Maanikya

Maanikya
Directed by Sudeep
Produced by N. M. Kumar
Priya Sudeep
Written by Koratala Siva
Screenplay by Sudeep
Based on Mirchi 
by Koratala Siva
Starring V. Ravichandran
Sudeep
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Ramya Krishnan
Ranya Rao
P. Ravi Shankar
Music by Arjun Janya
Cinematography Shekhar Chandra
Edited by N. M. Vishwa
Production
company
MNK Movies
Kiccha Creations
Kolla Entertainments
Distributed by M. N. Jumar
Release dates
  • 1 May 2014 (2014-05-01)
Running time
165 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada
Budget 180—200 million[1]
Box office 435 million[lower-alpha 1]

Maanikya (English: The Ruby; Kannada: ಮಾಣಿಕ್ಯ) is a 2014 Indian Kannada action drama film directed by Sudeep featuring Sudeep, V. Ravichandran, Varalaxmi Sharathkumar and Ranya Rao in the lead roles.[4] The film is a remake of 2013 Telugu film Mirchi. Maanikya is the costliest film ever made in Kannada cinema[1] and released on 1 May 2014. Upon its release, Maanikya got an excellent response from the critics and audience, and had a decent opening at the box office. Maanikya was released in maximum number of screens and has had the maximum number of audience for a new release in the opening weekend ever. A record 0.8 million tickets were sold on the first day for the film. Maanikya went on to become the highest grossing Kannada movie.[5] The satellite rights of the movie were sold for a record-breaking price as well.[3] The film has also been dubbed into Hindi as Manikya.

Plot

The movie begins with a girl collecting funds for an organisation in Singapore. A goon gives her money and then chases her at night when she goes home. Then Vijay (Sudeep), enters and resolves the conflict without fighting. The girl introduces herself as Manasa (Ranya Rao). They slowly become friends. But one day she asks Vijay to leave her and go as she cannot stand the separation from him if their relationship develops any further. He then goes back to India and changes the mind of Manasa's brother and when they give a vacation he goes with him to his village. There, where everyone are conservative in nature, he changes their nature and makes them more lovable.

When Manasa expresses her love for him, he tells his flashback. It is then revealed that he was born to their rival's family. His father (V. Ravichandran) wanted to convert the people of his village. But his mother Lavanya (Ramya Krishnan) didn't want to stay there, so she left him. Later when Vijay goes there, he falls in love with Sindhu (Varalaxmi Sarathkumar).

He starts taking revenge on the Manasa's family without revealing his identity. Then they decide to marry Vijay with Sindhu because they both are in love with each other. During the marriage the Inspector tells his father that the enmity is rekindling because his son is taking revenge on the rivals. Soon afterwards, the rivals come and start killing everyone. After the fight it is known that Vijay's mother dies. His father banishes him and blames her death on him. The story is now back to the present. Manasa's uncle challenges Vijay that if he can defeat his men then he too would follow non violence. After successfully defeating them, her uncle asks Vijay that if he could defeat the rival's son (not knowing that it was Vijay himself) he would marry Manasa to Vijay.

Vijay gets angry at his stubbornness and reveals his true identity. He starts fighting with Manasa"s brother. Then all her family members come and convert him too. This was watched by his father who had just arrived there. His father welcomes him back to the family. The film ends with him reuniting with Sindhu.

Cast

Production

Development

After the success of his previous venture, Bachchan, Sudeep was met with lot of offers from various south film directors. However, he announced in his social network site that he would be teaming up with ace actor – director V. Ravichandran in his next venture.[6] It was reported that Sudeep would be directing Ravichandran for his next film. Later in July 2013, it was speculated that Ravichandran would be playing father to Sudeep and the film may be a remake of 2013 Telugu film Mirchi which starred Prabhas and Satyaraj in the son – father roles respectively.[7] It was later confirmed that the story is tweaked and Ravichandran would be playing the father role to Sudeep and Ramya Krishnan would be his pair.[8]

Title

Sudeep profusely thanked veteran Dwarakish for suggesting the title 'Maanikya'[9]

Filming

The filming of the film commenced from August 2013 at a Bangalore city college.[10] Major portions of the film is shot at Bidar(crown city of karnataka) and Hyderabad. The film unit also flew to Bangkok to film a song sequence and few action sequences.[11]

Pre-release revenues

The film did 8.5 crore (US$1.3 million) of business before its release by the (satellite-dubbing-audio-DVD-other) rights.[3]

The satellite rights of the film were sold for 5.5 crore (US$820,000) to Asianet Suvarna and Hindi dubbing rights for 1.5 crore (US$220,000). Meanwhile, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam dubbing rights for 75 lakh (US$110,000) each.[3] The audio rights have been acquired by Anand Audio for 25 lakh (US$37,000) and the DVD rights have gone for a similar amount. The remaining rights too have been secured for 25 lakh (US$37,000).[3]

Release and response

Release

Maanikya was released in around 250 screens on 1 May 2014. And also released on 15 May 2014 in Sharjah, on 16 May 2014 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.[12][13] Maanikya is the first Kannada film released in Oman and Bahrain and released on 30 May 2014.[14][15][16] Maanikya also released in USA on 30 May 2014 [17] and in Perth, Australia on 17 August 2014 [18] Maanikya is the first Kannada film screened in Indian Film Festival of Ireland and screened on 20 September 2014[19]

Response

Maanikya is considered as blockbuster of this year in the Kannada film Industry and also got a good response from Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi people.

