Mungaru Male (, translation:
Pre-monsoon Showers) is a 2006 Indian
Kannada musical romance film co-written and directed by
Yogaraj Bhat, and produced by E. Krishnappa. It stars
Ganesh,
Pooja Gandhi,
Anant Nag, Padmaja Rao in lead roles. The film is believed to have shaped and strengthened the careers of Gandhi, Ganesh, director Bhat,
playback singers Sonu Nigam,
Kunal Ganjawala,
Udit Narayan and
Shreya Ghoshal in
South India and lyricist
Jayant Kaikini, choreographers A. Harsha, Imran Sardaria, composer
Mano Murthy and others.