'Mundina Nildana' review: A charming urban love story that stays with you

Review

The characters are an apt representation of millennials and their state of mind – be it career or love.

Aravind Shwetha

Urban love stories have a unique charm. They are engaging, entertaining and most importantly, relatable for the multiplex audience. As far as Sandalwood is concerned, urban love stories are a rarity. Lifeu Ishtene, Ayana, Katheyondu Shuruvagide, Iruvudellava Bittu, Nathicharami are a few that fall in this category. Joining this list is Vinay Bharadwaj’s slice-of-life tale Munidna Nildana (Next destination). Filled with love and beautiful frames, the 1-hour-45-minute long movie leaves you craving for more. The movie opens with Partha Srivatsav (Praveen Tej) explaining his photos to a woman at an exhibition. Partha is an IT professional whose first love is photography. He loves to indulge in nature while playing with the camera. He accidentally meets Meera Sharma (Radhika Narayan), an art curator. A few cuppas later, friendship turns into love and they start living together. But when marriage comes up, there are complications. A medical student Ahana (Ananya Kashyap) also makes an appearance. Unlike your usual love story, the characters here are independent and well-etched, keeping youngsters in mind. Like in the scene where Meera proposes to Partha. She doesn’t care about conventional dating rules and plays by her whims. So does Partha. He hates marriage and stands by his decision. But that doesn’t make his love any lesser. The characters are an apt representation of millennials and their state of mind – be it career or love. The beauty of Mundina Nildana is that just when you think something is a cliché, a brilliant twist awaits you. What could have been just another love story has been carefully crafted as a slice-of-life film, courtesy a brilliant screenplay, rich cinematography and a fitting colour grading. As you walk out of the film, you are left with the feeling of having witnessed something really beautiful, like you have taken a trip to the most beautiful place where you have not only enjoyed the stay, but also the whole journey. A lot of scenes linger within. Cinematographer Abhimanyu Sadanandan is the real hero here. Every frame is gorgeous. Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment has done the colour grading and the quality of work stands out. The contrasts, the props, the lighting are placed aptly and they pan out beautifully on the canvas. Be it Partha-Meera’s room’s balcony, the Himalayas, the Netherlands or Sakleshpura, everything has been captured artistically, especially keeping the youngsters and their tastes in mind. Perhaps because it is an urban tale, the actors have gotten into the skin of the characters easily. Praveen Tej, who was earlier known for Simple Aag Innond Love Story and Churi Katte, emerges as a mature actor here. Years of film experience have made a difference in the way he faces the camera. This is also one of Radhika Narayan’s finest performances. She steals the show in the second half. Ananya Kashyap is a revelation. She debuted as a schoolgirl in Neerdose and here, she passes with flying colours. Dattanna in a cameo role is brilliant as always. Ajay Raj as Eka, Partha’s friend, gives much-needed support to the actor. There are no unwanted characters and the film stays true to its roots. Another highlight is that none of the lead actors here are new, but since they have appeared in only a few films, their energy has helped the filmmaker maintain the freshness of the story. It is hard to believe that this is Vinay Bharadhwaj’s debut movie. He has put in a lot of effort to narrate a charming story with the right pauses and frames. Most films in this genre usually end up being slow at some point, but Mundina Nildana maintains the pace throughout. And with the pauses comes Vasuki Vaibhav’s melodious music. The songs 'Manase Maya' and 'Innu Bekagide' stay with you. If you are tired of typical commercial films and want to experience something new and colourful, make sure you book your tickets to Mundina Nildana and enjoy this beautiful journey. Disclaimer: This review was not paid for or commissioned by anyone associated with the series/film. TNM Editorial is independent of any business relationship the organisation may have with producers or any other members of its cast or crew.

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Bengaluru lake breach: BBMP blames encroachment by BDA for flooding

Civic Issues

According to the survey map produced by the Revenue Department, the BDA encroached on 6 acres and 13 guntas of lake land and constructed a road that ran right across the lake.

