Mandya is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language action drama film produced and directed by Om Prakash Rao and written by Purushottam Rao. The film stars Darshan, Radhika and Rakshita in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Telugu film Samba (2004).
| Mandya | |
|---|---|
 Official poster | |
| Directed by | Om Prakash Rao |
| Written by | Purushottam Rao |
| Produced by | Om Prakash Rao |
| Starring | Darshan Rakshita Radhika |
| Cinematography | Anaji Nagaraj |
| Edited by | S. Manohar |
| Music by | Gurukiran |
Production company | Thrisha Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Cast
edit- Darshan as Ganesh alias Eshwar
- Rakshita as Parvathi
- Radhika Kumaraswamy as Ganga
- Swasthik Shankar as Eshwar's uncle
- Dharma as Bhadrayya
- Ravi Chetan as Chetu
- Lakshman as Parvathi's father
- Siddharth as Bhadrayya's aide
- G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Bhadrayya's aide
- Harish Rai as Jaggu
- Sathyajith as Bhadrayya's aide
- Diganth as Harsha
- Sadhu Kokila as Subramanya
- Anantha Velu as Dhanraj
- Shobaraj as Cylinder Seena
- Siddaraju Kalyankar as Siddanna
- Kirloskar Sathya as Dharmanna
- Sudharani as Gayatri
- Chitra Shenoy as Bhadrayya's wife
- Malathi Sardeshpande
- Shailaja Joshi
- Pushpa Swamy as mother of Priya's stalker
- Avinash as Bhoopayya
- Ashwath Narayan
- R. G. Vijayasarathy as father of Priya's stalker
- Karibasavaiah as Halappa
- Baby Raksha as young Gayatri
Soundtrack
editThe music of the film was composed by Gurukiran.[1]
| Mandya | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2006 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Anand Audio |
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Moriya Oh Bappa" | Rajesh Krishnan | |
| 2. | "Sundara" | Anupama, Timmy | |
| 3. | "Ko Ko Ko Koli" | Gurukiran, Anuradha Sriram | |
| 4. | "Muttidare Yaako" | Gurukiran, Shamitha Malnad, Malathi | |
| 5. | "Eshwar" | Gurukiran |
Reception
editA critic from The Hindu wrote that "But in Mandya, he [Om Prakash Rao] staggers continuously and loses grip of the storyline. Thus he remains a stranger to both what he wants to convey and what he conveys".[2] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that the film "fails to generate interest among the viewers because of a weak script".[3] Sify called it "strictly for Darshan fans".[4] Echoing the same, a critic from Chitraloka.com wrote that "the film is stitched for Darshan fans".[5]
References
edit- ^ Mandya Songs
- ^ Venkatasubba Rao, K.N. (8 January 2006). "The message is unclear in 'Mandya'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Vijayasarathy, R. G. (10 January 2006). "Mandya: Darshan carries it on his shoulders". Rediff.com.
- ^ "Mandya". Archived from the original on 15 March 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070504143923/http://www.chitraloka.com/sections/how_is_it/mandya_2006.shtml
