K. Manju

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K. Manju
Born
Kobari Manju

Occupation(s) Film producer
Film distributor
Years active2000–present

K. Manju is an Indian film producer and distributor, known for his films produced in Kannada cinema. [1] He made several films through his two production companies, K Manju Cinemaas and Lakshmishree Combines. [2] A large number of his films have been commercially successful, some of them are among the top-ten highest grossing Kannada films of all time. [3]

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In 2014, Manju was reported to apply for the Limca Book of Records for producing a record five films at one given time. This included four Kannada films and one Tamil film. [4]

Filmography

YearFilm TitleDirectorProduction HouseNotes
1996Anuraga Spandana B. Ramamurthy Co-produced with L. Mohan
1997Jackie Chan Thriller Manju Co-produced with G. H. Gurumurthy
1998 Yamalokadalli Veerappan H. C. PrakashBindushree FilmsProduced and acted
1999Underworld K. Madhu Bindushree Films
2001 Vaalee S. Mahendar Royal Pictures
2001RashtrageetheK. V. RajuBindushree Films
2001 Jenu Goodu S. UmeshLakshmishree Combines
2002 Jamindaru S. Narayan Lakshmishree Combines
2003 Hrudayavantha P. Vasu Lakshmishree Combines
2003 Lankesh Patrike Indrajith Lankesh Lakshmishree Combines
Aishwarya Combines
2003DonP. N. SathyaRoyal PicturesAs presenter
2004 Sahukara Om Prakash Rao Lakshmishree Combines
2005 Rama Shama Bhama Ramesh Aravind Lakshmishree Combines
2005 Yashwanth Dayal Padmanabhan Lakshmishree Combines
2006 Odahuttidavalu Om Sai Prakash Lakshmishree Combines
2006 Neenello Naanalle Dinesh Babu Lakshmishree CombinesCo-produced with G. Chandrashekar and D. K. Devendra
2006Good LuckS. NandakumarThirumala Cine ProductionsAs presenter
2007 Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Lakshmishree CombinesWon - Karnataka State Film Award for third Best Film
2008 Aramane NagashekarLakshmishree Combines
2009 Yogi Udaya PrakashBindushree Films
2009 Bellary Naga Dinesh Babu Bindushree Films
2009 Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Lakshmishree Combines
2009 Rajakumari S. GovindrajLakshmishree Combines
2010GundragoviM G Tharesh RajSri Sudarshan CreatorsAs presenter
2010 Kiccha Huccha Chi. Guru Dutt Bindushree FilmsCo-produced with Mark Balaji
2010 Aithalakkadi J. G. KrishnaChithra KuteeraAs actor
2010 Shankar IPS M. S. Ramesh Bindushree Films
2011 Shyloo S. Narayan K. Manju Cinemaas
2011 Kalla Malla Sulla Udaya PrakashK. Manju Cinemaas
2011 Jolly Boy D. Sabhapathi K. Manju Cinemaas
2012 Godfather Sethu Sriram K. Manju Cinemaas
2012 Shikari Abhaya Simha K. Manju CinemaasKannada — Malayalam bilingual film
2012 Narasimha Mohan Shankar M N K Movies
2013 Raja Huli Guru Deshpande K. Manju Cinemaas
2013 Rajani Kantha Pradeep RajK. Manju Cinemaas
2014 Bramman SocratesK. Manju Cinemaas Tamil film
2014 Neenade Naa KandhasDynamic VisionsAs actor
2014 Super Ranga Sadhu Kokila K. Manju Cinemaas
2014 Ragini IPS Anand P. RajuK. Manju CinemaasAlso presenter
2014 Dil Rangeela Preetham Gubbi K. Manju Cinemaas
2016 Santhu Straight Forward Mahesh Rao K. Manju Cinemaas
2016 Jigarthanda Shiva GaneshSRV ProductionsAs actor
Guest appearance
2017 Smile Please Raghu SamarthK. Manju Cinemaas
2017 Satya Harishchandra Dayal Padmanabhan K. Manju Cinemaas
2021 Govinda Govinda TilakShree Shailendra Productionsas Actor guest appearances
2022Raana Nanda Kishore K. Manju Cinemaas

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