Manasella Neene

Manasella Neene (transl. You are all over my heart) is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Mugur Sundar, a choreographer marking his debut in film direction. The film stars his youngest son Nagendra Prasad and Gayathri Raguram (in her Kannada debut) with Ananth Nag and Srinath in supporting roles. This film is the remake of the Telugu film Manasantha Nuvve (2001).

Manasella Neene
Official poster
Directed by	Mugur Sundar
Written by	M. S. Raju
Based on	Manasantha Nuvve (Telugu)
Produced by	Mahadevamma Sundar
Starring	Nagendra Prasad Gayathri Raguram
Cinematography	V. K. Kannan
Edited by	Basavaraj Urs
Music by	R. P. Patnaik Ravi Raj
Production company	Malai Madeshwara Cine Theaters
Release date	21 June 2002 (2002-06-21)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Cast

• Nagendra Prasad as Venu (Chintu)
• Gayathri Raguram as Renuka
• Ananth Nag as the editor-in-chief of a magazine
• Srinath as Mohan Rao, Venu's father
• Ambika as Madhavi
• Chithra Shenoy as Venu's mother
• M. N. Lakshmi Devi
• Karibasavaiah as Sunil, Venu's friend
• Suja Raghuram as Shruthi
• Raju Sundaram as Arun
• Sundeep Malani as Venu's friend
• B Rakshet as Chintu/younger Venu
• Nayana as Anu/younger Renuka
• Prabhudeva in a special appearance

Production

Choreographer Mugur Sundar ventured into direction with this film, which features his son Nagendra Prasad and Gayathri Raghuram in her Kannada debut. Prasad's brother, Prabhu Deva, chose the story from the Telugu film Manasantha Nuvve (2001). The film was launched on 10 December 2001. Dr. Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar came to the film sets as guests.^[1][2] Raghuram's sister Suja and Raju Sundaram play supporting roles. The song featuring Raju Sundaram was choreographed by Prabhu Deva.^[3]

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Ravi Raj. Four songs were retained from the Telugu version by R. P. Patnaik, including "Jheer Jimbe Jheer Jimbe" which was re-arranged from Vidyasagar's original composition "Kannadi Koodum Kootti" from Pranayavarnangal (1998).^[4]

Track-list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Phala Phala Holeyuva"	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar	K. S. Chithra
2.	"Jheer Jimbe Jheer Jimbe"	Belur Ramamurthy	Nanditha, Archana Udupa
3.	"Karaguthiro Ondu Kanasanthe"	M. L. Prasanna	Latha Hamsalekha
4.	"Preethiye Ninna"	V. Manohar	Swarnalatha, Rajesh Krishnan
5.	"Jheer Jimbe Jheer Jimbe"	Belur Ramamurthy	Rajesh Krishnan
6.	"Arathi Arathi"	Belur Ramamurthy	Rajesh Krishnan
7.	"Chakumaki Chitte"	Hamsalekha	Gurukiran, Anuradha Sriram
8.	"Elliruve Neenu"	V. Manohar	Hemanth, Archana Udupa
9.	"Prema Prema"	M. L. Prasanna	Ramesh Chandra
10.	"Karaguthiro Ondu Kanasanthe"	M. L. Prasanna	Ravi Raj

Reception

In 2022, a writer from The Times of India called this film "the best movie in Nagendra's career".^[5]