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The flash floods caused in Bengaluru’s Hulimavu on the afternoon of November 24 have left several families of blue-collar workers in the lurch. Living in hutments measuring 10x20 ft, the residents of this colony, located adjacent to the Hulimavu Lake, have lost most of their possessions and life savings. While the Hulimavu Police are still probing what caused the breach in the bund that led to the floods, BBMP Mayor Goutham Kumar says that the colony that flooded was built upon land encroached from the lake. The mayor claims that the Bangalore Development Authority encroached over the lake land around a decade ago to construct the layout in Hulimavu and sold it to willing buyers.  Hulimavu Lake spans across 124 acres and along its northern side stands the layout.  According to revenue maps, the BDA encroached upon 17 acres and 33 guntas of lake land to construct the colony. The planning of the area is so bad, Arekere BBMP corporator Bhagyalakshmi Murali says that since the layout was built on encroached land, it ended up being the first area to face the brunt of the flash floods.   On Sunday afternoon, the bund constructed at the exit of the lake breached and water began flowing into the layout located along the northern periphery. A contractor had dug up a portion of the bund to allow water to flow into the storm drain. However, the walls of the bund gave way and flooded the locality. An entire layout of houses is located in the north-eastern side of Hulimavu Lake and the back walls of the houses have been attached to the walls of the primary stormwater drain. A mud road run across the lake land while apartments stand tall on the north-western end of the lake. This area is also the flood plain of the lake, which means, in case of flooding, the water is most likely to naturally flow in that direction. According to the survey map produced by the Revenue Department, the BDA encroached on 6 acres and 13 guntas of lake land and constructed a road that ran right across the lake. In addition, 11 acres and 2 guntas of lake land were encroached upon by the BDA to construct the layout. In addition, the former Speaker KB Koliwad’s report on Lake Encroachments in Bengaluru had noted that the BDA had encroached upon around 129 acres in the city and out of these, 29 lakes were encroached upon in South Bengaluru. BBMP officials say that the BDA was supposed to hand over the custody of the Hulimavu lake to the Palike in 2007.  “BDA handed over the lake to us (BBMP) only in 2016. We got Rs 6 crore to rejuvenate the lake only recently. If the encroachments had not been there, then the water from the lake would not have crossed the threshold of the bund, as there would have been more space for water to accumulate. There is a temple that is also encroaching on the lake property. These encroachments happened over a decade ago and BDA was supposed to take action. But BDA encroached on lake land so who is responsible?” a BBMP official asked.    

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Former K’taka CMs Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy booked for sedition

Crime

23 Cong-JD(S) leaders and 9 police officials have also been booked for over a protest held outside the Income Tax Department Office in Bengaluru ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

