Released · Telugu film · 2000
Manoharam
మనోహరం
Manoharam release date: 13 May 2000 (theatres). Directed by Gunasekhar; starring Jagapati Babu, Chandra Mohan and Laya.
- Film release
- 13 May 2000 · All 2000 films
- Director
- Gunasekhar
- Music
- Mani Sharma
- Production
- M.R.C & Melody Combines
- Writing credits
- Posani Krishna Murali
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Language
- Telugu
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Film release: 13 May 2000 · all 2000 Telugu films.
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Manoharam (“Alluring”) is a 2000 Telugu action drama directed by Gunasekhar and produced by Mullapudi Brahmanandam and Sunkara Madhu Murali under the M.R.C & Melody Combines banner. Jagapati Babu and Laya lead the cast, with Prakash Raj and Mukesh Rishi, and Mani Sharma composed the music. It was released on 13 May 2000 and runs 155 minutes.
What the story is about
A terrorist named Basha, working for Pakistan’s ISI, is setting off bombs in India’s major cities. In Hyderabad, two police officers, Govind and Ram Prasad, pick up a bank employee, Anand, as an ISI agent, and CBI officer Srinivasa Murthy begins questioning him. Anand’s story goes back to his marriage to Usha, a spirited village girl who initially wants nothing to do with him because the wedding has cut short her studies. On their honeymoon in Delhi, Anand sees Basha set off a bomb and gives chase, but he gets away. Back home, Anand helps Usha return to her studies and the couple fall in love, until a police blunder turns his life upside down and Usha has to fight to clear his name.
Cast and crew
- Jagapati Babu as Anand Babu
- Laya as Usha
- Chandra Mohan as Usha’s father
- Prakash Raj as CBI officer Srinivasa Murthy
- Mukesh Rishi as Basha
- Brahmaji as Govind and Surya as Ram Prasad
- Jeeva as Mastan, with Mallikarjuna Rao, L. B. Sriram and M. S. Narayana
Director: Gunasekhar. Producers: Mullapudi Brahmanandam and Sunkara Madhu Murali. Music: Mani Sharma, lyrics by Veturi. Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad.
Awards
Manoharam won four Nandi Awards: the bronze for Third Best Feature Film, Best Actor for Jagapati Babu, Best Actress for Laya and Best Editor for A. Sreekar Prasad. We have no box-office figures or contemporary reviews for it from a named outlet.
Where to watch Manoharam
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Cast
Additional cast
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