Will Pancharangi break the records of Mungaru Male?
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oi-Shekhar Hooli
By By: Shekhar H Hooli
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?
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