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The Bengaluru Police registered a case of sedition on Wednesday against former Karnataka Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy, along with 23 other Congress and JD(S) politicians and nine police officials for protesting outside the Income Tax Department Office in Bengaluru ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.  Based on a complaint filed by A Mallikarjun, who says he is an activist, the Commercial Street Police registered the case and have booked the 29 people under various sections of the IPC. The FIR was registered after the 82nd CCH Court in Bengaluru issued an order for the same on November 22.   Speaking to TNM, the Commercial Street Police said that they have booked Siddaramaiah, HD Kumaraswamy, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Korategere MLA Congress Dr G Parameshwara, Kanakapura Congress MLA DK Shivakumar, Krishnaraja Nagar JD(S) MLA Sa Ra Mahesh, Maddur JD(S) MLA DC Thammanna, Mandya JD(S) MLA Shivalinge Gowda, disqualified MLA from Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Munirathna Naidu; and 10 other Congress and JD(S) leaders.  In addition to this, the former Bengaluru Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar, former DCP East Rahul Shadpurwad, former DCP Central Deveraju and six other police officers have been booked as well.  "The complainant had initially approached us and filed a complaint. But we had taken cognisance of the complaint and registered a non-cognisable report. He went to court and got the order on November 22. We are enforcing court orders," the Commercial Street  Police said.  A Mallikarjun has alleged in his complaint that the then Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy violated the law by allegedly leaking information to the media about Income Tax raids in Mandya even before the raids occurred. He accused Congress and JD(S) leaders of violating the model code of conduct ahead of the Lok Sabha elections by staging a protest outside the Income Tax Department office in Bengaluru.  "They falsely accused the Income Tax Department of being BJP agents and caused inconvenience to public servants in carrying out their duties. The Bengaluru Police Commissioner and other officers did not take any action against them and were complicit in these seditious activities," Mallikarjun's complaint reads.  On March 27 this year, Congress and JD(S) leaders, including the two former Chief Ministers, staged a protest outside the Income Tax Department office accusing the BJP high command of using the central investigative agencies like the Income Tax Department, CBI and Enforcement Directorate to target opposition leaders.  A day after the protest was staged, Income Tax officials conducted a search and seizure operation at the home of former JD(S) MP from Mandya, CS Puttararaju, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Kumaraswamy later had accused the BJP of using the Income Tax Department to target JD(S) leaders in Mandya as they were campaigning for his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who was the Congress-JD(S) coalition's candidate for the constituency.  "The Income Tax Department had informed Kumaraswamy about the raids but he leaked the information to the media and went against the law," Mallikarjun's complaint adds.  The Commercial Street police have registered a case under sections 217 (public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture), 176 (omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it), 121 (waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war against the Government of India), 177 (furnishing false information), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 503 (Criminal intimidation), 414 (assistance in concealment of stolen property), 149 (unlawful assembly), 143 (punishment for unlawful assembly), 505(2) (public mischief), 124A (sedition), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging duty), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant), 350 (criminal force), 405 (criminal breach of trust), 417 (cheating), 120(A) (criminal conspiracy), 416 (cheating by personation), 171C (interfering with electoral rights), 119 (public servant concealing design to commit offence), 141 (overawe by criminal force), 142 (being a member of an unlawful assembly), 499 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code.  Read: EC files case against K'taka CM BS Yediyurappa over 'casteist' speeches  

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Karnataka bye-polls: DK Shivakumar curbed by Congress from campaigning in Belagavi?

Gokak’s significance is huge for Shivakumar, as this is from where his nemesis and BJP candidate Ramesh Jarkiholi is contesting from.

