Monisha En Monalisa

Rahul (Ramankanth) lives a miserable existence – he is ill-treated by his superficial step-mother (Sharmila's aunt), and largely ignored by his meek father.
His world brightens when he attends pop singer Monisha's (Mumtaj) concert. He falls in love with her and pursues her by wooing her over the phone. Monisha, who hates men and the concept of love itself, initially resists his advances. However, his relentless efforts bear fruit and she agrees to meet him in person. Tragedy strikes when Rahul meets with an accident on the way over and dies. The movie hinges on whether Monisha will ever get to meet her lover.

The song Tholaipesi Enna was shot at a grand budget of ₹10 million, but the film had troubles after floods in Chennai washed away a set erected on the banks of the Cooum. During the production of the film, the film was renamed from Monisha to Monisha En Monalisa due to astrological reasons.[2] The film had begun production as a trilingual in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu, and Rajender cast local actors for the Hindi version. Hindi television actor Raman Trikha was renamed Ramankanth for the Tamil version, while actors including Rahul Saxena, Ravi Kiran, Kunika, and Kalpana Iyer were signed to play roles.[3]

Soundtrack was written and composed by T. Rajendar. The title song of the film is based on "María" by Ricky Martin.[4] HMV (now known as Saregama) bought the audio rights of the film and they said to have sold over three lakhs of cassettes within first round.[5]

Tamil version

• "College Irukkutha" – Mano, Swarnalatha
• "Don't Try To Love Me" – Anuradha Sriram
• "Ilamaiye" – Anuradha Sriram
• "Hello Hello" – SPB, Sujatha
• "No Problem" – Suresh Peters
• "Kaadhale Kaadhale" – P. Unnikrishnan
• "Nambathe" – T. Rajendar
• "Monisha" – Silambarasan
• "Mo Mo Monisha" – Silambarasan
• "Monalisa Monalisa" – Silambarasan
• "Uyire Vaa Urave Vaa" – Hariharan
• "Kaadhal Thedi" – SPB

Hindi version

Hindi soundtrack released under the name Yehi To Pyar Mein.[6]

• Kuwara Kuwara - Sukhwinder Singh
• Monalisa Monalisa - Tr Silambarasan
• Monisha - Silambarasan
• Chahatein Ga Rahi Hai - Hariharan
• No Problem - Bali Brahmbhatt
• Don't Try To Love Me - Kavita Krishnamurthy
• Yeh Meri Jawaniyan - Poornima
• Preetam Ne Aas Lagayee - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• Hello Hello - SPB, Sujatha
• College Kahan Hai - Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, SPB

The film released on 12 April 1999. It received primarily poor reviews upon release, with one reviewer labelling it the "low point of Tamil cinema."[7] Kalki called it a "unbeleivable, tiring, cliched love story".[8] The film was also made in Hindi as Yehi To Pyaar Hai which remains unreleased even though its soundtrack was released.

• Monisha En Monalisa at IMDb