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Prakash Raj, the maker of 'Dhoni' and 'Ulavacharu Biryani', is done with his third. The Telugu-Kannada bi-lingual, titled as 'Manavoori Ramayanam' in Telugu, is currently in post-production stage. It will hit the marquee in September. It's jointly produced by Prakash Raj and First Copy Pictures. Starring Prakash Raj, Priyamani, Sathyadev ('Jyothi Lakshmi' fame), Prudhvi and Raghu Babu, the human drama tells the story of a well-respected Dubai-return whose life takes a turn when a particular incident takes place on Sri Rama Navami day. It drives home the point that there is a Rama and a Ravana in each one of us, the director adds. The film was shot in Shad Nagar near Hyderabad and Coorg district in Karnataka. Joy Matthew has written the story. Dialogues are by Ramana Gopishetty and Prakash Raj. Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar has written the lyrics. Art direction is by Sashidhar Adapa. Srikar Prasad is the editor. Cinematography is by Mukesh. Music is by Maestro Ilaiyaraja.
Prakash Raj's 'Manavoori Ramayanam' from Oct 7
Prakash Raj, the maker of 'Dhoni' and 'Ulavacharu Biryani', is done with his third. The Telugu-Kannada bi-lingual, titled as 'Manavoori Ramayanam' in Telugu, is currently in post-production stage. The news is that it will hit the marquee on Oct 7. It's jointly produced by Prakash Raj and First Copy Pictures. Abhishek Picture will release the movie. Starring Prakash Raj, Priyamani, Sathyadev ('Jyothi Lakshmi' fame), Prudhvi and Raghu Babu, the human drama tells the story of a well-respected Dubai-return whose life takes a turn when a particular incident takes place on Sri Rama Navami day. "It drives home the point that there is a Rama and a Ravana in each one of us", the director adds. The film was shot in Shad Nagar near Hyderabad and Coorg district in Karnataka. Joy Matthew has written the story. Dialogues are by Ramana Gopishetty and Prakash Raj. Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar has written the lyrics. Art direction is by Sashidhar Adapa. Srikar Prasad is the editor. Cinematography is by Mukesh. Music is by Maestro Ilaiyaraja.
Advantage for Mana Oori Ramayanam
Except 'Mana Oori Ramayanam', Anywhere between Rs 10 crore to Rs 75 crore is at stake on all the films aiming for Dussehra release. Abhishek Pictures acquired the distribution rights of this movie in Telugu circuit for just Rs 1.5 crore. That's really a huge advantage and festival season should come in handy.'Mana Oori Ramayanam' is based on an incident which took place on the day 'Sri Rama Navami' was celebrated. While Prakash Raj appears as Bhujangayya, Priyamani does the role of Susheela. Sathyadev portrays the character of Auto Driver Siva and Pruthvi will be seen as Director Garuda. These four characters are like pillars of the movie and their intense performances will be a treat to watch. A special show was arranged for media persons prior to the release as part of the marketing strategy. Critics have given a positive feedback. Especially, There is unanimous praise for Prakash Raj who excelled both as an actor and director. If reviews and word-of-mouth are good, Screen Count of 'Mana Oori Ramayanam' would grow multi-fold very soon.
Priyamani's Role in In Mana Oori Ramayanam
If performance is the main scale to judge a heroine caliber, Priyamani delivered Award winning performances many a times in past. This time, she has literally returned back to Tollywood with a prostitute Bangaram character in ‘Mana Oori Ramayanam’ winning the hearts of Telugu and Kannada audience. It is always kicking to see star heroines accepting sex worker characters as audiences connect more to spice than morals. Priyamani looked perfect as Bangaram. In fact her entry bought real relief and speed to a rather dull narration in movie. Instead of adopting skin show with low neck blouses and transparent saris, Priyamani shined as a decent prostitute serving big deal in saving MOR. Dialogues penned on her character were also well balanced without going overboard. Finally, Priyamani showed her mark with MOR.
Mani Ratnam takes on Ramayana
When Prakash Jha is busy thinking about his modern big screen adaptation of the epic Mahabharata, Mani Ratnam is to bring out a film based on the other immortal epic Ramayana on to the big screen. The film is a bi-lingual and will be made in Hindi and Tamil. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai will portray the roles inspired by Rama and Sita. Govinda will be seen in the role of savior Hanuman. The most catching peculiarity of this film is that Tamil film star Vikram who will be seen as the Ravan in the Hindi version of the film will be doing the character of Rama in the Tamil one. The production of the film is expected to start by the end of September and will be produced under the banner of Madras Talkies owned by Mani Ratnam.
Prakash Rai Releases The Audio Of Idolle Ramayana
Prakash Rai who is planning to release his new film 'Idolle Ramayana' on the 07th of October, has released the audio of his film. 'Idolle Ramayana' has only one song composed by Ilayaraja and the CDs containing the song was released recently. Prakash Rai, Priyamani, Yogaraj Bhatt, Achyuth Kumar and others were present during the occasion. The film stars Prakash Rai and Priyamani in prominent roles and Ilayaraja has composed the songs of the film. The film has been shot simultaneously in Kannada and Telugu and both the films are getting released on the same day.