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Congress strongman DK Shivakumar has kept a relatively low profile ever since his return from Tihar Jail earlier in October. Shivakumar has for long been described as the party's troubleshooter, and yet, the party seems to have curbed his involvement in the election campaign for the upcoming bye-polls to only Vokkaliga strongholds. On November 18, DK Shivakumar told the media that he would not play an active role in campaigning for the bye-elections. Although Shivakumar said that it was his choice to stay away from campaigning, he did start campaigning and visited Hosakate, KR Pura,  Hunsur and a few other places. He is expected to campaign in a few constituencies in Bengaluru in the coming days. However, Shivakumar’s absence from Belagavi’s Gokak — the segment where the most contentious fight is underway — is curious. Gokak’s significance to Shivakumar is huge, especially since BJP candidate Ramesh Jarkiholi, formerly with the Congress, was the one who quarrelled with Shivakumar and roused a rebellion that destroyed the Congress-JD(S) coalition.  A sugar baron from the region, Ramesh Jarkiholi’s former mentee-turned-foe, Lakshmi Hebbalkar, had orchestrated a power struggle in October 2018 where she bested him and became the President of the PLD Bank with the help of her new mentor – DK Shivakumar. Ramesh Jarkiholi had turned sour after the defeat and took it upon himself to challenge DK Shivakumar in every possible way.  Ramesh Jarkiholi openly rebelled against the party after his defeat in the PLD Bank elections and after trying to topple the government eight times, he was finally successful in July this year, when 17  MLAs resigned en masse and brought down the coalition. Shivakumar’s return from prison had set off massive speculation that he would campaign for the Congress candidate Lakhan Jarkiholi in the region to ensure Ramesh Jarkiholi’s defeat. The fight between Jarkiholi and Shivakumar is obviously personal. However, Congress insiders say that Shivakumar has been restricted to campaigning in the Vokkaliga-dominated areas and will refrain from interfering in Belagavi’s politics. Shivakumar has so far campaigned in Hunsur and KR Puram in Bengaluru and has maintained a low profile as Satish and Lakhan Jarkiholi – the brothers of Ramesh — have put their foot down and demanded that Shivakumar not interfere in their turf. Shivakumar had wanted to bring in former BJP leader Ashok Poojary, the current JD(S) candidate fighting for the Gokak seat, into the Congress and offer him a ticket. However, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah did not want Shivakumar to prevail and ensured that Lakhan bagged the ticket. Lakhan and his older brother – MLA from Yemkanmardi, Satish Jarkiholi had threatened to support Ramesh in the bye-election if their demands were not met. Congress sources say that it was on Siddaramaiah’s insistence that Shivakumar is not campaigning in Gokak. The relationship between the duo has been tenuous since Siddaramaiah joined the Congress in 2006. Siddaramaiah had also stopped Shivakumar from becoming the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President in 2017. The post went to the incumbent Dinesh Gundu Rao.  “During the coalition’s rule in 2018 too, the tussle was between supporters of Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar. Shivakumar tried to sideline those who were close to Siddaramaiah. Ultimately, Siddaramaiah’s followers were the ones who rebelled because of the power struggle between the two leaders,” the Congress source said.     

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EC files case against K'taka CM BS Yediyurappa over 'casteist' speeches

Karnataka Bye-Polls

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has been accused of appealing to the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community to vote for the BJP.

IANS

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said two first information reports (FIRs) have been registered against Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa over his speeches that allegedly solicited votes in the name of caste. "Alleged speech made by BS Yediyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka on caste lines in Gokak and Shiruppi village in Kagwad Assembly constituencies on November 23 have been inquired into," said Additional Chief Electoral Officer (expenditure monitoring) Priyanka Mary Francis in a statement. She said that two FIRs have been registered in relation to the speeches in Gokak and Kagwad. The EC’s statements says that Yediyurappa had appealed to the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community in these two regions to vote for the BJP and not for any other party. The FIRs have been registered against him at Gokak and Kagwad Town Police Stations after the JD(S) had filed a complaint against him regarding the speeches. The ECI charged six check post officials and suspended two of them for not checking the vehicle of Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai at Hanakere check post on November 20. "An FIR has been registered in Maddur police station against the driver of vehicle trailing the Home Minister's vehicle for not cooperating with the check post officials," said Francis. The entire team at the check post has been replaced. The ECI also suspended four officials of its static surveillance team for not properly checking the vehicle of Yediyurappa's son and Shivamogga MP BY Raghavendra on November 25 at Varaha check post. By-elections for 15 Karnataka Assembly seats are scheduled on December 5.  

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Bengaluru civic body slaps Rs 1 lakh fine on Flipkart subsidiary for burning garbage

Civic Issues

Earlier this month, the BBMP fined a chicken meat shop for dumping feathers near Varthur.

