Sri Manjunatha (film)

Sri Manjunatha
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Written byJ. K. Bhairavi (story and dialogues)
Produced byNara Jaya Sridevi
StarringChiranjeevi
Arjun
Ambareesh
Meena
Soundarya
Sumalatha
Aanand Vardhan
CinematographySundarnath Suvarna
Edited byR. Janardhan
Music byHamsalekha
Production
company
Chinni films
Release date
  • 22 June 2001 (2001-06-22)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Kannada
  • Telugu

Sri Manjunatha is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language hagiographical film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.[1] The film stars Chiranjeevi, Arjun Sarja, Ambareesh, Meena, Soundarya and Sumalatha. The film is based on the life of the Shiva devotee, Bhakta Manjunatha of the Kotilingeshwara Temple. The film was partially reshot in Telugu under the same title with Chiranjeevi's scenes reshot and Brahmanandam and Tanikella Bharani replacing Dwarakish and Mimicry Dayanand, respectively whilst all other scenes were dubbed from the Kannada original.

The film was released on 22 June 2001 worldwide. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and became a super-hit at the box office. The film was screened in the International Film Festival of India.

In 2011, the film was dubbed in Hindi as Mahadev - Bhakti Mein Shakti.

  1. ^ Raghavan, Nikhil (6 September 2014). "Once again a gentleman". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.