''Melkote Manja'' is a 2017 Indian

Kannada-language 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 sp ...

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

film written, enacted and directed by

Jaggesh Jaggesh is an Indian politician, actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the Kannada film industry. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 2022 and the spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnata ...

. This is the third film featuring Jaggesh as ''Manja'' after ''

Eddelu Manjunatha ''Eddelu Manjunatha'' ( kn, ಎದ್ದೇಳು ಮಂಜುನಾಥ, ''Wake Up Manjunatha'') is a 2009 Indian Kannada language cult black comedy film written and directed by Guruprasad, and produced by journalist and director V. Sanath Kum ...

'' (2009) and ''

Manjunatha BA LLB ''Manjunatha BA, LLB'' is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language comedy film written and directed by actor-turned-director Mohan Shankar. The film stars Jaggesh and Reema Vohra in the lead roles. The film is a remake of 2007 Malayalam film '' Hallo'' wh ...

'' (2012). The film also stars Aindrita Ray and Rangayana Raghu in the lead roles. It is a remake of the 2010 Telugu film ''

Kalavar King ''Kalavar King'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Suresh starring Nikhil Siddharth and Shweta Prasad. The film was released on 26 February 2010. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Eththan'' by the same director. It was also re ...

''. It is a comedy film and a complete family entertainer. Jaggesh belongs to a lower-middle-class family. He is always under Debt. However, this trait itself will propel him to good acquaintances including his debtors who end up protecting him from even any danger he faces simply to get back their principal amount. Manja quips when asked to give up his ways, and be as his father saying it was a bore to live like a recluse if not his father. The film is shot in Melkote, which is another highlight of this movie. Aindrita & Jaggesh do justice to their roles. Principal photography commenced in August 2014 in Melkote, Mandya district of Karnataka. Filming process had several delays and took two years for completion. The film was released on 10 February 2017 across Karnataka.

Cast

as Manja * Aindrita Ray * Rangayana Raghu *

Srinivas Prabhu Srinivasa Prabhu is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Srinivasa Prabhu as an actor include ''Bimba - Those 90 Minutes'' (2018), ''Kanooru Heggadithi'' (1999), Hudugar ...

* Chandrakala * Mimicry Dayanand * Bank Janardhan * Killer Venkatesh * Srinivas Gowda * Kurigalu Pradeep

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack is scored by Giridhar Diwan. His name was recommended to

by his brother Komal Kumar. The audio rights of the film was acquired by Anand Audio and the complete album was released on 27 November 2016. Actor Puneeth Rajkumar was signed in to sing a song penned by Yogaraj Bhat. Rest of the songs are written by Ram Narayan and Jaggesh.

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