Sunanda Murali Manohar was an Indian-British

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

and entrepreneur, based in

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England. She has produced, along with her husband, Dr. J. Murali Manohar (an ENT Surgeon), several Indian, American and British films, including ''Indian Summer'' (British 1987), ''Blood Stone'' (US 1988), ''Jungle Boy'' (US 2001), ''Tropical Heat'' (US 2002), ''Inferno'' (US 2006), ''Jeans'' (1998 film), ''Jeans'' (Tamil 1998), ''JODI'' (Tamil 1999), ''Minnale'' (Tamil 2001), ''Majnu'' (Tamil 2002), ''Arasatchi'' (Tamil 2003), ''Backwaters'' (English/UK 2004), ''Ramji Londonwale'' (Hindi/UK 2005), ''Telling Lies'' (English/UK 2005), ''Provoked'' (English/UK 2006), ''Sajni'' (Kannada/ UK 2007), ''Dhaam Dhoom'' (Tamil 2008), ''Mirattal'' (2012), ''Chikku Bukku'' (Tamil 2010), and ''Kochadaiiyaan'' (2014). In 2001, she launched "South for You", a south Indian Tamil Channel on Sky network in Great Britain, and was running it till 2011. When she sold it, the channel was taken over by UTV.

Personal life

She is the daughter of R. N. Mandre, a veteran in Production, Distribution and Exhibition of Hindi and Kannada films for more than 50 years, who built the first air-conditioned theater Sangam, in Bangalore and Mysore.

Sharmila Mandre Sharmiela Mandre (born 28 October 1990) is an Indian actress and producer. She is well known for her works predominantly in Kannada cinema. Career Mandre was the third generation of a family with film connections. Her grandfather R. N. Mandre ...

, a popular Kannada actor and producer, is her niece.

Death

She died on 30 December 2017 due to lymphoma.

Filmography

*Indian Summer (UK) English (1997) *'' Bloodstone'' (US) English (1988) *Tropical Heat (US) English 2001 *Jungle Boy (US) English (2001) *Inferno (US) English (1994) *''

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'' (1998) *''

Kaadhal Kavithai ''Kaadhal Kavithai'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Agathiyan and produced by Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Isha Koppikar, while Kasthuri, Manivannan and Srividya play other supporting characters. The ...

'' (1998) *''

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'' (1999) *''

Minnale ''Minnale'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah, starring Madhavan, Abbas, Reema Sen (in her Tamil debut), Vivek and Nagesh. The film tells the ...

'' (2001) *''

Majunu ''Majunu'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Rinke Khanna with Sonu Sood, Raghuvaran, Rati Agnihotri and Vivek appearing in othe ...

'' (2001) *''

Arasatchi ''Arasatchi'' () is a 2004 Tamil language vigilante thriller film directed by N. Maharajan which starred Arjun and Lara Dutta, alongside an ensemble cast. This is the Tamil debut of Dutta. The film's music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. The f ...

'' (2004) *'' Ramji Londonwale'' (2005) *'' Thambi'' (2006) *'' Sajni'' (2006) (Kannada/ UK) *'' Provoked'' (2007) *''

Dhaam Dhoom ''Dhaam Dhoom'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film based on the 1997 American film ''Red Corner''. Written, filmed and directed by Jeeva shortly before his death and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar, it stars Jayam Ravi, Kan ...

'' (2008) *''

Modhi Vilayadu ''Modhi Vilayadu'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Saran. It stars Vinay and Kajal Aggarwal. This is the second time that Saran had worked without his usual music collaborator Bharadwaj after '' Alli Arjuna'' in 2002 ...

'' (2009) *''

Chikku Bukku ''Chikku Bhukku'' is a 2010 Tamil romance film written and directed by K. Manikandan and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar, starring Arya, debutante Preetika and Shriya Saran, in the lead roles, with Santhanam and Anoop Kumar in supporting ...

'' (2010) *''

Mirattal ''Mirattal'' () is a 2012 Tamil language action romantic comedy film directed by R. Madhesh starring Vinay, Sharmila Mandre and Prabhu in the lead roles, Pradeep Rawat, Pandiarajan, and Santhanam in supporting roles, and Rishi in a cameo. A re ...

'' (2012) *''

Kochadaiiyaan ''Kochadaiiyaan: The Legend'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language 3D animated action film written by K. S. Ravikumar and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. It is India's first photorealistic motion capture film, featuring characters whose de ...

'' (2014) *'' Aake'' (2017)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manohar, Sunanda 1957 births 2017 deaths Kannada film producers Tamil film producers Indian women film producers