| Maurya | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | S. Narayan |
| Written by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Based on | Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi byPuri Jagannadh |
| Produced by | Rockline Venkatesh |
| Starring | Puneeth Rajkumar Roja Selvamani |
| Cinematography | P. K. H. Das |
| Edited by | P. R. Sounder Raj |
| Music by | Gurukiran |
| Distributed by | Rockline Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Maurya is a 2004Kannada languagesports drama film directed byS. Narayan. The film starredPuneeth Rajkumar,Roja Selvamani andMeera Jasmine in lead roles.[1] This film is produced byRockline Venkatesh.[2] It is the remake of 2003 Telugu movie,Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi.
Manu's entire life is about his mother, Meena, a college lecturer. They live together in Bangalore. When Manu was a child, he was separated from his father/Meena's husband, Prathap. Manu is a passionate and greatkick-boxer. He later meets Alamelu "Andhra", aTelugu girl fromAndhra Pradesh and starts to fall in love with her. Manu's happy life is suddenly jolted when Meena dies of aheart attack. On her deathbed, Meena tells Manu to meet Prathap, who was a kickboxing champion that won the championship six times in a row and is presently a kickboxing coach. Manu reluctantly accepts.
When Manu meets Prathap, he learns that he has another wife and a daughter, and is happily settled with them. Manu gets a job as a janitor and juice provider at his father's kickboxing academy. Anand is Prathap's best student, and he is sure that Anand will win the championship. Later, Manu finds out that Anand had impregnated his step-sister and abandoned her, and also abandons Prathap by getting another master and other sponsors. Prathap is attacked by several of Anand's sponsors; Manu later beats them up, making Prathap learn that Manu is a great kick-boxer. Prathap also finds out that Manu was also participating in the kick-boxing championship. The rest of the story is about how Prathap trains Manu to win the championship.
A song was picturised at Chikmagalur.[3]
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| Released | 22 September 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 24:58 | ||||
| Language | Kannada | ||||
| Label | Anand Audio | ||||
| Producer | Gurukiran | ||||
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The music of the film was composed byGurukiran.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Amma Amma I Love You" | S. Narayan | Shaan | 4:14 |
| 2. | "Haadali Karunaadali" | V. Manohar | Udit Narayan,Lakshmi Nataraj | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Machchalli Kochodalli" | Upendra | Puneeth Rajkumar | 4:29 |
| 4. | "Pilla Pilla" | S. Narayan | Udit Narayan,Chaitra H. G. | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Simplallagi Helteen Kele" | S. Narayan | Puneeth Rajkumar | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Usiraguve Hasiraguve" | K. Kalyan | Srinivas,Shreya Ghoshal | 4:22 |
| Total length: | 24:47 | |||
S. N. Deepak ofDeccan Herald felt the film had "all essential ingredients like sentiments, action, romance and comedy" to make it "appealing." He added, "Cinematography is good. Dialogues, written by S Narayan, are catchy." Of the acting performances, he wrote, "Meera Jasmine, as an innocent Telugu speaking girl, has put in a good effort. Devaraj and Roja, as parents, suit their roles well", and praise the music on the film.[4]Chitraloka wrote "Compared to earlier three films of Puneeth Rajkumar this one is brisk, gripping and intelligently made even though the film is a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Amma Naanna Oh Tamil Ammayyi’. There is some exotic location, fine comedy and cozy atmosphere for family audience".[5]Sify wrote "Heavy sentiments and action scenes are the highlights of this wholesome family entertainer. Ace director S.Narayan has remade the film (Amma Naana O’ Tamil Ammayi and M.Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi in Telugu and Tamil respectively) but takes the credit for screenplay which he is not supposed to take".[6]
The film was commercial successfully ran more than 100 days in 16 centers ofKarnataka and was the fourth continuous 100-day run of a film forPuneeth Rajkumar.[7]
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