Alithea Stephanie Mounika

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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner, Anil Kumar, put out a tweet on Thursday, showing that the civic body fined Instakart, a subsidiary of Flipkart, headquartered in Bellandur, Bengaluru. According to the Commissioner, the company was burning garbage on their property and were caught on camera. The company issued a cheque of Rs 1 lakh to the BBMP. “The fine is high, but we believe that it should serve as a deterrent,” Anil Kumar said.   BBMP has fined #Instakart, a subsidiary of @Flipkart, for burning garbage in an open land near their office in #Bellandur Ward 150. The company had been warned earlier too. #BBMP #Bengaluru #BBMPCOMM pic.twitter.com/4wahmqmq9h — B.H.Anil Kumar,IAS (@BBMPCOMM) November 28, 2019   This is not the first time that the BBMP has cracked down on commercial establishments polluting the city. In an instance earlier this month, the BBMP fined a chicken meat shop for dumping feathers near Varthur, a suburban area in the city. According to the challan issued by the BBMP, the shop was fined for ‘dumping chicken waste’ in the Varthur lake buffer zone area. The BBMP also imposes hefty fines for other environment-related offences under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The fines range from Rs 200 up to a maximum of Rs 1 lakh. Violators can be fined for offences such as littering, burning garbage and not segregating garbage, among others. Illegal dumping of construction waste attracts the highest fine, although the penalty is not fixed. The Bangalore Mirror reported on Tuesday that Lido Mall on MG Road was fined an enormous sum of Rs 3 lakh for disposing of their waste using a vehicle whose license had expired eight months ago. The vehicle driver was also fined an amount of Rs 25,000. In August, TNM had reported that BBMP would begin levying higher fines for burning garbage and littering the city. This is in a new desperate bid by Bengaluru city’s civic corporation body to tackle the large amounts of waste generated by an ever-burgeoning city. Read: Steeper fines for littering to burning garbage: BBMP’s draft proposal for Bengaluru

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‘Both a mass-entertainer and experimental film’: Rakshit Shetty on 'Avane Srimannaraya'

Sandalwood

The film will be released in five languages – Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi.

Prajwal Bhat

Three years after the release of the commercial hit Kirik Party, Kannada actor and filmmaker Rakshit Shetty returned to the limelight with the launch of the trailer of his next film - Avane Srimannarayana.  The launch of the trailer was held at the Shankar Nag Chitramandira in Bengaluru on Thursday. Speaking at the launch, Rakshit, who is the lead actor in the film, revealed that he had a single scene in mind before writing the film — his grand entry. “We began writing Avane Srimannarayana even before Kirik Party and today, I am happy that we are releasing the film just like how I wanted to make it,” Rakshit says. The idea of a grand entry is in stark contrast to Rakshit’s filmography so far. He has typically portrayed roles almost contrary to mass-appeal constructs. “We have tried to balance both ideas - making a mass-appeal film and an experimental film. I have watched it over 200 times and it is a different kind of film in the way we have shot it and the way we have told the story,” he says.  Avane Srimannarayana is set in the 1980s in a fictional town ‘Amaravathi’ somewhere in south India. The trailer opens with Rakshit’s character Narayana entering a tavern in the town and introducing himself as a police officer to what appears to be a room full of gangsters. The four-minute-trailer shows glimpses of a hunt for a lost treasure complete with thrilling action sequences.  The film will be released in five languages – Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi - on 27 December. “I knew this was a pan-India subject and we have set the film in a fictional location in South India. It is, in a way, an ode to Malgudi Days, which is set in Malgudi, also a fictional town which anyone in South India will relate to. If you recall, Malgudi Days directed by Shankar Nag, was a huge hit in Hindi,” adds Rakshit.  He further said that the 2018 release of Yash-starrer KGF gave his team the confidence that a pan-Indian Kannada film is possible.  The film stars Rakshit Shetty alongside Shanvi Srivastava and Achyuth Kumar, while Pramod Shetty and Balaji Manohar are the antagonists. “I was actually searching for gigantic men to cast in the film. I was sending selfies with tall men from various gyms to Rakshit. But one day, Rakshit said that I should be one of the two main villains,” said Pramod Shetty.  Rishab Shetty, who directed Kirik Party, makes a guest appearance in the film. The film is directed by debutante director Sachin Ravi and is produced by Pushkar Mallikarjunaiah and Prakash HK under the banner of Pushkar Films. 

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