Manasu Malligey

Manasu Malligey
Theatrical film poster
Directed by	S. Narayan
Produced by	Rockline Venkatesh Akash Chawla
Written by	Nagraj Manjule
Based on	Sairat by Nagraj Manjule
Starring	Rinku Rajguru Nishanth
Music by	Ajay-Atul S. Narayan
Cinematography	Manohar Joshi
Edited by	Srikanth
Production company	Rockline Productions Zee Studios
Release date	31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)[1]
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Manasu Malligey (lit. The heart is a jasmine flower) is an Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by S. Narayan and produced by Rockline Venkatesh and Akash Chawla.^[2] The film, a remake of Nagraj Manjule's Marathi film Sairat (2016), features Rinku Rajguru, reprising her role from the original, and Nishanth in the lead roles.^[3] The original soundtrack Ajay-Atul has been re-used with Kannada lyrics, the cinematography is by Manohar Joshi.^[4]

Overview

The film depicts love-story between a girl of an upper caste and a boy from a lower caste; thus it comments on the caste system in India. This commentary culminates into honour killing; honour killing prevalent in few parts of rural India as well as urban India. The music of Manasu Malligey was released on 14 February 2017. It was written by Ajay-Atul, who kept the original score and just added Kannada lyrics in place of the original Marathi ones. All songs have been sung by the same singers who rendered the original songs, except an additional song which has been rendered by Sonu Nigam.

Cast

• Rinku Rajguru
• Nishanth
• Tanaji Galgunde

Character Map Remakes

Chamundeshwari Studios== Soundtrack ==

The songs and background score for the film are composed by composer duo Ajay−Atul, who had scored for the original Marathi film. This marks their debut in the Kannada cinema. One additional song was composed by S. Narayan. The music was officially released on the Valentine's Day on 14 February 2017.^[5][6] Minister of Water Resources, M. B. Patil officially released the audio at Chamundeshwari Studios in Bengaluru.^[7]

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