It seems like they came up with the title first and then the rest. Apart from the story, dialogues, and Ganesh's English everything else (like Music, cinematography, etc) was awesome! Of course this is to be expected when the team is so talented. If only the director was Yograj Bhat the dialogues would have been way sharper and wittier. However, there is no hope for the plot -- it is just miserable. No one can help it. I now feel disgusted when I hear the word "excitement" -- thanks Shashank!
6 Reviews
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rahuls-8562920 March 2021
Worst movie ever!!!
shreyankh8 July 2018
much much better than mungaaru male 1 , and you will fall in lovr
AntiFeministt19 August 2019
I went to see mungaaru male 1 with lots of expectations but found the movie is just above average
I saw mungaau male 2 with no expectations , but this one much i found much better than mungaaru male 1. The content is just superb and you will never get bored , you can feel emotions deep within and can relate to it .
True mangaaru male 1 carried awesome songs and fan frenzy , but on script level , specially after interval , i found idea of girl not relating boys feelings very immature . And girl switching sides or not feeling the emotions / sacrifices was too cold for any viewersl . The dramatics were there , but hugely intended on sacrifice in the end . But what i found girl not deserving sacrifice and not being able to connect it . Infact it had first time exp for boy and immaturely ended.
But mungaaru male 2 is on different level , been to relationship and falling into someone special , this being said girl is still virgin ( not into physical intimacy ) and sensitive enough to get into serious feelings . This made it all fun , plus even in this play boy style of protagonist , slowly it gets into serious emotions , and sacrifice i found is well deserving ( unlike mungaaru male 1 ) and dramatic turn of events unites them again , because they deserve each other (in mungaaru male 1 girl had zero ( often tears but cold enough to move on ) emotions , so they didnt deserve each other ). As it also highlights fatigue in relationship and how we got bored gradually , but still can hang on because we value it once we go apart .
A master peice movie and very melodious songs . I am very surprised by acting calibre of neha shetty (after you see this movie her role creates imprints on your kind and you will cherish it every time ) and as expected genius level of golden star ganesh . Ravichandran gave need much needed maturity and adapted to situation and other actors too gave justice to role they played
I saw mungaau male 2 with no expectations , but this one much i found much better than mungaaru male 1. The content is just superb and you will never get bored , you can feel emotions deep within and can relate to it .
True mangaaru male 1 carried awesome songs and fan frenzy , but on script level , specially after interval , i found idea of girl not relating boys feelings very immature . And girl switching sides or not feeling the emotions / sacrifices was too cold for any viewersl . The dramatics were there , but hugely intended on sacrifice in the end . But what i found girl not deserving sacrifice and not being able to connect it . Infact it had first time exp for boy and immaturely ended.
But mungaaru male 2 is on different level , been to relationship and falling into someone special , this being said girl is still virgin ( not into physical intimacy ) and sensitive enough to get into serious feelings . This made it all fun , plus even in this play boy style of protagonist , slowly it gets into serious emotions , and sacrifice i found is well deserving ( unlike mungaaru male 1 ) and dramatic turn of events unites them again , because they deserve each other (in mungaaru male 1 girl had zero ( often tears but cold enough to move on ) emotions , so they didnt deserve each other ). As it also highlights fatigue in relationship and how we got bored gradually , but still can hang on because we value it once we go apart .
A master peice movie and very melodious songs . I am very surprised by acting calibre of neha shetty (after you see this movie her role creates imprints on your kind and you will cherish it every time ) and as expected genius level of golden star ganesh . Ravichandran gave need much needed maturity and adapted to situation and other actors too gave justice to role they played
How Not To Do A Sequel
akshayudayhegde10 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
When you're working with the title of a hugely popular yesteryear movie, which revolutionized the industry, you are liable to attract some comparison to the original, whether you intended the movie to compare or not. And that is where this "sequel" to Mungaru Male disappoints.
All the bright points of the sleeper hit Original are missing, the alluring music (though the music is commendable, but not up to par); the little big things, like "Devdas" the rabbit; the unebbing flow of witty back and forth by the protagonist and a coherent plot. This is instead your every other Rom com with little else to offer except for some beautiful visuals at gorgeous locations.
I found myself largely unimpressed with a formulaic first half involving train journeys, detours to Rajasthan, a number of girls who flit in and out, which could be easily covered in a couple of minutes; whereas the expectation for the second half to pick up the movie was just swallowed up in maintaining some reference to the original in terms of plot points. Several things happen to some reason but ultimately no reason, and as a viewer, you are left wishing you were cozying up with the original instead.
