Manoharam (2000 film)

Manoharam
Manoharam
	DVD cover
Directed by	Gunasekhar
Written by	Posani Krishna Murali; Gunasekhar
Produced by	Mullapudi Brahmanandam ; Sunkara Madhu Murali
Starring	Jagapati Babu; Laya
Cinematography	Sekhar V. Joseph
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production; company	M.R.C & Melody Combines
Release date	13 May 2000;
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Manoharam (transl. Alluring) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language-language action drama film directed by Gunasekhar and produced by Mullapudi Brahmanandam and Sunkara Madhu Murali under the M.R.C & Melody Combines banner. It stars Jagapati Babu, Laya and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film won four Nandi Awards.^[1]

Plot[]

The film begins with the ISI moles scheming to destabilize India, followed by bomb blasts in Coimbatore and Hyderabad. Basha (Mukesh Rishi), an ISI agent, enters India to plant bombs at various places. Anand (Jagapati Babu) is a regular bank employee, and through a case of mistaken identity by police, he exposes the nefarious ISI network. Anand is tried and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Anand's wife Usha (Laya) tries to prove her husband's innocence with the help of CBI officer Srinivasa Murthy (Prakash Raj).^[2]

Cast[]

Jagapati Babu as Keshineni Anand Babu
Laya as Usha
Chandra Mohan as Usha's father
Prakash Raj as Srinivasa Murthy
Mukesh Rishi as Basha
Mallikarjuna Rao as Anand's neighbour
L. B. Sriram as Anand's neighbour
Jenny as Anand's neighbour
M. S. Narayana as Watchman
Brahmaji as Govind
Surya as Ram Prasad
Jeeva as Mastan
Sameer Hasan as Anand's brother-in-law
Jhansi as Anand's younger sister
Banerjee
Vinod Bala as Ibrahim
Rishi
Siva Satyanarayana
Indu Anand
Master Sagar

Music[]

The film's score was composed by Mani Sharma. Song lyrics were written by Veturi. The soundtrack was released by Mahathi Audio Company.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sari Sari Natanala"	Shankar Mahadevan, K.S.Chithra	4:37
2.	"Chooda Chakkani"	Hariharan	4:50
3.	"Puccha Puvvula"	K. S. Chithra, Parthasarathi	5:37
4.	"Mangala Gowri"	Kalpana	5:39
5.	"Guppedu Gundela"	K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:50
6.	"Bharatha Maatha"	K. S. Chithra, Srinivas	5:05
Total length:			30:38

Awards[]

Nandi Awards^[3]

Third Best Feature Film - Bronze - Mullapudi Brahmanandam & Sunkara Madhu Murali
Best Actor - Jagapati Babu
Best Actress - Laya
Best Editor - A. Sreekar Prasad

References[]

^ "Nandi awards for 2000 announced". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 September 2002. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
^ "Official Title". fullhyd.com.
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

External links[]

Manoharam at IMDb

[1] "Nandi awards for 2000 announced". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 September 2002. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2009.

[Story-2] "Official Title". fullhyd.com.

[3] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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