Ellara Mane Dosenu

Ellara Mane Dosenu (transl. Everyone's house dose has...) is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language family drama film directed by H. S. Prakash and starring Ramkumar, Shruti, Mohan Shankar, Bhavana, Sanketh Kashi and Umashree. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Kaalam Maari Pochu (1996) and was released to negative reviews. The story revolves around three sisters - Ramani, Mandara and Vasantha - who are forced by their father to marry against their will which culminates with the beginning of their tryst with the evils of a male-dominated society.

Ellara Mane Dosenu
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Directed by	H. S. Prakash
Written by	Mohan Shankar (dialogue)
Story by	V. Sekhar
Based on	Kaalam Maari Pochu (Tamil)(1996) by V. Sekhar
Produced by	B. G. Hemalatha
Starring	Ramkumar Shruti Mohan Shankar Bhavana Sanketh Kashi Umashree
Cinematography	Prasad Babu
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	S D M Films
Release date	30 March 2001 (2001-03-30)
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Ramkumar as Muthu Raj
• Shruti as Vasantha
• Mohan Shankar
• Bhavana as Mandhara
• Sanketh Kashi
• Umashree as Ramani
• Srinivasa Murthy as Palanamayya a.k.a. Palanthu
• Jayanthi as Savitri
• Suhasini Maniratnam as Media reporter
• Darshan as Sharath
• Bank Janardhan
• Honnavalli Krishna
• Bangalore Nagesh
• M. S. Karanth

Production

The film's title is based on a popular saying. Bhavana plays the middle class wife of an unemployed man.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Hamsalekha.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Reelo Riyallo"	Nanditha	4:42
2.	"Kaasu Keluva Ganda Meese Yaatako"	Hemanth, Nanditha	4:15
3.	"Vayyari Vayyari"	Hemanth, Ramesh Chandra	5:20
4.	"Udhyogam Udhyogam"	Harishchandra, Hemanth, Nandhita, Ramesh	4:57
5.	"Bumper Bumper Lottery"	Latha Hamsalekha, Nandhita, Sangeetha Kat	4:46
Total length:			24:00

Reception

A critic from Chitraloka.com wrote that "Firstly he has failed miserably in putting the spicy Dosa correctly on the pan and while serving it to the customers (audience in this case) he has forgot to give the well prepared".^[3]