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Munna: A Love Story

2008 Odia film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ6936776 ↗
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Munna-A Love Story is a 2008 Indian Odia-language romantic action drama film directed by N. Padhi. The film is unofficial remake of Bollywood film Jeet.

Synopsis

"Munna" played by Ollywood superstar Anubhav is a gangster in the film who works under the influence of a Mafia Don played by Mihir Das. Munna's life revolves around his crime world and his mother. A girl named "Nisha" played by Naina Dash works as a Bar Dancer and she loves Munna but has never told anything about her love to Munna. In the past Munna had loved a girl whom for some reasons he could not marry and his love interest played by Romi latter on marries Dushmant who plays the role of a cop. When at one point of time Munna was given a contract of killing the cop played by Dushmant he soon realises that the cop is now the husband of Munna's past Love interest "Pooja".The story forwards with a flashback showing the love story of Munna and what happened due to which he could not marry the girl in the past.At end Munna finally killed the mafia don and he died.

Cast

Anubhav Mohanty as Munna

Dushmant

Romi as Pooja

Naina Das as Nisha

Mihir Das as Mafia Don

Anita Das

Rai Mohan

Box office reception

The Movie made on a medium budget got a wonderful opening across all the theaters but due to its weak storyline and average Music, the collections started to drop from its 2nd week. Various other factors like rains, strikes and Orissa Bandh also affected the business of the movie. The film did an average business at the box office.

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The public source identifies “Munna: A Love Story” as 2008 Odia film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Munna, Love and Story.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2008-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Munna, Love and Story providing the first useful test.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6936776. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008.

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