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Muni Directed by Raghava Lawrence Produced by Saran Written by Raghava Lawrence Starring Raghava Lawrence
Vedhika
RajkiranMusic by Bharathwaj Cinematography K. V. Guhan Editing by Suresh Urs Studio Gemini Productions Distributed by Gemini Productions Release date(s) 9 March 2007 Country India Language Tamil Muni is a 2007 Tamil comedy-horror film directed and written by Raghava Lawrence, who also plays the lead role. Vedhika, Rajkiran and Rahul Dev among other play supporting roles, while the film's score is composed by Bharathwaj. The film released on 9 March 2007 along with a Telugu dubbed version and gained average reviews and box office collections.[1] In 2011, a prequel titled Muni 2: Kanchana was released by Raghava Lawrence.
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Plot
Ganesh (Lawrence Ragavendra), a young man with a deep fear of ghosts who refuses to even go out after 6pm, moves into a new house with his mother, father and wife not knowing that it is the residence where Muni met his death and where his spirit now resides. Muni enter Ganesh's body and Ganesh starts behaving in a rude manner, his family couldn't understand why his behaviour is weird so they seek the help of a priest (Nasser). Priest asks the ghost about his whereabouts. Ghost says that he is Muniyaandi and starts saying his flashback. Muniyaandi was a kind-hearted poor man living in the slums with his daughter and other people. Muni's friend is Marakka Dhandapani MLA who uses Muni to make him win in elections and promising that he would give lands to poor people. Dhandapani wins the election but he cheats Muni. Muni fights with Dhandapaani but he kills both him and his daughter. Dhandapaani lies to poor people saying that Muni has died in an accident. Ganesh accepts Muni and he enters his body. Ganesh enters Dhandapaani's household and terrorizes him and his assistants. Dhandapaani comes to know that the spirit of Muni resides in Ganesh's body so he sets a contract killer (Rahul Dev) to finish him. In the climax, at Ayyanaar temple Dhandapaani confesses to people that he only killed Muni. Muni talks to people and eats the feast prepared by his people. Muni then resides again in Ganesh and finishes off Dhandapaani. Ganesh comes back to normal.
Cast
- Raghava Lawrence as Ganesh
- Rajkiran as Muniyandi
- Vedhika as Priya
- Rahul Dev
- Nassar
- Kovai Sarala as Ganesh's mother
- Vinu Chakravarthy
Prequel
Muni 2: Kanchana, the prequel to Muni, released on 15th July 2011 in Andhra Pradesh and 22nd July 2011 in Tamil Nadu.
References
Filmography of Saran Films directed Kaadhal Mannan (1998) • Amarkalam (1999) • Parthen Rasithen (2000) • Alli Arjuna (2001) • Gemini (Tamil) (2002) • Gemini (Telugu) (2002) • Jay Jay (2003) • Vasool Raja MBBS (2004) • Attagasam (2004) • Idhaya Thirudan (2005) • Vattaram (2006) • Modhi Vilayadu (2009) • Aasal (2010)Gemini Productions Categories:- 2007 films
- Telugu-language films
- Tamil-language films
- Indian films
- Indian horror films
- Telugu-language film stubs
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