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

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who served as the Minister of Horticulture and Planning, Programme Monitoring & Statistics of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. Member of the BJP, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka from

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in the years 2013, 2018, 2020, and 2024. 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 ...

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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 ...

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Anatharu ''Anatharu'' ( en, italic=yes, Orphans) is a 2007 Indian Kannada action drama film directed by Sadhu Kokila and is the Kannada remake of the 2003 Tamil film '' Pithamagan''. It stars Upendra, Darshan, Radhika, and Sanghavi. Upon theatrical rele ...

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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 ...

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Controversies

In December 2014, Lokayukta police recovered 1016

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files related to Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency from Munirathna's house in Vyalikaval. In March 2018, Munirathna was named in a 1500 crore

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, Bangalore Police 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.

Filmography

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

References

{{authority control Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Living people Kannada film producers Indian film producers Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka 1964 births Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018 Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028