Matte Mungaru | |
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Directed by | Dwarki |
Produced by | E Krishnappa |
Starring | Srinagar Kitty Rachana Malhothra |
Cinematography | Sundarnath Suvarna |
Music by | X.Paulraj |
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Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Matte Mungaru is a 2010 Indian Kannada movie directed by Dwarki and starring Srinagar Kitty and Rachana Malhothra.[1] The film released to positive reviews but went unnoticed at the box office.[2][3]
Matte Mungaru tells the true-life story of Narayana Mandhagadde, a man from Shivamogga district in Karnataka who served 21 years in prison in Pakistan. He returned home in 2003 with the intervention of the former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.[4]
The film's director, Dwarki, previously worked with Kitty in the Tamil film Iruvar Mattum.[5] The story is based on Narayana Mandagadde, an Indian prisoner who was held captive in Pakistan for twenty-one years.[6]
The music of the movie is composed by X.Paulraj.