Manjunatha BA, LLB is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language comedy film written and directed by actor-turned-director Mohan Shankar. The film stars Jaggesh and Reema Vohra in the lead roles. The film is a remake of 2007 Malayalam film Hallo which itself was based on the 2004 movie Cellular.
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Directed by | Mohan Shankar |
Written by | Mohan |
Produced by | A. Ganesh |
Starring | Jaggesh Reema Vohra |
Cinematography | Ashok V. Raman |
Music by | Vinay Chandra |
Production company | Gowramma Productions |
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Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Plot
editAn advocate, Manjunatha, turns into an alcoholic after his lover's death. But his life changes forever when he gets a call from a stranger named Sneha to save her life.
Cast
edit- Jaggesh as Adv. Manjunatha
- Tabla Nani as Basheer
- Reema Vohra as Sneha
- Karibasavaiah
- Srinivasamurthy
- Girija Lokesh
- Chidananda
- Spoorthi Suresh as Prakruthi
- Swastik Shankar
- Shankar Patil
Reception
editCritical response
editA critic from The Times of India scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Reema Vora is okay. Except for Srinivasamurthy, other artistes fail to impress. Music by Vinaya Chandra and cinematography by Ashok V Raman are average".[1] Shruti I L from DNA wrote "Making one laugh comes naturally to Jaggesh and Naani, if only director Mohan had a more interesting, engaging and well executed script to do justice to the actors. Watch the film if you are a hard core Jaggesh fan who never gives any of his films a miss!".[2] Srikanth Srinivasa from Rediff.com scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Reema Vohra has done justice to her role and so has Spoorthi as Manjunatha's first girlfriend. Chandrashekar of Yeddakallu Guddadamele makes a brief appearance as the heroine's father. Though there are too many characters, which leaves one confused, Manjunatha BA LLB is a watchable film".[3] A Sharadhaa from The New Indian Express wrote "Ashok Raman has disappointed with his camera work and there is nothing much to talk about Vinay Chandra’s music. The Verdict: When the lawyer is incapable, the judgement is never in his favour".[4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "Jaggesh saves bits of the film with his inimitable punchlines that are his trademark. A couple of songs are pleasing. But the background score, for the most part, is a torture. It manages to snuff out the dialogues even. The director shows lack of imagination and towards the end, the film seems to have been hurriedly wrapped up".[5]
References
edit- ^ "MANJUNATHA BA LLB MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Review: 'Manjunatha BA LLB' (Kannada)". DNA. 15 September 2012.
- ^ "Review: Manjunatha BA LLB is watchable". Rediff.com. 14 September 2014.
- ^ "Manjunatha BA LLB (Kannada)". The New Indian Express. 18 September 2012.
- ^ "Manjunatha BA, LLB: The bar is lowered!". Bangalore Mirror. 14 September 2012.
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