• Rachita Ram in a cameo appearance
• Satish Neenasam in a cameo appearance
• Mimicry Dayanand
• Vasu
• Swapna Raj
• Kuri Sunil
• Rockline Sudhakar

Production

Development

In January 2016, it was reported that director Nanda Kishore was under the preparation to remake the hit Bollywood film OMG - Oh My God! retaining the basic plot and giving it a native touch. Initially the film was titled 'Kiccha!! Nee Begane Baaro', 'Brahma Vishnu', 'Sri Krishanrjuna Vijaya', 'Bigg Boss' and the makers roped in two of the biggest stars Upendra and Sudeep to reprise the roles played by Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar respectively in the original version. Later the title was altered as the makers sound the earlier one was quite a common name. To bring the uniqueness to the title, it was christened as Mukunda Murari.^[3]

Casting

After having roped in Upendra and Sudeep to play the protagonist roles, the makers were on the search for the female lead and approached actress Prema hoping to bring her back to the screen after a long hiatus. Later Priyanka Upendra's name was also considered for this role. However, actress Nikita Thukral was finalized to play the wife role to Upendra.^[4] Further, actresses names such as Ramya Krishnan, Sadha and Nidhi Subbaiah were reported to play key supporting roles. Since none of these actresses were available, Ishita Vyas and Kaavya Shah were roped in to play those roles. The director went on to cast P. Ravi Shankar and Avinash to play other key roles.

Release

The first look of the film's poster was unveiled on 1 September 2016.^[5] The film is set to be released on 28 October 2016.

Soundtrack

Arjun Janya has scored the soundtrack and score for the film. A total of four songs and one instrumental track were composed by him.^[6]The audio was officially released on 16 October 2016 through D Beats Music label.^[7]

See also

• OMG - Oh My God!
• Gopala Gopala
• The Man Who Sued God
• Religious satire

References

External links

• Mukunda Murari at the Internet Movie Database