Manjunatha BA LLB

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Manjunatha B.A..,LLB.
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Directed by Mohan Shankar
Written byMohan
Produced byA. Ganesh
Starring Jaggesh
Reema Vohra
CinematographyAshok V. Raman
Music byVinay Chandra
Production
company
Gowramma Productions
Release date
  • 14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Manjunatha BA, LLB is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language comedy film written and directed by actor-turned-director Mohan Shankar. The film stars Jaggesh and Reema Vohra in the lead roles. The film is a remake of 2007 Malayalam film Hallo which itself was based on the 2004 movie Cellular .

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Plot

Cast

Reception

Critical response

A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Reema Vora is okay. Except for Srinivasamurthy, other artistes fail to impress. Music by Vinaya Chandra and cinematography by Ashok V Raman are average". [1] Shruti I L from DNA wrote "Making one laugh comes naturally to Jaggesh and Naani, if only director Mohan had a more interesting, engaging and well executed script to do justice to the actors. Watch the film if you are a hard core Jaggesh fan who never gives any of his films a miss!". [2] Srikanth Srinivasa from Rediff.com scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and says "Reema Vohra has done justice to her role and so has Spoorthi as Manjunatha's first girlfriend. Chandrashekar of Yeddakallu Guddadamele makes a brief appearance as the heroine's father. Though there are too many characters, which leaves one confused, Manjunatha BA LLB is a watchable film". [3] A Sharadhaa from The New Indian Express wrote "Ashok Raman has disappointed with his camera work and there is nothing much to talk about Vinay Chandra’s music. The Verdict: When the lawyer is incapable, the judgement is never in his favour". [4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote  "Jaggesh saves bits of the film with his inimitable punchlines that are his trademark. A couple of songs are pleasing. But the background score, for the most part, is a torture. It manages to snuff out the dialogues even. The director shows lack of imagination and towards the end, the film seems to have been hurriedly wrapped up". [5]

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References

  1. "MANJUNATHA BA LLB MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India . 16 May 2016.
  2. "Review: 'Manjunatha BA LLB' (Kannada)". DNA . 15 September 2012.
  3. "Review: Manjunatha BA LLB is watchable". Rediff.com . 14 September 2014.
  4. "Manjunatha BA LLB (Kannada)". The New Indian Express . 18 September 2012.
  5. "Manjunatha BA, LLB: The bar is lowered!". Bangalore Mirror . 14 September 2012.