Manikya Kannada Movie Review

The much-awaited masala entertainer Maanikya, starring Kicha Sudeep in the lead role hit screens today. Before we tell you reasons to watch or not watch the movie, let's take a look at the production crew.

Directed by Sudeep

Produced by N. M. Kumar, Kolla Praveen

Written by Koratala Siva

Based on Mirchi (2013) by Koratala Siva

Starring V. Ravichandran, Sudeep, Varalaxmi Sharathkumar, Ramya Krishna, Ranya, P. Ravi Shankar

Music by Arjun Janya

Cinematography Shekar Chandra

Editing by N. M. Vishwa

Here are things you must know about the movie before you book your tickets

• The movie is a remake of the Telugu movie Mirchi which starred Prabhas in the lead role
• The movie did some brist business even before its release. As per reports doing the rounds in Gandhinagar circles, here are the estimates of the moolah already raked in by Sudeep's Maanikya.
• The film did INR8.5 crore of business before its release by the (satellite-dubbing-audio-dvd-other) rights.
• The satellite rights of the film were sold for INR5.5 crore to Suvarna TV and Hindi dubbing rights for INR 1.5 crore.
• Meanwhile Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam dubbing rights for INR 75 lakh each
• The audio rights have been acquired by Anand Audio for INR25 lakh and the DVD rights have gone for a similar amount
• The movie was awarded U/A by the censor board
• The movie will release across 12 countries a week after its release here

Watch the making of the movie Manikya here

Story: Sudeep, an architect based in foreign land meets his girl and woos her. The girlfriend comes from the family of a dreaded factionist. Sudeep befriends her brother and moves into their house. But little do the audience know that he has more than love on his mind.

We will soon be back with the report on box office collection. So, come back for all the movie updates.