Sunanda Murali Manohar (10 September 1957 – 30 December 2017) was an Indian-British film producer and entrepreneur, based in

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. She has produced, along with her husband, Dr. J. Murali Manohar (an ENT Surgeon), several Indian, American and British films, including ''Indian Summer'' (British 1987), ''Blood Stone'' (US 1988), ''Jungle Boy'' (US 2001), ''Tropical Heat'' (US 2002), ''Inferno'' (US 2006), ''Jeans'' (1998 film), ''Jeans'' (Tamil 1998), ''JODI'' (Tamil 1999), ''Minnale'' (Tamil 2001), ''Majnu'' (Tamil 2002), ''Arasatchi'' (Tamil 2003), ''Backwaters'' (English/UK 2004), ''Ramji Londonwale'' (Hindi/UK 2005), ''Telling Lies'' (English/UK 2005), ''Provoked'' (English/UK 2006), ''Sajni'' (Kannada/ UK 2007), ''Dhaam Dhoom'' (Tamil 2008), ''Mirattal'' (2012), ''Chikku Bukku'' (Tamil 2010), and ''Kochadaiiyaan'' (2014). In 2001, she launched "South for You", a south Indian Tamil Channel on Sky network in Great Britain, and was running it till 2011. When she sold it, the channel was taken over by UTV.

Personal life

She is the daughter of Ramananda Narayanrao Mandre, a veteran in Production, Distribution and Exhibition of Hindi and Kannada films for more than 50 years, who built the first air-conditioned theater Sangam, in Bangalore and Mysore.

Sharmila Mandre Sharmiela Mandre (born 28 October 1987) is an Indian actress and producer who primarily works in Kannada films. She made her acting debut with '' Sajni'' (2007) and then received success with ''Krishna'', the same year. Mandre turned producer w ...

, a popular Kannada actor and producer, is her niece.

Death

She died on 30 December 2017 due to lymphoma.

Filmography

*''Indian Summer'' (UK) English (1997) *'' Bloodstone'' (US) English (1988) *''Tropical Heat'' (US) English 2001 *''Jungle Boy'' (US) English (2001) *''Inferno'' (US) English (1994) *''

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'' (1998) *''

Kaadhal Kavithai ''Kaadhal Kavithai'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Agathiyan and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth, Isha Koppikar (in her Tamil debut) and Kasthuri, while Manivannan and Srividya play supp ...

'' (1998) *''

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'' (1999) *''

Minnale ''Minnale'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language musical romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon in his directoral debut. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah. The film, starring Madhavan, Abbas and Reema Sen, tells the story ...

'' (2001) *''

Majunu ''Majunu'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Rinke Khanna with Sonu Sood, Raghuvaran, Rati Agnihotri and Vivek appearing in oth ...

'' (2001) *''

Arasatchi ''Arasatchi'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language vigilante film, vigilante action film directed by N. Maharajan, starring Arjun Sarja, Arjun and Lara Dutta, alongside an ensemble cast. This is the Tamil cinema, Tamil debut of Du ...

'' (2004) *'' Ramji Londonwale'' (2005) *'' Thambi'' (2006) *'' Sajni'' (2006) (Kannada / UK) *'' Provoked'' (2007) *''

Dhaam Dhoom ''Dhaam Dhoom'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film based on the 1997 American film '' Red Corner''. Written, filmed and directed by Jeeva shortly before his death and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar, it stars Ravi Moha ...

'' (2008) *''

Modhi Vilayadu ''Modhi Vilayadu'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by Saran and produced by Murali Manohar. It stars Vinay Rai and Kajal Aggarwal, while Kalabhavan Mani, Cochin Haneefa, Santhanam, and Yuva play supporting ro ...

'' (2009) *''

Chikku Bukku ''Chikku Bhukku'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil romance film written and directed by G.K.Manikandan and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar, starring Arya, debutante Preetika and Shriya Saran, in the lead roles, with Santhanam and Anoop Kumar in suppo ...

'' (2010) *''

Mirattal ''Mirattal'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by R. Madhesh starring Vinay, Sharmila Mandre and Prabhu in the lead roles, Pradeep Rawat, Pandiarajan, and Santhanam in supporting roles, and Rishi in a cameo. A rem ...

'' (2012) *''

Kochadaiiyaan ''Kochadaiiyaan: The Legend'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language animated period action film written by K. S. Ravikumar and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. It is India's first photorealistic motion capture film, featuring characters wh ...

'' (2014) *'' Aake'' (2017) (Kannada)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manohar, Sunanda 1957 births 2017 deaths Kannada film producers Tamil film producers Indian women film producers