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2005 Indian film
| Mental Manja | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sai Sagar |
| Written by | Sai Sagar |
| Produced by | Cheluvali Narayan |
| Starring | Arjun Sheethal |
| Cinematography | Ramana |
| Edited by | Rajashekar Reddy |
| Music by | Sai Sagar |
| Production company | Sri Eshwar Motion Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 141 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Mental Manja is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Sai Sagar. The film stars newcomers Arjun and Sheethal. The story of this movie shares many similarities to 1995 Kannada movie Om with slight changes. The film was a box office success and ran for fifty days. Arjun earned the name Mental Star from this film. A film titled Mental Manja 2 was announced, but it is not a sequel to this film.
Cast
- Arjun as Manjunath alias Manja/Mental Manja
- Sheethal as Priya
- Ramesh Bhat
- Ashalatha
- Girija Lokesh
- Sathyajith
- Vijay as Angry man
- M. D. Kaushik
- Tennis Krishna
- Mandeep Roy
- Vaijanath Biradar
- Sai Sagar
- Huccha Venkat
Production
The film had a tagline saying that it was only for smart people.
Soundtrack
Music composer Sai Sagar developed the score and soundtrack. The lyrics were written by Sai Sagar. Lahari Music Company took the copyrights for this movie sound track. The song "Chembu Chembu" is based on "Hawa Hawa" by Pakistani singer Hasan Jahangir.
| Mental Manja | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Sai Sagar | |
| Released | July 2005 (2005-07) |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Chembu Chembu" | Sai Sagar | Vishnu | |
| 2. | "Love Anno Touchali" | Sai Sagar | Ajay | |
| 3. | "Hoo Andre" | Sai Sagar | Hemanth Kumar | |
| 4. | "Mental Manja" | Sai Sagar | Ameed | |
| 5. | "Manja Naane Manja" | Sai Sagar | Sai Sagar | |
| 6. | "Kuluko Edeyalli" | Sai Sagar | Vishnu | |
| 7. | "Dialogue Midli" | Sai Sagar | Sai Sagar | |
| 8. | "Manja Naane Manja Them" | Sai Sagar | Sai Sagar |
Awards
- Udaya Film Awards 2006
- Best Debut Actor - Arjun
References
- Chandan Gowda (21 November 2019). "Bangalore in Kannada films". Bangalore Mirror.
- "Kannada films at its best-more than seven films complete 50 days".
- "New Film this week - 'Amrutha Dhare'".
- "2005 - Yearly roundup of Kannada Film Industry".
- ND Shiva Kumar (22 September 2008). "Names they go by". The Times of India.
- https://www.chitraloka.com/news/14545-arjun-sai-sagar-back-with-mental-manja-2.html
- Sowmya Aji Mehu (28 August 2005). "Machchu movie? Must be a smash hit!". The Times of India.
- "Feast at Sun feast udaya film awards". Indiaglitz. 13 November 2006.
External links
- Mental Manja at IMDb
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