Neha Shetty is 'Mungaru Male 2' heroine

After an extensive search, director Shashank has zeroed in on new face Neha Shetty to romance Golden Star Ganesh in his next ambitious project Mungaru Male 2. The movie is a sequel to the blockbuster Mungaru Male (2006), which has been directed by Yogaraj Bhat.

G Gangadhar is producing the movie under the banner of E K Pictures. Neha is the winner of the Miss Mangalore 2014 beauty pageant show. Initially, Shashank tried to rope in top actresses, but as none of them agreed to work with Ganesh because of the poor performance of his movies, the director was forced to cast a new girl.

Mungaru Male was a landmark movie in the history of Kannada films because it brought to fore director Yogaraj Bhat, actors Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi. Though the sequel was supposed to be directed by Bhat, creative differences cropped up between him and Ganesh prompting Shashank to take up the project.

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