Manamantha

Manamantha/Vismayam

Theatrical release poster
మనమంతా/വിസ്മയം
Directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Produced by
Screenplay by
  • Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
  • Ravi Chandra Teja (Dialogues)
Story by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Starring
Music by Mahesh Shankar
Cinematography Rahul Shrivatsav
Edited by G. V. Chandra Sekhar
Production
company
Distributed by Varahi Chalana Chitram
Release dates
  • 4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) (Premiere)
  • 5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) (Worldwide)
Running time
 164 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget 20 crores
Box office 25 crores

Manamantha (English: All of Us) is a 2016 Indian Telugu drama film written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, starring Mohanlal, Gautami, Viswant Duddumpudi and Raina Rao in lead roles. Produced by Sai Korrapati, it is made simultaneously in Telugu and Malayalam languages, with the Malayalam version titled as Vismayam.[1][2] The film was officially launched on 29 November 2015 in Hyderabad, and principal photography commenced on the following day.[3]

Manamantha was premiered on 4 August 2016 in North America and was released worldwide on 5 August 2016. Its Malayalam version, Vismayam and a Tamil dubbed version titled Namadhu released simultaneously along with Manamantha.

Cast

Production

Pre-production

The film was officially announced by Telugu film director Chandra Sekhar Yeleti on 14 October 2015. Produced by Sai Korrapati under his production company Varahi Chalana Chitram, the film was planned as a bilingual simultaneously made in Telugu and Malayalam languages. Mohanlal and Gautami were announced in the lead roles.[4] The filming was then said to start by the third week of November. Yeleti described the film as a "family entertainer which involves four stories".[5] The title Manamantha was confirmed in the end of November.[6] According to film's executive producer Krishna Rao, it is an anthology film comprising four different stories, which at the end, will unite to the main plot. In Malayalam, the film is titled Vismayam, while the film has also a Tamil dubbed version titled as Namadhu.[7][8] Tamil lyricist Madhan Karky wrote the lyrics for the songs in Tamil as well as the dialogues for Namadhu.[9]

Mohanlal and Gautami are teaming after a gap of 19 years since Iruvar (1997) directed by Maniratnam.[10] Manamantha will be Mohanlal's second film in Telugu after a cameo appearance in Gandeevam (1994).[4] And Gautami's return to Malayalam cinema after a gap of 17 years. She will be dubbing herself for all the languages. 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, and taking extra care for bringing that difference, "the scenes aren't exactly similar in the two versions. There are variations in the mannerisms, emotions and dialogue delivery,".[11] He plays an assistant manager in a supermarket, a down-to-earth middle class man who "has strong principles and is not willing to forgo them for small gains in life,". Mohanlal dubbed for himself for all the languages, including the Tamil dubbed version.[12] There was also negotiation with Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan for an important role.[13] In October 2015, the production team also announced a casting call for a teenage girl.[14] Viswant Duddumpudi was selected by Yeleti for one of the major roles in the film after performing a screen test for him.[15] The casting team signed Anisha Ambrose for an important role as they were impressed with her performance in her past few films, and were particularly looking for a new face.[16] She plays the love interest of Duddumpudi.[15]

Filming

The film was formally launched in Hyderabad on 29 November 2015. Principal photography and regular filming began there on 30 November.[6] Mohanlal gave dates for 25 days for filming.[5] His portions were completed by January third week.[17] The first schedule of filming was completed by the end of January.[11]

Mohanlal started dubbing his part in June 2016. He posted a picture of him working in the recording studio through Twitter and Facebook.[18][19]

Soundtrack

Manamantha
Soundtrack album by Mahesh Shankar
Released 27 July 2016
Recorded 2016
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 17:03
Language Telugu
Label Vel Records
Producer Sai Korrapati
Mahesh Shankar chronology
D for Dopidi
(2013)		 Manamantha
(2015)

The soundtrack album was composed by Mahesh Shankar. The five song album was released by Vel Records on 27 July 2016.[20]

Soundtrack
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Manamantha"  Haricharan 3:29
2. "Butta Bomma"  Hem Chandra 3:09
3. "Aashalalo"  Damini Bhatla CH 2:35
4. "Kanneerulaa"  Vidhu Prathap 3:31
5. "Tik Tik"  Sriya Madhuri 4:19
Total length:
 17:03

Release

The film was premiered on 4 August 2016 in North America and theatrically released worldwide on the following day.[21] It released in 81 theatres in the United States.[22][23] Varaahi International Cinemas acquired the USA and Canada distribution rights of Manamantha, Vismayam, and Namadhu.[24][25] Vismayam and Namadhu was released only in a limited number of screens in the United States.[21]

Box office

The film collected a worldwide gross of ₹4 crore (US$590,000) from all three languages in the opening day.[26] In the United States, it collected $5,423 from the Thursday night premiere (4 August) and $27,314 in the opening day, coming second place among the Indian releases (behind Pellichoopulu). The film collected $118551 from 73 screens in the United States box office in the first weekend. As per opening weekend, it has collected an average amount of $1623 from each screen in the US.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (4 January 2016). "'Yeleti doesn't intrude in Mohanlal's work'". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ James, Anu (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. 1 2 James, Anu (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 Jonnalagedda, Pranita (14 October 2015). "Mohanlal, Gautami to act in a Telugu film". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 Telugucinema (30 November 2015). "Mohanlal, Yeleti film titled 'Manamantha'". Sify.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Menon, Akhila (2 June 2016). "Malayalam Version Of Mohanlal's 'Manamantha' Titled As 'Vismayam'". Filmibeat. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (24 May 2016). "High expectations for Mohanlal's trilingual!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "A Tamil film with the 'Drishyam' Hero and 'Papanasam' Heroine". Indiaglitz.com. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Onmanorama Staff (14 October 2015). "Mohanlal to romance Gautami in trilingual". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  11. 1 2 Sidhardhan, Sanjith (24 December 2015). "Mohanlal learns Telugu for his next bilingual". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (9 June 2016). "Mohanlal to dub in Telugu and Tamil". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Jonnalagedda, Pranita. "Irrfan Khan's T-town return on the cards". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Times News Network (25 October 2014). "Sai Korrapati to produce Chandrasekhar Yeleti's next". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  15. 1 2 Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (17 May 2016). "It's getting better for actor Vishwant Duddumpudi". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  16. ↑ Yellapantula, Suhas (7 May 2016). "Anisha Bags Big Bilingual?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  17. ↑ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (14 January 2016). "Mohanlal wraps up filming his Telugu movie". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Jayaram, Deepika (21 June 2016). "It's a pleasure to learn and dub in Telugu: Mohanlal". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  19. ↑ "Mohanlal dubbing for 'Manamantha'". Sify. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Manamantha". Saavn. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  21. 1 2 3 Shekhar H. Hooli (9 August 2016). "US box office collection: Mohanlal's 'Manamantha' beats Allu Sirish's 'Srirastu Subhamastu' in 1st weekend". International Business Times. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "Manamantha USA Theatres List". Indiaglitz.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  23. ↑ "Manamantha USA Schedules". Telugutimes.net. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  24. ↑ "Manamantha Overseas with clean U". Greatandhra.com. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  25. ↑ IndiaGlitz (20 July 2016). "Manamantha Overseas release by Vaaraahi International Cinemas". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  26. ↑ "A 'Good Friday' For Box-office". Gulte.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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