''Manasina Maathu'' is a 2011 Indian

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directed by R. Anantha Raju and produced by Praveen Kumar. The film stars

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and Aindrita Ray, paired together for the first time. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''

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'' (2002). A. M. Neel has composed the music and M. R. Seenu is the cinematographer for the film.The film released on 28 January 2011 to negative reviews from the critics.

Plot

The film is about the family entertaining romantic story.

Cast

as Ajay * Aindrita Ray as Sahana * Lohith as Krishna * Tara *

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* Sharan * Sharath Lohitashwa *

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* Sathyajith

Soundtrack

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Aindrita Rai steals the show with her brilliant performance, especially in the emotional sequences. Ajay Rao has done justice to his role. Tara impresses. Sharan keeps up his good humour. M R Seenu's cinematography is good". A critic from

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

wrote "Neel's music has some good tunes, including ‘Hege helali nanna manasina maathu’ and ‘Naanirali nannavalu’. ‘Manasina Maathu’ is a feel-good film with neat performances. But its dragging moments take the film several notches down. But you can watch it once". A critic from

Deccan Herald ''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Print ...

wrote "The movie benefits from the steady direction of Anantharaju, though the storyline gets tad predictable. However, it is redeemed by fresh performances by Ajay and Aindrita Ray and debutante Lohith. Neeladri’s music is catchy. A remake of Srikanth-Bhoomika starrer Roja Koottam, it turns out to be sporadically entertaining". Sunayana Suresh from DNA wrote "Ajay and Aindrita have really well-etched characters, which they bring alive magically. The first half has three forced songs, which could’ve have been done away with easily. But for that, this is the kind of film that makes for family viewing. Watch it this weekend, it can be worth your whil... ".

References

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