''Murali Meets Meera'' is a 2011

Kannada film Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...

in the

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genre starring Prajwal Devaraj and Reema Vohra in the lead roles . The film has been directed and written by director Mahesh Rao and produced by Yogish Hunsur. Abhiman Roy has composed the soundtrack and the background score. The film was released on 22 April 2011.

Plot

The film is based on a novel love story with recession and its aftermath as the backdrop

Cast

Prajwal Devaraj Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film '' Sixer'' (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by t ...

as Murali *

Reema Worah Reema Worah is an Indian actress who primarily work in Hindi television and Kannada films. Worah is known for playing Sanjana in ''Shaka Laka Boom Boom'', Vaidehi Singh in ''Na Aana Is Des Laado'', Gauhar Jaan in ''Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maha ...

as Meera *

Harshika Poonacha Harshika Poonacha is an Indian actress who mainly works in Kannada films. She rose to fame with the 2008 Kannada film ''PUC''. Career Harshika Poonacha started her career at the age of 15 by acting in ''PUC'' (2008 Kannada film) while she was d ...

* Sharan *

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema, alongside a few Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He is known for his performances in the ''KGF'', '' Kantara'', '' Sidlingu'', and '' Lucia''. He is the recipient ...

* P. N. Sathya * Kaddipudi chandru *

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach, (born 24 March 1966) known by his Stage name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian comedian, musician, actor, film director, producer, occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a com ...

* Neenasam Ashwath

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

: Best Female Dubbing Artist - Anushree

Soundtrack

Abhiman Roy has composed the music for the film. The song "Neenadena" sung by

Avinash Chebbi Avinash Chebbi is an Indian playback and orchestra singer known for his works in Kannada. He has sung many hit songs in Kannada. Most popular song are from the movies of '' Murali Meets Meera'' and Sidlingu. Most of his songs are of 'melody ...

became sensational hit which was originally planned with a different style. Eventually the track song became the actual song winning many hearts. Another song "Ninna Mukha Nodi" became an anthem for all those in love.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 4 out of 5 stars and says "Full marks to Prajwal Devaraj for his brilliant performance. Reema Vohra is simply superb. Harshika shines. Music by Abhiman Roy and camera by Jai Anand are impressive". A critic from

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wrote "The highlight of the film is the climax and the sequences leading to it. Mahesh Rao has succeeded in narrating this important part of the film quite well". Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana from

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scored the film at 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Abhiman Roy's music is soothing, but it is not compelling enough to make way into your mp3 players. Lighting and camera work add weightage to the film. Murli Meets Meera is a love story sans sleaze and compulsive romantic film watchers may consider giving the film a try". Sunayana Suresh from

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wrote "One does get the feeling that there could’ve been someone more seasoned to carry off the multi-layered character of Meera, played by Reema, which would have clinched it for the film. The story is breezy and is quite Gen Next. Good music and a nice storyline - go for this one".

References

External links

* 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films 2011 films Films scored by Abhimann Roy Films directed by Mahesh Rao {{2010s-Kannada-film-stub