Box office

By the 21st day the film collected 23.6 crore (US$3.5 million).[20] Maanikya completed 100 days on 8 August 2014. Total collections of the film are 43.5 crore (US$6.5 million).[2]

Soundtrack

Maanikya
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released 29 March 2014 (2014-03-29)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 29:06
Language Kannada
Label Anand Audio

The soundtrack of the album was released on 29 March 2014.

No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Ninna Hinde"  Jayanth KaikiniKarthik 04:31
2. "Huchcha Na"  Yograj BhatVijay Prakash 04:09
3. "Maamu Maamu"  KavirajVijay Prakash, Priya Himesh 03:58
4. "Pantara Panta"  Dr. V. Nagendra PrasadMaalati 02:02
5. "Jeeva Jeeva"  K. KalyanShankar Mahadevan 04:55
6. "Jeena Jeenaya"  Dr. V. Nagendra PrasadShaan 03:50
7. "Nalla Malla"  Dr. V. Nagendra PrasadArjun Janya 02:43
8. "Belake Belake"  Dr. V. Nagendra PrasadShankar Mahadevan 01:11
9. "Mani Mani Maanikya"  KavirajG. Vijay Babu, Shivarudra Naik (kanakapura) 01:43
Total length:
29:06

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Times of India
Bangalore Mirror
One India
Deccan Herald
Chitraloka
Indian Express
Deccan Chronicle
Vijaya Karnataka

The Film opened to mostly positive reviews from the Critics.

Notes

  1. The film earned 350 million from its theatrical run[2] and 85 million from satellite and dubbing rights.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Maanikya 100 days Planned for August 8". www.chitraloka.com. 10 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "'Maanikya' 100". www.indiaglitz.com. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Maanikya sold for Rs 8.5 crore?". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 26 April 2014.
  4. "Presenting the Mirchi girls". Times of India. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  5. ""Maanikya" mints Rs.14 crore on its opening weekend". IANS Live. 6 May 2014.
  6. "Sudeep Confirms His Next With Ravichandran". entertainment.oneindia.in. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. "Ravichandran To Play Sudeep's Father?". chitraloka.com. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  8. "Mirchi gets Crazy cuts". bangaloremirror.com. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  9. "It is Mighty 'Maanikya'". indiaglitz.com. 26 April 2014.
  10. "Sudeep-Ravichandran Film Shooting From August 25". chitraloka.com. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  11. "Manikya Team Flying To BangKok". nthwall.com. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  12. "Dubai: 'Maanikya,' Kannada movie to hit screen across UAE". daijiworld.com. 14 May 2014.
  13. "Dubai: Most awaited Kannada movie ’MAANIKYA’ to hit screen across UAE on May 15". bellevision.com. 12 May 2014.
  14. "Maanikya, First Kannada Movie To Get Released In Muscat-Bahrain". entertainment.oneindia.in. 28 May 2014.
  15. "Maanikya become the first Kannada film to release in Oman". deccanchronicle.com. 26 May 2014.
  16. "Maanikya in Oman – First Kannada film". chitraloka.com. 25 May 2014.
  17. "Towne 3 Cinemas". towne3.com.
  18. "Kannada Movie "Maanikya" in Perth on 17th August 2014". singh.com.au. 18 July 2014.
  19. "Indian Film Festival Ireland 2014 Schedule" (PDF). indianfilmfestivalofireland.ie. 20 September 2014.
  20. "Maanikya (2014) 21th [sic] Day Box Office Collection". boxofficecapsule.net. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
  21. "Movie review: Maanikya". bangaloremirror.com. 1 May 2014.
  22. "Manikya Movie Review". chitraloka.com. 1 May 2014.
  23. "Maanikya – Movie Review: Nalla-Malla Rocks". entertainment.oneindia.in. 1 May 2014.
  24. "Maanikya Movie Review". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 3 May 2014.
  25. "Avenging a wrong has another way now". deccanherald.com. 2 May 2014.
  26. "A Refreshing Treat for Sudeep's Fans". newindianexpress.com. 3 May 2014.
  27. "Movie Review 'Maanikya': Crazy, Kichcha shine in yet another 'remake'". deccanchronicle.com. 2 May 2014.

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