Myna (film)

Myna
Film poster
Directed by	Nagashekar
Produced by	N. S. Rajkumar
Story by	Nagashekar
Starring	Chetan Kumar Nithya Menen R. Sarathkumar
Music by	Jassie Gift Sadhu Kokila (background score)
Cinematography	Satya Hegde
Edited by	Jony Harsha
Production company	Vajreshwari Combines
Release date	22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	₹ 6 crores

Myna (Kannada: ಮೈನಾ) is a 2013 Indian Kannada language romance drama film written and directed by Nagashekar. Based on a real-life incident, the film was produced by N. S. Rajkumar for Vajreshwari Combines. Chetan Kumar and Nithya Menen played the lead roles.Jassie Gift is the music director for the film. The film won Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada.

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

Satya was one of the contenders of a reality game show played near Dudhsagar 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 (Nithya Menen) and he is instantly infatuated by her. She gives him a ₹100 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 the ingenious beggar who sells newspapers. 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 one too and that 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. To this, Satya says "I will always like you no matter what happens, I will like you 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 to Bangalore.