Manasella Neene

Manasella Neene is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Mugur Sundar, a choreographer marking his debut in film direction. The film stars his youngest son Nagendra Prasad and Gayathri Raguram with Ananth Nag and Srinath in supporting roles. This film is the remake of the Telugu film Manasantha Nuvve.

Cast

Nagendra Prasad as Venu
Gayathri Raguram as Renuka
Ananth Nag as the editor-in-chief of a magazine
Srinath as Mohan Rao, Venu's father
Ambika as Madhavi
Chithra Shenoy as Venu's mother
M. N. Lakshmi Devi
Karibasavaiah as Sunil, Venu's friend
Suja Raghuram as Shruthi
Raju Sundaram as Arun
Sundeep Malani as Venu's friend
B Rakshet as Chintu/younger Venu
Nayana as Anu/younger Renuka
Prabhudeva in a special appearance

Production

Choreographer Mugur Sundar ventured into direction with this film, which features his son Nagendra Prasad and Gayathri Raghuram in her Kannada debut. Prasad's brother, Prabhu Deva, chose the story from the Telugu film Manasantha Nuvve. The film was launched on 10 December 2001. Dr. Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar came to the film sets as guests. Raghuram's sister Suja and Raju Sundaram play supporting roles. The film was shot in Bengaluru and Sakleshpura and two of the songs were shot in Malaysia, the former of which featured Raju Sundaram and was choreographed by Prabhu Deva.

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Ravi Raj. Four songs were retained from the Telugu version by R. P. Patnaik, including "Jheer Jimbe Jheer Jimbe" which was re-arranged from Vidyasagar's original composition "Kannadi Koodum Kootti" from Pranayavarnangal.