Maanasa Sarovara

Manasa Sarovara ಮಾನಸ ಸರೋವರ
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Puttanna Kanagal
Produced by	Varghese Kamalakar Geetha Srinath Puttanna Kanagal
Written by	Puttanna Kanagal
Screenplay by	Puttanna Kanagal
Starring	Srinath Padmavasanthi Ramakrishna G.Pandithachar
Music by	Vijaya Bhaskar
Cinematography	B. S. Basavaraj
Edited by	V. P. Krishna
Distributed by	Mithra Vrunda Movies
Release dates	1982
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Manasa Sarovara (Kannada: ಮಾನಸ ಸರೋವರ) is a 1982 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal starring Srinath, Padmavasanthi and Ramakrishna. Padmavasanthi won Karnataka State Award for Best Actress for her role as an insane woman in the film. Shades of this movie can be seen in Moondram Pirai

Plot

A middle aged psychiatrist finds a young insane woman wandering aimlessly along the streets. He takes her to his abode for treatment. Slowly the woman recovers from her trauma. The doctor promptly falls in love with her and decides to marry her. In the meantime, the doctor's nephew arrives and falls head over heels for her. The doctor cannot tolerate this intimacy and goes insane.

Cast

• Srinath as Psychiatrist
• Padmavasanthi as young insane woman
• Ramakrishna as Doctor's nephew
• G.Pandithachar as trusted butler and confidante

Reception

Songs such as "Vedanti helidanu honella mannu mannu" and '"Nine saakida gini" are excellent. A visual treat and human thoughts are spread like silk thread which shows the characteristics and need for a love by a person who loses love from his wife and lover. This movie is supposed to be inspired by the tragedy in the life of Legendary Director Puttanna Kanagal himself. Specially the song "Neene Saaakida Gini" penned by great Vijaya Narasimha is an evergreen song. Haadu Haadu is an epic of a song. The song depicts three young characters and their surging hormonal levels with brilliant ease. Vijay Bhaskar proves yet again that he is a creator extraordinaire.

Soundtrack

Title	Singers	Lyrics
Manasa Sarovara	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram	Vijaya Narasimha
Vedanthi Helidanu	P. B. Sreenivas	G. S. Shivarudrappa
Keliranna Keli	C. Ashwath	Karim Khan
Neene Sakida Gini	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Vijaya Narasimha
Chanda Chanda	P. Jayachandran	M. N. Vyasarao
Haadu Haadu	Vani Jayaram	G. S. Shivarudrappa

Awards

• Karnataka State Film Awards 1982-83
  • Best Actress - Padmavasanthi

External links

• Manasa Sarovara at IMDb
• http://www.raaga.com/channels/kannada/moviedetail.asp?mid=k0000483