Manamantha

Manamantha
Directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Produced by Sai Korrapati
Starring Mohanlal
Gautami
Viswant
Music by Mahesh Shankar
Production
company
Country India
Language Telugu
Malayalam

Manamantha (English: All of us) is an upcoming Indian Telugu-Malayalam bilingual family drama film directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by Sai Korrapati starring Mohanlal , Gautami and Viswant in the lead roles.[1][2] The film was officially launched on 29 November 2015 in Hyderabad, and principal photography commenced on the following day.[3]

Cast

Production

Development

The film was officially announced on 14 October 2015 by critically acclaimed Telugu director Chandra Sekhar Yeleti with Mohanlal and Gautami in lead roles, which will be simultaneously made in Telugu and Malayalam languages, produced by Sai Korrapati under the banner Varahi Chalana Chitram. Manamantha will be Mohanlal's second film in Telugu after a cameo appearance in Gandeevam (1994).[4] And the film will be Gautami's return to Malayalam cinema after 17 years. She will be dubbing herself for both the versions.[5] Mohanlal and Gautami are teaming after a gap of 18 years from Iruvar (1997) directed by Maniratnam.[6] There was also talks with Irrfan Khan for an important role.[7] Filming was said to start in the third week of November and Mohanlal gave his 25 days for filming. According to Yeleti, "The film is a family entertainer which involves four stories".[8] In October, the production team also announced a casting call for a teenage girl.[9]

Filming

The film was formally launched in Hyderabad on 29 November 2015 and began its regular filming there on 30 November. The film's Telugu version is titled Manamantha.[10] Malayalam actor Mohanlal took the decision to learn Telugu language by enlisting a translator to get his diction precise, as he wanted it to be as close as possible to that of a native Telugu speaker. According to the film's associate-director Siby Jose Chalissery, Mohanlal is trying two different acting styles for each version in Telugu and Malayalam, and taking extra care for bringing that difference. "Though it's a bilingual, the scenes aren't exactly similar in the two versions. There are variations in the mannerisms, emotions and dialogue delivery,". The filming will be completed by January end.[5] Mohanlal completed his portions by January third week.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Sanjith Sidhardhan (4 January 2016). "'Yeleti doesn’t intrude in Mohanlal’s work'". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Anu James (29 December 2015). "Mohanlal learning Telugu for Manamantha; Venkatesh Daggubati welcomes him to Tollywood". International Business Times. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. ↑ IndiaGlitz (29 November 2015). "Mohanlal's Manamantha Launched". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Anu James (14 October 2015). "Mohanlal to star opposite Gauthami after 18 years in Chandra Shekar Yeleti's trilingual film". International Business Times. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 Sanjith Sidhardhan (24 December 2015). "Mohanlal learns Telugu for his next bilingual". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Onmanorama Staff (14 October 2015). "Mohanlal to romance Gautami in trilingual". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Pranita Jonnalagedda. "Irrfan Khan’s T-town return on the cards". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Pranita Jonnalagedda (14 October 2015). "Mohanlal, Gautami to act in a Telugu film". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Times News Network (25 October 2014). "Sai Korrapati to produce Chandrasekhar Yeleti's next". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Telugucinema.com (30 November 2015). "Mohanlal, Yeleti film titled 'Manamantha'". Sify.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Sanjith Sidhardhan (14 January 2016). "Mohanlal wraps up filming his Telugu movie". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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