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This page was updated on:
March 13, 2011
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Monalisa - film review
 Indrajith
Lankesh - the magician who knows the pulse of today's youngsters
used his tricks to pull them to cinema halls! His movie Monalisa
has everything that is needed for a successful commercial
film from sentiment to lots of comedy to glamour, item dances,
stunt, exotic locations and specially designed cars for Car
Car Huduga. He takes you on his roller coaster with full speed
till the interval and it's the next part that takes the shape
of old hit Eradu Kanasu!
Title of the film goes with the name of the heroine. She looks
beautiful when smile. That does not mean her smile is that
of Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci. If this title is because
of her smile, logically even Spandana would have been an ideal
title as that is the name of Sada's second role!
Dhyan, an anti-arranged marriage youngster has the dream of
marring an attire mod girl! At last he meets his dream girl
Monalisa (Sada) and falls in  love
with her. Who else can win the heart of a heroine - it's the
dynamic hero rolling with skating shoes thrashing the goons!
Monalisa leave the country just before Dhyan mention about
his love to his mother. Soon he receives the message of her
death. His parents (Ramakrishna and Bhavya) force him to tie
knots to another girl Spandana (Sada) who is look-alike to
Monalisa. Then onwards starts the movie 'Eradu Kanasu'. Dr
Raj fails to lead a normal married life there, while here
Dhyan fails to fulfill his responsibilities as a husband.
Except the climax, it goes on the same track.
Its completely an Indrajith film till the interval. He has
a whole lot of well-nested comedy sequences. Sharan, Ramya
and Umasri keeps you on comic track. Director Indrajith's
sense of humor deserves a special mention - you can see Tom
and Jerry to glimpse of his sister Kavitha Lankesh's Preethi
Prema Pranaya as a comic scene! A bunch of well-known faces
like Shakila, Ruchita Prasad, Rekha (Chitra fame), Vanita
Vasu, Darshan, and Durga Shetty peep in-between. So are the
dupes of Upendra and Suchin Tendulkar. Babji-Sandeep have
scored some good numbers. But two of them are remakes. Chori
Chori is the remake of a popular song 'Nari Nari' sung by
Nishan Abbas. And one can see the shadow of 'Dil Ding Dong
Ding Bole…' of film Kuch Tho Hai in Car Car Hudga Banda song.
Babji Sandep should have composed some new tunes to keep up
the expectation.
 Chocolate
hero Dhayn is good in stunt, romantic and dance sequences
but fails when it comes to sentiment scenes. Sada proves herself
like in Jayam but she has the potential to be much more effective
than what the director has elicited from her in Monalisa.
Krishna Kumar's cinematography is a big plus for the film.
Technically, Monalisa is a good movie. Indrajith has cooked
the food with right ingredients that is apt for commercial
film - is a magnet for young crowd.
Direction: Indrajit Lankesh
Producer: Dushyanth
Music: Babji-Sandeep
Cinematography: Krishnakumar
Cast: Dhyan, Sada, Ramkrishna,
Bhavya, Umasri, Sharan, Ramya, Akhila, Darshan, Durga Shetty,
Rekha, Vanitavasu etc
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