Mantra (2007 film)

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Mantra
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Directed byTulasi Ram
Written byRavi Prakash Bodapati
Produced byRavi Prakash Bodapati & Kalyan Ram
Starring Charmy Kaur
Sivaji
CinematographySivendra
Edited byUpendra
Music byAnand
Release date
  • 14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Mantra is a 2007 Indian Telugu thriller film directed by Tulasi Ram and starring Charmy Kaur and Sivaji.

Contents

Diary (2009) was promoted as a sequel to this film; however, the two films are unrelated. [1] [2] Mantra 2 which claimed to be the sequel of Mantra was released in 2015 and has no connection with the Mantra crew.

Plot

Cast

Production

The muhurat shot took place at Annapoorna Studios on 27 October 2006. Shooting began on 2 November 2006 and was completed in forty days. [3] The setting for Mantra Nilayam was erected at Shamshabad exclusively and most of the film was shot there.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Anand. [4] The song "Maha Maha" is based on Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps". [5]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Maha Maha" Bhuvana Chandra Srimathumitha, Swapna Madhuri, Noel Sean 3:53
2."Oohallonaa"Anand Suchitra , Nani5:06
3."Mantra (Theme)"3:18
4."Reena Reena"Anand, Noel SeanAnand, Karthik 3:42
5."Dole Dil Dole"Noel Sean Geetha Madhuri 4:58
6."Remix Maha"Bhuvana ChandraHarshika, DJ Shawn3:33
Total length:24:30

Release

The film was released on 14 December 2007. Although most movies at the end of year could not do well, Mantra proved to be a success with 80 to 90% collections. Charmy's popularity among the male youth came in as an added advantage to the movie. [6] [7] Suspense thriller is not a popular genre in Telugu film industry but commercial success of the film A Film by Aravind changed the notion. [8] Idlebrain.com , a website on Telugu film industry, gives the film a rating of 3/5. [9] [10] Vijayanand Movies acquires the theatrical rights of the movie for worldwide except India. Bhavani Media has acquired DVD rights. [11]

The success of this film led the director, Tulasi Ram, and lead actress, Charmme Kaur, to work together on a similar themed film Mangala (2011). [12]

Awards

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