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Manam (English: Us) is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language fantasy-drama film, written and directed by Vikram Kumar and produced by Akkineni Family under the Annapurna Studios banner. Nagarjuna appears alongside Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Naga Chaitanya, Shriya Saran and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Amitabh Bachchan and Nagarjuna's younger son Akhil Akkineni made cameo appearances along with other personalities marking their debuts in Telugu cinema.
The film is set in various time periods, over the course of a hundred years up until 2013, and deals with the concepts of rebirth and eternal love. The plot features a wealthy businessman, Nageswara Rao, attempting to bring a young couple together resembling his deceased parents and the elderly Chaitanya's attempts to bring the businessman and a doctor together. They resemble Chaitanya's deceased parents who died because of a mistake committed by him in his childhood.
The film was made with a budget of ₹280 million. Harsha Vardhan wrote the film's dialogues, while Anup Rubens composed the film's music. P. S. Vinod handled the film's cinematography. Production began on 3 June 2013. Principal photography began on 7 June 2013 and was shot in and around Hyderabad, Coorg and Mysore till mid April 2014.
Manam was the last film of Nageswara Rao, who died on 22 January 2014 during the film's production phase. The film was promoted as a "befitting send off" and a tribute from his son, Nagarjuna. The film was released worldwide on 23 May 2014 to positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful, collecting ₹365 million in its lifetime. The film was screened at the 45th International Film Festival of India in the Homage to ANR section on 29 November 2014. The film garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu. The film was dubbed into Hindi as Dayaalu.
Original Release
05/22/2014
US Release
05/22/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Chaitanya |
Nagarjuna Akkineni | Seetharamudu / Nageshwara Rao / Nageswar Rao / Bittu |
Naga Chaitanya Akkineni | Radha Mohan / Nagarjuna |
Samantha Ruth Prabhu | Priya / Krishna Veni |
Shriya Saran | Rama Lakshmi / Anjali |
Amitabh Bachchan | Pratap / Pratap (Special Appearance) |
Brahmanandam | Girish Karnad |
M.S. Narayana | Father Francis |
Akhil Akkineni | Akhil / Akhil (Special Appearance) |
Ali | Leonardo DiCaprio |
Directors
Writers
Vikram K. Kumar, Harshavardhan, Mukund Pandey
Cast
Name | Character |
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Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Chaitanya |
Nagarjuna Akkineni | Seetharamudu / Nageshwara Rao / Nageswar Rao / Bittu |
Naga Chaitanya Akkineni | Radha Mohan / Nagarjuna |
Samantha Ruth Prabhu | Priya / Krishna Veni |
Shriya Saran | Rama Lakshmi / Anjali |
Amitabh Bachchan | Pratap / Pratap (Special Appearance) |
Brahmanandam | Girish Karnad |
M.S. Narayana | Father Francis |
Akhil Akkineni | Akhil / Akhil (Special Appearance) |
Ali | Leonardo DiCaprio |
Jayaprakash Reddy | Home Minister J.P. |
Krishna Murali Posani | |
Amala Akkineni | Dance Teacher (Special Appearance) |
Srinivasa Reddy | Car Broker |
Raashi Khanna | Prema / Prema (Special Appearance) |
Chalapathi Rao | Merchant |
Krishnudu | Doctor |
Nitu Chandra | Air Hostess / Air Hostess (Special Appearance) |
Kaushal Sharma | |
Tejaswi Madivada | Divya |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Supriya Yarlagadda | Executive Producer |
Nagarjuna Akkineni | Producer |
Mahesh Ramanathan | Producer |
Pattem Veeru | Producer |
Supriya Yarlagadda | Producer |