Manasunna Maaraju

Manasunna Maaraju is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. The film stars Dr. Rajasekhar and Laya in the lead roles.^[1] It was a remake of the Malayalam film Kottaram Veettile Apputtan (1998).

Manasunna Maaraju
Directed by	Muthyala Subbaiah
Based on	Kottaram Veettile Apputtan by C. V. Balakrishnan
Produced by	D. V. V. Danayya J. Bhagavan
Starring	Rajasekhar Laya Rajitha Kota Srinivasa Rao Asha Saini Brahmanandam Manorama
Music by	Vandemataram Srinivas
Release date	1 January 2000 (2000-01-01)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Rajasekhar as Dorababu
• Laya as Amrutha
• Kota Srinivasa Rao
• Brahmanandam
• Manorama as Peramma
• Babloo Prithviraj as Pradeep
• Annapoorna as Seethakka
• Tanikella Bharani as Nagaraju
• Raja Ravindra as MLA Chowdary's son
• Rajitha
• L. B. Sriram
• Asha Saini
• Venu Madhav
• Sudhakar
• Tirupathi Prakash
• Bandla Ganesh
• Kallu Chidambaram

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.^[2] The track "Nenu Gaali" also features in the 2024 Telugu film Mathu Vadalara 2.

• 1) "Nenu Gaali" - Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal, Tippu (Humming)
• 2) "O Prema"(Version l) - Sonu Nigam
• 3) "O Prema"(Version ll) - Rajesh Krishnan
• 4) "Allari Priyuda" - Shankar Mahadevan, Swarnalatha
• 5) "Maaghamasam" - K. S. Chithra, Udit Narayan
• 6) "Eddulabandi Ekki" - Sukhwinder Singh, Nithyasree Mahadevan
• 7) "Oodala Oodala Marri Chettu" - Mano, Sujatha Mohan, Malgudi Subha, Tippu

Reception

Andhra Today wrote "One wonders at the choice of the story by the director and his conviction in it specially when it defies logic. Added to this fare is the insipid comedy to bore. A delayed declaration of love by Amrutha for Dorababu comes as no revelation as the director makes it out to be. That's what makes the movie a drag".^[3]