K. Manju
Birth nameKobari Manju
Birth placeTuruvekere, Karnataka, India
OccupationFilm 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 Cinemas 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]

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 SpandanaB. RamamurthyCo-produced with L. Mohan
1997Jackie ChanThriller ManjuCo-produced with G. H. Gurumurthy
1998Yamalokadalli VeerappanH. C. PrakashBindushree Films
1999UnderworldK. Madhu
2001RashtrageetheK. V. Raju
Jenu GooduS. UmeshLakshmishree Combines
2002JamindaruS. Narayan
2003HrudayavanthaP. Vasu
Lankesh PatrikeIndrajith LankeshLakshmishree Combines
Aishwarya Combines
2004SahukaraOm Prakash RaoLakshmishree Combines
2005Rama Shama BhamaRamesh Aravind
YashwanthDayal Padmanabhan
2006OdahuttidavaluOm Sai Prakash
Neenello NaanalleDinesh BabuCo-produced with G. Chandrashekar and D. K. Devendra
2007Maathaad Maathaadu MalligeNagathihalli ChandrashekarWon - Karnataka State Film Award for third Best Film
2008AramaneNagashekar
2009YogiUdaya PrakashBindushree Films
Bellary NagaDinesh Babu
Olave Jeevana LekkachaaraNagathihalli ChandrashekarLakshmishree Combines
RajakumariS. Govindraj
2010Kiccha HucchaChi. Guru DuttBindushree FilmsCo-produced with Mark Balaji
Shankar IPSM. S. RameshBindushree Films
2011ShylooS. NarayanK. Manju Cinemas
Kalla Malla SullaUdaya Prakash
Jolly BoyD. Sabhapathi
2012GodfatherSethu Sriram
ShikariAbhaya SimhaKannada— Malayalam bilingual film
NarasimhaMohan ShankarM N K Movies
2013Raja HuliGuru DeshpandeK. Manju Cinemas
Rajani KanthaPradeep Raj
2014BrammanSocratesTamil film
Super RangaSadhu KokilaK. Manju Cinemas
Ragini IPSAnand P. RajuAlso presenter
Dil RangeelaPreetham Gubbi
2016Santhu Straight ForwardMahesh Rao
2017Smile PleaseRaghu SamarthK. Manju Cinemas
Satya HarishchandraDayal Padmanabhan
2022RaanaNanda KishoreK. Manju Cinemas
2025Vishnu PriyaV.K. Prakash
As Presenter
YearFilm titleNotes
2001Vaalee
2003Don
2006Good Luck
2010Gundragovi
As Actor
YearFilm titleNotes
1998Yamalokadalli VeerappanAlso producer
2010Aithalakkadi
2014Neenade Naa
2016JigarthandaGuest appearance
2019Padde Huli
2021Govinda Govinda

References

  1. ^ K Manju at Cineloka
  2. ^ ‘God is my only support’
  3. ^ K Manju filmography
  4. ^ Producer K Manju to apply for Limca Book of World Records