Sri Manjunatha (film)
Manjunatha is incarnation of god Shiva. Manju means snow and Natha means lord. Since Shiva lives in kailasa (now called himalayas), and he is the lord of that loka, he is called Manjunatha
Sri Manjunatha is an Indian movie made simultaneously in both Kannada and Telugu languages. It has Arjun, Chiranjeevi, Soundarya etc in lead roles. This devotional movie was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao (K.R.R.) and produced by Nara Jaya Sridevi.
Plot
Manjunatha X from bangalore is a great AAMI specialist. He always has something on his plate. Sometimes its idly etc etc. He also likes giving 4kV shocks to poor little electronic equipment.
Manjunatha (Arjun (actor)) is an atheist, but a good person helping others in need and fighting evil and so eventhough Manjunatha hates Lord Siva/Lord Manjunatha (Chiranjeevi), the latter loves his would be devotee. Manjunatha meets Kathyayini (Soundarya) a to-become devadasi and marries her. Soon they beget a son who like his mother is a staunch devotee of Lord Manjunatha. After marriage Manjunatha slowly transforms into a great devotee of Lord Manjunatha and with his devotion wins the hearts of everybody including the local King, Ambikeswara Maharaju Ambareesh who invites him to his court where he felicitates Manjunatha much to Manjunatha's dislike where the king realises that Manjunatha is going to die. In the meantime Manjunatha starts a koti linga pooja. Manjunatha is also troubled by his enemies and is aided by Lord Manjunatha who comes in various disguises to save his devotee and help him and his wife attain salvation.
Donning the lead role, Arjun gave a stellar performance and is aided by a versatile role by Chiranjeevi. The other actors do well in their roles and music by Hamsalekha and good direction by K.R.R. makes this movie a worthwatch film.
Cast
- Arjun (actor) .... Manjunatha
- Chiranjeevi .... Manjunatha Swamy/Lord Shiva
- Soundarya .... Katyayini
- Meena .... Goddess Parvathi
- Ambarish .... Ambikeswara Maharaju
- Yamuna .... Ganga
- Sumalatha .... Sumalatha Devi
- Brahmanandam .... Nandeeswarudu
- Tanikella Bharani .... Bhrungi
- Anandavardhan (as Master Anandavardhan)
- Sudha Rani
- Abhijit
- Brahmavar
- Kumar Govind
- Gurudutt
- Ghazan Khan
- Praveen
- Vinod Raj
- Suhas
Crew
- Director: K. Raghavendra Rao
- Writer: J.K. Bharavi (story,screenplay & dialogue)
- Producer: Nara Jaya Sridevi
- Music: Hamsalekha
- Cinematography: Sundaranatha Suvarna
- Editor: Janardhan
- Art Director: Arun Sagar
- Visual Effects: Kalai Selvan
- Lyrics(Telugu version): J.K. Bharavi & Jonnavithula, Mahakaya Deepam by Maharshi Veda Vyas
- Playback singers: S.P. Balasubramaniam, Ramesh Chandra, K. S. Chithra, Hemanth Kumar, Shankar Mahadevan, Nanditha & Anuradha Sriram
Production & Other Companies
- Production company: Chinni Films
- Distributors: Geeta Film Distributors