Sri Manjunatha (film)
2001 Indian film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sri Manjunatha is a 2001 Indian hagiographical film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.[1] The film stars Chiranjeevi, Arjun Sarja, Ambareesh, Meena, Soundarya and Sumalatha. The film is based on the life of the Shiva devotee, Bhakta Manjunatha of the Kotilingeshwara Temple. The movie is bilingual, which was simultaneously shot in Telugu as well as Kannada languages under the same title, with the scenes of Chiranjeevi and Meena shot twice. Veteran Telugu actors Brahmanandam and Tanikella Bharani portrayed the roles of Shiva's vehicle, Nandi and sage Bhringi in the Telugu version while popular Kannada comedians Dwarakish and Mimicry Dayanand portrayed those roles in the Kannada version. All the other scenes of the movie were just dubbed in Kannada from the original Telugu version itself.
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Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
Written by | J. K. Bhairavi (story and dialogues) |
Produced by | Nara Jaya Sridevi |
Starring | Chiranjeevi Arjun Ambareesh Meena Soundarya Sumalatha Aanand Vardhan |
Cinematography | Sundarnath Suvarna |
Edited by | R. Janardhan |
Music by | Hamsalekha |
Production company | Chinni films |
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Running time | 157 minutes |
Country | India |
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The film was released on 22 June 2001 worldwide. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and became a super-hit at the box office. The film was screened in the International Film Festival of India.
In 2011, the film was dubbed in Hindi as Mahadev - Bhakti Mein Shakti.