Released · Telugu film · 2016
Manamantha
మనమంతా
Manamantha release date: 5 August 2016 (theatres). Directed by Chandra Sekhar Yelati; starring Mohanlal, Viswant Duddumpudi and Chandra Mohan.
- Film release
- 5 August 2016 · All 2016 films
- Director
- Chandra Sekhar Yelati
- Music
- Mahesh Shankar
- Production
- Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram
- Writing credits
- Chandra Sekhar Yelati, Padmavathi Malladi
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
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Film release: 5 August 2016 · all 2016 Telugu films.
Source: the film’s Wikipedia article, checked 25 September 2026. It does not name a streaming platform or date; this page says so rather than guessing.
Manamantha (transl. All of Us) is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language anthology film written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by Sai Korrapati. It stars Mohanlal, Gautami, Viswant Duddumpudi and Raina Rao. It was Mohanlal’s first full Telugu film, after a guest appearance in Gandeevam (1994). Released worldwide on 5 August 2016, it was partly reshot in Malayalam as Vismayam. Film Companion lists it among the 25 greatest Telugu films of the decade.
Story
The film follows four people with different paths and ambitions. Sai Ram is an assistant manager at a Hyderabad supermarket, and Mahitha is a young schoolgirl. Abhiram is a computer engineering graduate who falls in love, and Gayathri is a housewife. Their four stories come together at the end.
Development
Yeleti announced the project on 14 October 2015 as a family entertainer made up of four stories. It was planned as a Telugu–Malayalam bilingual, but was shot in Telugu with only a few scenes reshot for Malayalam. A Tamil dubbed version, Namadhu, had lyrics and dialogue by Madhan Karky. Mohanlal and Gautami were reunited 19 years after Iruvar.
Casting
Mohanlal plays the principled, middle-class supermarket assistant manager. He learned Telugu with a translator to perfect his diction and dubbed his own voice in every language. Viswant Duddumpudi won a major role after a screen test, and Anisha Ambrose was cast as his love interest.
Filming and music
The film was launched in Hyderabad on 29 November 2015, and shooting began the next day in Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Mohanlal finished his portions by the third week of January. Mahesh Shankar composed the five songs, released by Vel Records on 27 July 2016. Rahul Shrivatsav was the cinematographer and G. V. Chandra Sekhar the editor.
Release
The film premiered in North America on 4 August 2016 and opened worldwide the next day, including in 81 theatres in the United States. The Tamil version was released at the same time, and the Malayalam version followed in October 2016.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Trailer from the official YouTube channel of Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram, published 22 Jul 2016.
Cast of Manamantha (2016)
- Mohanlal as Sai Ram
- Viswant Duddumpudi as Abhiram
- Chandra Mohan
- Gautami Tadimalla as Gayathri
- మోహన్ లాల్
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Vennela Kishore
- Dhanraj
- Brahmanandam
- Kalpa Latha
- Nassar as Raghavendra Rao Sharma
- Brahmaji
- Urvashi as Lakshmi
- L. B. Sriram as An Astrologer
- Taraka Ratna
- Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Gayathri's Professor
- Harsha Vardhan as Viswanath
Also in the cast (TMDB): Raina Rao as Mahitha, Anisha Ambrose as Aira, Joy Mathew as Gayathri's Professor (Malayalam Version), Venkateswara Rao Paruchuri as Venkat, Avantika as Swathi, Anitha Chowdary as Viswanath's Wife, Ayyappa P. Sharma as Dass, P Balachandran as Ravi Pillai (Malayalam Version), Darbha Appaji Ambarisha as Doctor, Ravi Shiva Teja as Abhiram's Friend, Hekar Sega as Dass.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
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