''Manasella Neene'' () is a 2002 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language romance film directed by Mugur Sundar, a choreographer marking his debut in film direction. The film stars his youngest son

Nagendra Prasad Nagendra Prasad (born 19 December 1975) is an Indian people, Indian dance choreographer, actor and director who works in Tamil language, Tamil and Kannada films. He is the youngest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and younger brother to popula ...

and

Gayathri Raguram Gayathri Raguram (born 22 April 1984) is an Indian politician for All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party and a former choreographer and actress who has worked in the South Indian film industry. Personal life Gayathri was bo ...

(in her Kannada debut) with Ananth Nag and Srinath in supporting roles. This film is the remake of the Telugu film '' Manasantha Nuvve'' (2001).

Cast

as Venu (Chintu) *

as Renuka * Ananth Nag as the editor-in-chief of a magazine * Srinath as Mohan Rao, Venu's father * Ambika as Madhavi * Chithra Shenoy as Venu's mother * M. N. Lakshmi Devi *

Karibasavaiah Karibasavaiah (1959 – 3 February 2012) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada cinema and a theatre personality. He has acted in over 120 films. He died on 3 February 2012 after a road traffic accident in Bangalore. He made his debut in t ...

as Sunil, Venu's friend *Suja Raghuram as Shruthi * Raju Sundaram as Arun * Sundeep Malani as Venu's friend *B Rakshet as Chintu/younger Venu *Nayana as Anu/younger Renuka * Prabhudeva in a special appearance

Production

Choreographer Mugur Sundar ventured into direction with this film, which features his son

and Gayathri Raghuram in her Kannada debut. Prasad's brother,

Prabhu Deva Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu language films also appeared in few Kannada and Malayal ...

, chose the story from the Telugu film '' Manasantha Nuvve'' (2001). The film was launched on 10 December 2001.

Dr. Rajkumar Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and versatile actors in the his ...

and

Puneeth Rajkumar Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), affectionately known as Appu (by his fans, after his first lead role in the movie Appu (2002 film), ''Appu''), was an Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television presenter a ...

came to the film sets as guests. Raghuram's sister Suja and Raju Sundaram play supporting roles. The song featuring Raju Sundaram was choreographed by Prabhu Deva.

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Ravi Raj. Four songs were retained from the Telugu version by R. P. Patnaik, including "Jheer Jimbe Jheer Jimbe" which was re-arranged from Vidyasagar's original composition "Kannadi Koodum Kootti" from '' Pranayavarnangal'' (1998).

Reception

In 2022, a writer from ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...

'' called this film "the best movie in Nagendra's career".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manasella Neene Kannada remakes of Telugu films Indian romantic drama films 2002 films 2000s Kannada-language films 2002 directorial debut films 2002 romantic drama films