Myna
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Directed by	Nagashekar
Screenplay by	Nagashekar
Story by	K.V.Raju,Nagashekar
Produced by	N. S. Rajkumar
Starring	Chetan Kumar Nithya Menen R. Sarathkumar
Cinematography	Satya Hegde
Edited by	Jony Harsha
Music by	Jassie Gift
Production company	Vajreshwari Combines
Release date	22 February 2013 (2013-2-22)[1]
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	₹7 crores[2]

Myna is a 2013 IndianKannada languageromancedrama film written and directed byNagashekar. Based on a real-life incident, the film was produced byN. S. Rajkumar for Vajreshwari Combines.Chetan Kumar andNithya Menen (as the title character) played the lead roles.Jassie Gift is the music director for the film. The film wonFilmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada. The film is currently being remade in Hindi.^[3]

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The film begins with Satya being chased by the police. He is caught and is charged with a 34 serial murder case. While being transported toBangalore on criminal charges, he shares his story withACPB. B. Ashok Kumar, the officer who is leading the team that arrested him. How Satya met Mynaa is revealed in aflashback sequences.

Satya was one of the contenders of a reality game show played nearDudhsagar Falls. In one of the tasks, he is to collect as much money as possible incognito. He chooses to beg as a disabled person using a trolley to push himself. On the train he spots a girl named Mynaa and is instantly infatuated by her. She gives him a₹100 (US$1.10) note and asks him to use it wisely. He would have won the challenge in the reality show had he surrendered the note. He refuses and as a consequence, has to quit the show. Satya is not disappointed by the turn of events and he considers using his time to pursue Mynaa. He pretends to be a disabled person every single day, but instead of begging he begins selling newspapers in the train that Mynaa frequents. This immensely pleases Mynaa. She starts falling in love with Satya. Slowly, they start conversing more. One day, they decide on meeting for a lengthy conversation. In this encounter, Mynaa confesses her feelings for Satya, and she is about to tell him the biggest secret of her life. Suddenly, her bag gets stolen. Satya, abandoning his pretense, catches the thieves responsible and retrieves the bag to Mynaa. She confesses that she is disabled and admits that she thought that Satya was also like her and was the reason why she liked him and considered him the perfect match for her. She expresses her discontent for Satya's lies, but she turns back and asks him if he still likes her. Satya responds that he will always like her, no matter what and will love her forever. Satya also reveals that he knew about her inability to walk. They then resolve their problems, decide to trust each other. They get married and run away from Castle Rock toBangalore.

Once in Bangalore, they move into a house and Satya finds a job as acab driver and Mynaa as a voice support engineer at a small software company; they live the happiest moments of their lives in this period of time in a small house. Mynaa gets recommended by her boss to join a bigger software company. Everything is going well for them, Satya says his dream in life is to see Mynaa chase him around standing on her own feet. He tells her of Dr.Anirudh Desai, who is confident of getting her operated and make her stand again. On Satya's insistence, Mynaa visits Dr.Anirudh Desai, who recommends a full body scan, who reluctantly obliges to this. Anirudh, in a breach of ethics, makes a nude video of her when she is drugged. He threatens her later to submit to his mercy. Mynaa tries to hide this fact from Satya, who finds out the truth when he takes her phone to a repair store. Satya invites the doctor home without the knowledge of Mynaa and politely asks the Anirudh to hand over the video and not publicize the video. Anirudh refuses and insists on having his way, This enrages Satya and manhandles him but Anirudh continues to incite him and Satya breaks down and kills Anirudh. He disposes the dead body by cleverly making it look like a car accident. Satya convinces Mynaa to leave forChennai at once stating he has had a transfer to which she agrees. They meet a different doctor, who has a good track record of curing polio patients. Mynaa agrees to get the operation done. Satya goes to the bank to draw money, but he gets a call from an old friend of Mynaa, Revathi, who asks him to meet her at the beach.

This turns out to be a trap set by the police and Satya ends up being in custody of ACP Kumar, to whom he has been narrating the story. Upon hearing the story, Ashok sympathizes with Satya. It is revealed that there have been many false allegations on Satya, who has only committed one murder. Ashok convinces his brother, who is acriminal lawyer, to save Satya from the false 34 serial murder case. Ashok leaves Satya out of custody as an expression of his faith in Satya, who is provided shelter by Ashok's friend. Ashok and his friend both come under lot of pressure from their superiors and the government to produce former to court. They are also negatively projected by the media. Satya on overhearing a conversation between Ashok had his friend, learns that they have succumbed to the pressure from the government and that they intend to have him jailed. Satya quietly escapes and witnesses his wife being taken to a hostel by the police, hidden. He calls his old friend form Castle Rock (Dudhsagar) and requests him to bring Mynaa to Kengeri railway station, who agrees. Against this dramatic facade, people who are planning to kill Satya have also gathered. Ashok brings his sharp team of police officers to the station. They grab the gang trying to kill Satya. But, as a safety measure Ashok has stationed police with pointed guns on Satya. Satya meets Mynaa and lifts her in his arms and carries her; the train passes and Ashok's view of Satya is obscured.

Satya starts to run away with Mynaa. Ashok who knows the police might shoot Satya orders themDon't shoot, but the train sound flushes theDon't from his command. The constables shoot down Satya, also killing Mynaa in cross fire. The couple both die holding each other in their arms.

Myna is based on a real-life incident. Ex-cop BB Ashok Kumar, the man who had detected more than 100 murder cases, narrated a murder mystery to the director that became the subject of the story. The cameraman Kashi, editor Johny Harsha, and music directorJassie Gift ofSanju Weds Geetha were retained in the team by director Nagashekhar.

The shooting of this movie was done across theKonkan stretch ofKarnataka including the astounding locales of Dudhsagar waterfalls on the borders ofKarnataka &Goa. The locations include the coastline ofUttara Kannada.

Jassie Gift composed all the songs whileKaviraj and V. Nagendra Prasad wrote the lyrics.^[4]

A critic fromThe Times of India scored the film at 4 out of 5 stars and says "Nithya Menen as the girl next door brings cheers and tears with her amazing performance as a physically challenged girl with an innocent smile. Full marks to Chethan for his expression, body language and dialogue delivery. Jassie Gift has some catchy numbers for you. But it’s cinematographer Sathya Hegde who walks away with all honours".^[5] Y Maheswara Reddy ofDNA scored the film at 4 out of 5 stars and says "Myna is a love story. But it isn’t a boy-meets-girl kind of tale. It has its bittersweet moments laced with enough action. An interesting story line, backed by decent screenplay, Myna is definitely a good watch".^[6] Srikanta Srinivasa ofRediff.com scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Mynaa is worth a watch for those who are in love and who believe in giving unconditional love to their partner".^[7]

It was in 22 centers for 50 days, collected around ₹7crores at the box-office^[2] and was in some theaters acrossKarnataka for 100 days.^[8]

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