Monisha En Monalisa

Monisha En Monalisa (English: Monisha is my Monalisa) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language film written, directed and produced by T. Rajendar who also composed the music and portrays a supporting role as a philosopher, Kaadhaldasan. His son, Silambarasan starred in a cameo role and the intro song in the film with his brother T. R. Kuralarasan, whilst debutants, Ramankanth (Raman Trikha) and Mumtaj played the lead roles.

Monisha En Monalisa
Directed byT. Rajendar
Produced byT. Rajendar
Written byT. Rajendar
StarringRamankanth
Mumtaj
Deepshika
Ravi Kishan
Vadivelu
T. Rajendar
Music byT. Rajendar
CinematographyT. Rajendar
Edited byP. R. Shanmugam
Production
company
Chimbu Cine Arts
Release date
12 April 1999
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Rahul (Ramankanth) sees a concert of pop singer Monisha (Mumtaj) and it is love at first sight for him. He woos her over the phone but she, hating all men and love itself, resists his advances. But he wears her down and she finally succumbs, agreeing to see him. But he dies in an accident on the way over and she ends up not being able to even see his face.

Cast

Production

The song Tholaipesi Enna was shot at a grand budget of ₹10 million, but the film had troubles after floods in Chennai washed away a set erected on the banks of the Cooum. During the production of the film, the film was renamed from Monisha to Monisha En Monalisa due to astrological reasons.[1] The film had begun production as a trilingual in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu, and Rajender cast local actors for the Hindi version. Hindi television actor Raman Trikha was renamed Ramankanth for the Tamil version, while actors including Rahul Saxena, Ravi Kiran, Kunika, and Kalpana Iyer were signed to play roles.[2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was written and composed by T. Rajendar. The title song of the film is based on "María" by Ricky Martin.[3]

Release

The film received primarily poor reviews upon release, with one reviewer labelling it the "low point of Tamil cinema."[4] The film was also made in Hindi as Yehi To Pyaar Hai which remains unreleased even though soundtrack was released.

References
  1. "Makes and remakes". Rediff.com. 1 December 1998. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  2. http://m.rediff.com/movies/1998/oct/28ss.htm
  3. http://www.themusicmagazine.com/review8a.html
  4. "Monisha En Monalisa". Archived from the original on 1 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
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