''Mounam'' () is a 1995

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directed by

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. The film revolves around a political-criminal nexus, a married couple and a nuclear scientist. It was released in

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as ''Mouna Yudham''.

Plot

Kiran is a police inspector in

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. His beautiful and alluring wife Manjari is a reputed actress. Misunderstanding creep into their relationship and they do not live together. Their only son Raju lives with his mother Manjari. Raju's only friend is Narayan and they go to school together. Some politicians plan to kill Dr. Hameed Ali, a well known nuclear scientist. But a thief learns of their plan. In this closed-door meeting is also the involvement of the Police Commissioner. The thief makes a video recording of the meeting, but he is caught. He is shot and wounded, trips and falls down and the gang of four manage to follow him, but the thief escapes. He meets Raju and Narayan, who are on a visit to an isolated temple near the hillside. Raju and Narayan are bewildered and do not know what to do. But the clever and shrewd Raju tells Narayan that they will remain quiet and will not reveal anything to anybody about the incriminating tape. But the killers see Raju and chase him to death because Raju saw the murders. The task of nabbing the killer is given to Kiran, Raju's father, who takes precautions for his son. Dr. Hameed has now called the delegation of All World Scientists and Mr. X, who is the master planner of the murder of Dr. Hameed Ali, enters the meeting. A bomb is planted near the dais by Mr. X, where Dr. Hameed Ali is about to preside.

Cast

Arvind Swamy Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster ...

as Kiran *

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as Manjari *

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as a scientist *

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as a hitman *Master Anil Raj as Raju *

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*Haribabu *

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as a thief *

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as a security guard *

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* Jeeva *

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in the song "Dhammaro Abbaya Raro"

Soundtrack

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' opined that the film "rises above the normal movies through the polished efforts of director Uma Maheswara Rao".

References

External links

*http://www.bharatmovies.com/telugu/info/mounam.htm * 1995 films Journalism adapted into films 1990s Telugu-language films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani {{1990s-Telugu-film-stub