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Mungarina Minchu
Mungarina Minchu
Directed by	Rajendra Singh Babu
Screenplay by	Rajendra Singh Babu
Based on	A Walk in the Clouds
Produced by	Jai Jagadish; R. Dushyanth Singh;
Starring	Ramesh Arvind; Suman Nagarkar; Shilpa; Lokesh; Srinivasa Murthy;
Cinematography	B. C. Gowrishankar
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	V. Manohar
Distributed by	Vaibhavalakshmi Productions
Release date	24 October 1997;
Running time	151 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Mungarina Minchu (Kannada: ಮುಂಗಾರಿನ ಮಿಂಚು / transl. Thunder of the Monsoon) is a 1997 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film directed and written by Rajendra Singh Babu starring Ramesh Arvind, Shilpa and Suman Nagarkar. The film is inspired from the 1942 Italian film Quattro passi fra le nuvole (Four Steps in the Clouds) and its 1995 American remake A Walk in the Clouds.^[1] The music was composed by V. Manohar. The film was considered one of the best movies by Rajendra Singh Babu.

The film was awarded the Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 45th National Film Awards.

Cast

Ramesh Aravind as Chethan
Shilpa as Indu
Suman Nagarkar as Varsha
Lokesh as Ajja, Indu's grandfather
B. Jayamma as Ajji, Indu's grandmother
Srinivasa Murthy as Annappa, Indu's father
Jayalakshmi as Varsha's aunty
Padma Kumata as Indu's mother
Karibasavaiah as Ajja's servant

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and written by V. Manohar.^[2]

Sl No	Song Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics
1	"Silence Silence Ella Silence"	Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra	V. Manohar
2	"Deepavalige Thotad Manege"	Rajesh Krishnan, Sowmya, Chandrika	V. Manohar
3	"Saki Shakunthala Chintheli Kunthala"	Rajesh Krishnan, C. Ashwath	V. Manohar
4	"Hrudayada Anchinali Mungarina Minchu"	Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra	V. Manohar
5	"Vasanthadalli Santhanaga Beda"	Rajesh Krishnan, Suma Shastry	V. Manohar

Legacy

In a write-up from 2020, a writer from Deccan Herald opined that Ramesh Aravind "played his roles to a T in complex dramas like Mungarina Minchu (1997), Hoomale (1998) and Chandramukhi Pranasakhi (1999)".^[3]