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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mantram<br />
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| director = S. S. Sajjan<br />
| producer = Amar Choudhary<br />
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| starring = [[Pallavi Raju]]<br />[[Shamanth Shetty (actor)|Shamanth Shetty]]<br />
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| music = Rashid Ahmad Khan <br /> [[Ravi Basrur]]<br />
| cinematography = Rajshekhar<br />
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'''''Mantram''''' is a 2017 Indian-Kannada language [[horror film]] produced by Amar Choudhary. It is written and directed by debutant S. S. Sajjan. The film stars [[Shamanth Shetty (actor)|Shamanth Shetty]] and [[Pallavi Raju]] in the lead roles. The music is scored by Rashid Ahmad Khan while the background score was composed by [[Ravi Basrur]]. Jo Ni Harsha has worked as the editor and the cinematography is by Rajshekhar.<ref name="C">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chitratara.com/show-content.php?id=7221&ptype=News&title=%60MANTRAM%60%20JEWEL%20OF%20NEW%20TEAM|title=`Mantram” Jewel of new team|last=|first=|date=|website=Chitratara.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> <br />
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== Synopsis ==<br />
A group of friends go to a small town to help a friend’s family that is experiencing mysterious troubles. They try to figure out the source of the problem and themselves become the targets. Nobody knows what is plaguing them and all evidence points to paranormal elements.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
* [[Pallavi Raju]] as Radha<br />
* [[Shamanth Shetty (actor)|Shamanth Shetty]] as Sanju<br />
* Dilip <br />
* Arpit<br />
* Prathap <br />
* Mithun <br />
* Poornima <br />
* Shashi Deshpande <br />
* Zyra <br />
* Anil Kumar <br />
* Vishwanath <br />
* Jagadish Dala <br />
* Undadi Gunda Harish<br />
* Sthavana<br />
* [[Gaurish Akki]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Production==<br />
Director S.S. Sajjan had been working as an assistant and associate director for a while when he decided to take the plunge into directing his own movie. He had written many scripts but decided to make his big screen debut with ''Manthram''. Hailing from Raichur district of Karnataka, he had always admired Daulat Mahal, a 300 year old palace in Raichur. He wanted to set his story there and felt he had only two options: to make either a horror movie or a historical movie. Being a debutante, he decided a horror movie would work best for him. After writing the script, he shot a teaser. Businessman Amar Choudhary who saw the teaser was very impressed with it and decided to produce it under his banner, Shri Aai Ji Film Productions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newskarnataka.com/features/debutante-director-ss-sajjans-mantram-all-set-to-spell-the-magic|title=Debutante director SS Sajjan's 'Mantram' all set to spell the magic|last=|first=|date=|website=NewsKarnataka|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129181608/https://newskarnataka.com/features/debutante-director-ss-sajjans-mantram-all-set-to-spell-the-magic|archive-date=29 January 2017|access-date=}}</ref> The film began production in 2015.<ref name="C"/><br />
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On the first day of shoot, the cast and crew experienced ghostly things like hearing someone next to them but no one would be visible.<ref>{{cite web |title='Mantram' team's brush with horror |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/mantram-teams-brush-with-horror/articleshow/61693450.cms |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinecircle.in/cinema_news/MANTRAM_film.html|title=Mantram Inches Close Towards Completion|last=|first=|date=|website=CineCircle.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401142704/http://cinecircle.in/cinema_news/MANTRAM_film.html|archive-date=1 April 2016|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| lyrics_Credits = yes<br />
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| title1 = Jai Ganesha<br />
| lyrics1 = S.S. Sajjan<br />
| extra1 = Santhosh Venki<br />
| length1 = 3:48<br />
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| title2 = Jananada Samayadi - Male<br />
| lyrics2 = S.S. Sajjan<br />
| extra2 = Santhosh Venki<br />
| length2 = 4:15<br />
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| title3 = Sagarada Alegalige - Bit<br />
| lyrics3 = S.S. Sajjan<br />
| extra3 = Archana<br />
| length3 = 2:21<br />
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| title4 = Mantram Mantram<br />
| lyrics4 = S.S. Sajjan<br />
| extra4 = Arasu, Chorus<br />
| length4 = 3:12<br />
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| title5 = Maamu Maamu<br />
| lyrics5 = S.S. Sajjan<br />
| extra5 = Chethan, Manju, Chorus<br />
| length5 = 5:04<br />
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| title6 = Jananada Samayadi - Female<br />
| lyrics6 = S.S. Sajjan<br />
| extra6 = Archana<br />
| length6 = 4:17<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
A critic from ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]'' wrote, "The story in Mantram was good and indeed great for an episode of ''[[The X Files|X Files]]'' or similar serials. It has been unnecessarily stretched to nearly two hours".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/mantram-movie-review-reviving-an-urban-legend/articleshow/61884551.cms|title=Mantram movie review: Reviving an urban legend|date=1 December 2017|first=Shyam Prasad|last=S|work=[[Bangalore Mirror]]}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[[Category:2017 films]]<br />
[[Category:2017 horror films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian horror films]]<br />
[[Category:2017 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2017 Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2017 directorial debut films]]</div>TanjaFreese