''Mane Magalu'' () is a 2003 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

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film written and directed by

Om Sai Prakash Enreddy Prakash Reddy a.k.a. Om Sai Prakash is a Kannada and Telugu film director and producer. Career Born in Phirangipuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, he left Phirangipuram to Chennai with the aim of becoming a film director. ...

. It features

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and Vishal Hegde. The music for the film is by

Vandemataram Srinivas Kanneboina Srinivasa Rao Yadav, known professionally as Vandemataram Srinivas, is an Indian music director and playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has won two Filmfare Awards and six Nandi Awards. He got the prefix "Vand ...

in his Kannada debut. The film is a remake of Prakash's ''Maa Inti Adapaduchu '' (1996), which itself is based on the Marathi film ''Halad Rusli Kunku Hasla'' (1991). The film was released on 1 August 2003 along with ''

Preethi Prema Pranaya ''Preethi Prema Pranaya'' () is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language drama film written and directed by Kavitha Lankesh. The film features an ensemble cast of Anant Nag, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Sudharani, Prakash Raj, Bhavana, Anu Prabhakar and Sunil ...

''.

Cast

Production

The film is about

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with Vishal Hegde playing a handicapped man.

Soundtrack

The film's background score and the soundtracks are composed by

, who composed for the Telugu film. The music rights were acquired by Ananda Audio. "Taali Bottigaagi" was reused from "Thaali Bottukai" and "Siri Chandavalli" was reused from "Hari Chanadanala"; both are from ''Maa Inti Adapaduchu'' (1996).

Release

The film was initially scheduled to release on 18 July 2003. For a week after release, the film was not released in

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due to issues between producers and distributors.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "Coming back after a long spell of silence the renowned producer with high respect Katragadda Prasad gives a magnificent movie for the masses especially the rural class of people. The sitting pretty girl Radhika gives a different role in ‘MM’ and she is already getting ‘Seeti’ in the cinema hall. Director Saiprakash a man armed with many credits has once again gives an attractive film". A critic from ''indiainfo.com'' wrote that "Overall we have something different here. If not a total paisa vasool (), ''MANE MAGALU'' is definitely a good timepass".

References

{{Om Sai Prakash Kannada remakes of Telugu films Indian drama films 2000s Kannada-language films Films scored by Vandemataram Srinivas