''Mani'' is a 2003 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

written and directed by debutant

Yograj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

. It features Mayur Patel and

Radhika Radha ( sa, राधा, ), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is worshiped as the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion, and devotion. She is the avatar of goddess Lakshmi and is also d ...

in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes

Umashree Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...

, Kashi,

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

and Karisubbu. The score for the film is by

Rajesh Ramanath Rajesh Ramanath is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Kannada films. He has also acted in a Kannada feature film ''Black & White'' (2003) as a lead actor. Rajesh Ramanath debuted as a music composer in 1995 f ...

and soundtrack for the film is by Raja. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Sollattuma''.

Cast

Mayur Patel Mayur Patel is an Indian actor who works in Kannada-language films. He is known for his role in the film ''Mani'' (2003). Career Mayur Patel made his lead debut in the film ''Mani'' (2003). The film released to positive reviews although the film f ...

as Kummi *

as Mani *

as Shantakka * Kashi as Dasanna *

as Chami * Karisubbu * Anand * Nagashekar * Myna Chandru * Renuka Prasad * Joe Simon * Karthik Sharma

Production

Umashree played a prostitute while Radhika played her daughter.

Soundtrack

The film's background score is by

Rajesh Ramnath Rajesh Ramanath is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Kannada films. He has also acted in a Kannada feature film ''Black & White'' (2003) as a lead actor. Rajesh Ramanath debuted as a music composer in 1995 f ...

and the soundtracks are composed by Raja. The music rights were acquired by Ananda Audio.

Awards

References

2000s Kannada-language films 2000s romance films Indian romance films Films shot in Bangalore Films directed by Yogaraj Bhat Films scored by Raja {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub