Maanikya () is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Sudeepa featuring himself, V. Ravichandran, Ranya Rao, Ramya Krishna, Varalaxmi Sharathkumar and P. Ravi Shankar in the lead roles. The film is a remake of 2013 Telugu film Mirchi. It was released on 1 May 2014. Upon its release, Maanikya got an excellent response from the critics and audience and had a good run at the box office. The satellite rights of the movie was sold for a huge amount. The film was later dubbed into Hindi under the same name by RKD Studios in 2015. Plot The movie begins with a girl collecting funds for an organisation in Singapore. A goon gives her money and then chases her at night when she goes home. Then Vijay (Sudeepa), enters and resolves the conflict without fighting. The girl introduces herself as Manasa (Ranya Rao). They slowly become friends. But one day she asks Vijay to leave her and go as she fears that if their relationship develops any further, separation would be painful. He then goes back to India and influences Manasa's brother to a large extent. In his conservative and ancestral village, Vijay changes everyone's viewpoint and makes them more lovable.
Eventually Manasa expresses her love for him, but Vijay hesitates. It is then revealed that he was born to their rival's family. His father (V. Ravichandran) wanted to change the people of his village. But his mother Lavanya (Ramya Krishna) didn't want to stay there, so she left him. When Vijay goes there, he falls in love with Sindhu (Varalaxmi Sarathkumar).
He starts taking revenge on the Manasa's family without revealing his identity. Then they decide to marry Vijay with Sindhu because they both are in love with each other. During the marriage the Inspector tells his father that the enmity is rekindling because his son is taking revenge on the rivals. Soon afterwards, the rivals come and start killing everyone. After the fight it is known that Vijay's mother dies. His father banishes him and blames her death on him. The story is now back to the present. Manasa's uncle, Beera (P. Ravi Shankar) challenges Vijay that if he can defeat his men then he too would follow non violence. After successfully defeating them, her uncle asks Vijay that if he could defeat the rival's son (not knowing that it was Vijay himself) he would marry Manasa to Vijay.
Vijay gets angry at his stubbornness and reveals his true identity. He starts fighting with Manasa's brother. Then all her family members come and convert him too. This was watched by his father who had just arrived there. His father welcomes him back to the family. The film ends with him reuniting with Sindhu.
Cast
Sudeepa as Vijay
Ravichandran as Adishesha
Ranya Rao as Manasa
Varalaxmi Sharathkumar as Sindhu
Ramya Krishna as Lavanya
P. Ravi Shankar as Beera
Shobaraj as Bhadra
Ashok as Ugrappa
Padma Vasanthi as Lakshmi
Avinash
Vijayakumar
Sadhu Kokila as Veera Pratapa Simha
Sharan
Rekha Krishnappa as Manasa's mother
Chitra Shenoy as Rathna
Sathyajith as Bheema
Tennis Krishna as Nagappa
Veena Sundar as Fathima
Komal Gandhi as Vijay's friend
Rahul Salanke as Yogi
Kiran Rathod in item number "Pantara Panta" Shweta Pandit in item number "Pantara Panta" Rishika Singh in item number "Pantara Panta"
Production
Development
After the success of his previous venture, Bachchan, Sudeepa was met with lot of offers from various south film directors. However, he announced in his social network site that he would be teaming up with ace actor – director V. Ravichandran in his next venture. It was reported that Sudeepa would be directing Ravichandran for his next film. Later in July 2013, it was speculated that Ravichandran would be playing father to Sudeepa and the film may be a remake of 2013 Telugu film Mirchi which starred Prabhas and Satyaraj in the son – father roles respectively. It was later confirmed that the story is tweaked and Ravichandran would be playing the father role to Sudeep and Ramya Krishna would be his pair.
Title
Sudeepa profusely thanked veteran Dwarakish for suggesting the title Maanikya.
Filming
The filming of the film commenced from August 2013 at a Bangalore city college. Major portions of the film is shot at Bidar(a crown city of karnataka) and Hyderabad. The film unit also flew to Bangkok to film a song sequence and few action sequences.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the album was released on 29 March 2014.
