Old Monk (film)

Old Monk^[1] is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by M. G. Srinivas.^[2] The film features MG Srinivas, Aditi Prabhudeva^[3][4] in lead role. The film's title was inspired from the popular alcohol beverage brand, but it also means "Hale Sanyasi" in Kannada.^[5] Veteran actor Rajesh, made a special cameo appearance in the film.^[6] The film was released on 25 February 2022 simultaneously in the Kannada and Telugu languages.^[7]

Old Monk
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	M. G. Srinivas
Written by	Prasanna VM (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Santosh Nandakumar Prasanna VM M. G. Srinivas
Story by	M. G. Srinivas
Produced by	Pradeep Sharma Srujan Yarabolu M. G. Srinivas Saurabh-Vaibhav
Starring	M. G. Srinivas Aditi Prabhudeva
Cinematography	Bharat Parasuram
Edited by	Deepu S. Kumar
Music by	Saurabh-Vaibhav
Production company	Siddi Enterprises
Release date	25 February 2022 (2022-02-25)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Critics praised the direction, comedy, writing, dialogue and performance of the film.^[8][9] Music Director duo Saurabh and Vaibhav collaborate a second time with Srini after Birbal, and are one of the producers of the movie.^[10]

Premise

Narada is cursed and banished to earth by Lord Krishna after he creates a quarrel between Krishna and Rukmini. The only way he can redeem himself is by marrying someone he loves on the earth. Now, Narada, christened as Appanna, is born into a family that only believes in arranged marriage and he has no chance of finding love with his father playing the villain. When he does find an interest, there are many hurdles.

Cast

• MG Srinivas as Appanna and Narada
• Aditi Prabhudeva as Abhigna
• S. Narayan as Narayan, Appanna's father
• Sujay Shastry as Ranveer Singh
• Sudev Nair as Shashank Radhakrishna
• Aruna Balraj as Aruna, Appanna's mother
• Sihi Kahi Chandru as Abhigna's father
• Ashok Hegde as Radhakrishna, ex-minister
• Bangalore Nagesh
• Rajesh as LIC Shyama Raya, Guest appearance
• Sunil Raoh as Krishna, extended cameo appearance
• Meghashree as Rukmini
• P. D. Sathish Chandra as Time

Soundtrack

Old Monk
Soundtrack album by Saurabh-Vaibhav
Released	2022
Recorded	2021
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	10:11
Label	Anand Audio
Producer	Saurabh-Vaibhav
Saurabh-Vaibhav chronology
Birbal (2019) Old Monk (2022)

All songs were composed by Saurabh Vaibhav, and released under the label of Anand Audio.^[11] In "Old is Goldu", a song penned and sung by Gubbi, a tribute was paid to famous cult movies, through a photoshopped poster.^[12]

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Giccha Gilli Gilli"	Mudakanna Moraba	Mudakanna Moraba	3:08
2.	"Old is Goldu"	Gubbi	Gubbi	2:01
3.	"Color Color Chitte"	Nagarjun Sharma	Saurabh Gupta	2:20
4.	"I.A.S Andre"	Srini, Prasanna VM	Vishak Naagalapura	2:42
Total length:				10:11

Release

The film's release was postponed several times due the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director Srini announced the new release date for the film based on the government's decisions on post-pandamic occupation, and to avoid the release dates of other films.^[13] The film was released on 25 February 2022 simultaneously in the Kannada and Telugu languages.^[7]