Munirathna Naidu, commonly known as Munirathna, is an Indian film producer-turned-politician from

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

who is currently serving as the Minister of Horticulture and Planning, Programme Monitoring & Statistics of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. Member of the

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, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka from

Rajarajeshwari Nagar Rajarajeshwari Nagar, officially Rajarajeshwari Nagara is a residential neighborhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is located in the southwestern part of Bangalore along the Mysore Road, with Nagarbhavi and the Bangalore University to the n ...

in the years 2013, 2018 & 2020. He resigned from the Assembly in July 2019. Notable films produced by Munirathna include ''

Aunty Preethse ''Aunty Preethse'' is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film. It is a remake of the 1995 Telugu film Aunty and stars Ananth Nag, Khushbu Sundar, Ramkumar and Anu Prabhakar. The film was dubbed into Tamil as ''Super Aunty'' with ...

'', ''

Raktha Kanneeru ''Raktha Kanneeru'' () is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Sadhu Kokila, starring Upendra and Ramya Krishna. The film was produced by Munirathna and was later dubbed in Telugu. The screenplay and dialogues of the film were writt ...

'', '' Anatharu'', ''

Katari Veera Surasundarangi ''Katari Veera Surasundarangi'' is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language romantic fantasy film starring Upendra triple role two leads and one cameo appearance and Ramya. The film is a spiritual sequel to Upendra's 2003 film '' Raktha Kanneeru''. Veter ...

'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

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'' (2001) *''

'' (2003) *'' Anatharu'' (2007) *''

'' (2012) *'' Munirathna Kurukshetra'' (2019)

Controversies

In December 2014, Lokayukta police recovered 1016 BBMP files related to Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency from Munirathna's house in

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. In March 2018, Munirathna was named in a 1500 crore BBMP fake bill chargesheet by the Crime Investigation Department. In the chargesheet, Munirathna, who was working as a civil contractor in 2008–09, was found "colluding with BBMP officials and swindling

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by executing poor quality road work." Days before the

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election The 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 12 May 2018 in 222 constituencies to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The election was postponed in Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, following the death of the MLA B. N. Vijaya ...

in May 2018,

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booked a criminal case against Munirathna after the Election Commission found around 10,000 fake voter ID cards in an apartment in

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. As a result of this scandal the election in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency was postponed to 28 May, with Munirathna emerging victorious.

References

Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Living people Kannada film producers Indian film producers Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka 1964 births {{Karnataka-INC-politician-stub