In summary, the protagonist is repeatedly showcased that he is not one to put up with boredom in life. But his search for excitement ends up boring us to the core.
All the bright points of the sleeper hit Original are missing, the alluring music (though the music is commendable, but not up to par); the little big things, like "Devdas" the rabbit; the unebbing flow of witty back and forth by the protagonist and a coherent plot. This is instead your every other Rom com with little else to offer except for some beautiful visuals at gorgeous locations.
I found myself largely unimpressed with a formulaic first half involving train journeys, detours to Rajasthan, a number of girls who flit in and out, which could be easily covered in a couple of minutes; whereas the expectation for the second half to pick up the movie was just swallowed up in maintaining some reference to the original in terms of plot points. Several things happen to some reason but ultimately no reason, and as a viewer, you are left wishing you were cozying up with the original instead.
In summary, the protagonist is repeatedly showcased that he is not one to put up with boredom in life. But his search for excitement ends up boring us to the core.
To spite and trite!
Sthiti066 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Except for having a company to admire the movie and his taste in movies ,it's prequel did not offer me anything in 40-45 mins watch .For mungaru male 2,I have been denied company which made it a difficult watch compared to the previous one. Madikeri and Rajasthan..few scenes involving rain brought back memories .Is it just me or his father looked like Vijay Mallya?The 'sure' guy displays FA characteristics and breaks up with girls after getting bored with them until he finds not-so-boring girl Nandini(fantasy bond to escape inner emptiness). I am sure he would have left Nandini also if Nandini hadn't had that preemptive breakup with him. He won't ever have longed for Nandini,it was not love, it was just some sort of novelty for him, the anxiety of being the dumped/chaser .The first girl reacted/handled surprisingly well when the hero dumped her. "6 din ladki in"...Nandini didn't have any reason to fall for him except for her subconscious setting her up for next exciting goal much like getting into the moving train... we don't value it if it is easy .A son seeking excitement and the father encouraging his motherless inept son's man child ways. Overuse of 'excitement' is sickening. Was the Race between BMW and Jaguar for value addition?Dirty trick of making a hero or man out of a rich spoiled brat by making him sacrifice did not let me sympathize with the character.While all the characters of the movie were after some excitement, I think I would have been content with my lazy Sunday afternoon without this movie. Unfesaible fighting sequences, caricatured dance steps and colour coordinated background and costumes should be overlooked in order to sit through the entire length .The writer seems to suffer from unhealthy bouts of sensation seeking impulses and both of his main protagonists inherit the same characters. Accidentally killing pregnant sister's lover and then giving away daughter's hand as repentance were necessary to give the story momentum...I really had difficulty connecting two different eras of unbridled independence shown by Nandini and scaring away a sister's boyfriend with a rifle.I have no idea how those ludicrous comedic characters contributed to plot or why there were multiple mentions of Sundar's son or what happened to the vehicle his father sent when Preetham boarded the train or why the psychiatrist scene was there without any outcome(blame it on incorrect eng subtitles).Strings of nonsensical scenes makes you realise at the end that those were carefully positioned scenes by juvenile mind in order to add masala. For example Nandini gets catcalled or sexually assaulted twice to show how the Hero's attitude has changed.The actors didn't get convincing roles to act on.A guy friend being accepted as a guest to stay, catching a moving train, having a rich dad to support son's every decision are certainly familiar concepts to us(rings a (cow)bell?).First half of the movie was inspired by contemporary bollywood romance and hollywood's "one day" movie(I felt so about the conditions put by Nandini) and second half inspired by typical south indian family drama. Perhaps they collected all tried and tested successful scenes by using junior team members and then arranged them in a sequence to come up with a formulaic south indian hit. The movie tried to keep it natural by capturing desert's yellow, Madikeri's green and some foreign locale's white and blue.(though the transition to snow cladded places seemed absurd).I am sure by the end of the movie,you can relate to this movie by reminiscing so many other movies. Sometimes a movie/scene needs to trust your audience's ability to get an obvious emotion, an explicit dialogue robs away so much from the scene and the audience.(For ex: the scene where he gives Nandini a chance to experience the excitement she wanted).The scene involving camel's milk reminded me of the story of babies needing camel milk during lockdown at that moment and helped me to sail through those 1-2 mins.one of the songs had 'interesting' lyrics.(shot in Rajasthan).This movie deserved so many eye rolls.the director hoped to get love puddle from the audience but ended up having a dry patch. I have no idea whether male 2 is better than male or not but I won't try to find out. Enough of sogginess !
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