Director Yograj Bhat, narrated the script of Mungaru Male to Puneeth Rajkumar sir and Ramya, they both rejected the script.
Mungaru Male was made with a budget of ₹70 lahks. It was the first Kannada film to touch ₹50 crore club in the history of the Kannada film industry.
Mungaru Male was the first film in India (for any language) to be screened continuously for over one year in a multiplex: PVR cinemas Bangalore
Mungaru Male was the first film to run over 865 days in the history of Karnataka.
80% of the scenes of Mungaru Male were filmed in the rain.
Producer E Krishnappa and distributor Jayanna were raided by the Income Tax department multiple times. The department alleged that the film had collected Rs 67.5 crore and demanded tax for that amount.
Mungaru Male ran for a record 460 days at the PVR Multiplex. It also holds a national record in Indian Cinema for running for more than one year in PVR.
After the film’s release, the audio sales of Mungaru Male songs have broken all the previous records. Composer Mano Murthy has created magic with songs like Anisuthidhe and Onde Ondu Saari.
Mungaaru Male ran housefuls, even after one year after its release.
The movie was remade in Telugu in 2008 as Vaana, in Bengali in 2008 as Premer Kahini, in Odia in 2009 as Romeo – The Lover Boy, and in Marathi in 2017 as Premay Namaha.